Community heritage

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

A community-based project in Castle Point worked with people with mental health problems, dementia and learning disabilities to create a garden.

Volunteers from Cawood in Selby have been trained as heritage detectives to investigate the archaeology of their local moated manor site and the surprising importance of gooseberries for the development of the village.

The history of Chinese migrants in Reading, so far undocumented, is now available to all thanks to a heritage project spanning multiple generations.

This project generated interest from the Canvey Island community and artists alike by creating a mural of the 1953 flood that affected the area.

Rotherfield Millennium Green Trust worked with Rotherfield Primary School to introduce local children to the heritage of their local landscape.

The project is identifying and recording the stories of Arctic convoy veterans.

The Sharing Sindhi Crafts project used crafts as a way to bring people together and share long held traditions.

This project explored the period between World Wars in Aylesbury through research and interviewing locals about their experiences.

This project saw the creation of a series of mini accessible and sensory-rich interpretation guides to the outdoor landscape of the clay trails in mid Cornwall.

The Tracks in Time project enabled the people of Netherfield in Nottinghamshire to celebrate and explore the town’s unique history.

As Weymouth Sailing Club reached its 100th anniversary, a group of volunteers undertook a project to celebrate and share local sailing heritage.