Community heritage

This dynamic project empowered under-served young people to explore concepts of citizenship through the archives of a political movement.

Young drama enthusiasts formed the Eden Court Collective, a theatre company that set out to explore and share the untold stories of warfare.

Within days of the outbreak of the First World War, the YMCA had established 250 tea huts in the UK providing refreshments for soldiers heading to war. As the war progressed, these huts evolved to serve hospitals, POW camps and training centres.

Four communities researched, documented, and shared the cultural and social history of tower blocks in the city.

This project provided opportunities for people to learn and engage with the story of Llanyrafon Manor and the surrounding area.

Volunteers have revitalised and restored Scarborough's cemetery for local communities to discover the stories of those buried there.

In June 1948, the SS Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury bringing the very first migrants from the Caribbean to settle in Britain. There are many in the Watford community who arrived then, or in the ten years that followed, in what has subsequently become known as the “Windrush Decade”.

Queer Britain created an online film archive featuring women who have made a difference.

This inspiring community heritage project explores the fascinating lives of Carlisle’s ‘Cracker Packers’ through the ages.

Barnsley LGBT forum have uncovered previously untold histories to create a digital education pack, documentary and local history trail.

During the 50th anniversary of the Sexual Offences Act in 1967 which partially decriminalised homosexuality, the local Doncaster LGBT+ community have shared their experiences over the years in a poignant film.

Trained volunteers supported people with learning disabilities to explore the industrial and social history of Winlaton in Gateshead.