Cultures and memories

Young people have uncovered the history behind social justice in Tyneside.

This project captured the unrecorded and less well-known experiences of the Nigerians who came to Manchester between 1940 and 1960.

Funding was used by volunteers of Thurrock Local History Society to collate material for displays about the little-known achievements of Alfred Russell Wallace who was resident at The Dell in Grays Thurrock in the 19th century.

Touching Memory created memory boxes for people with dementia that explore the everyday life of people living in Inverclyde from the 1950s to the 1980s.

The Mindful Changes project explores the shifts in public perceptions and attitudes towards mental health over the last 100 years.

The project featured a structured programme of education and training to an exhibition which has toured outside London to mark the 150th anniversary of the great Hindu philosopher and visionary, Vivekananda.

365 Leeds stories uncovered and shared the hidden history of people with learning difficulties in Leeds by interviewing people who remembered Meanwood Hospital.

Slough Roots enabled women from English, Asian and West Indian backgrounds to research traditional healing remedies still used in the UK today.

Our Our Day Out encouraged people to explore the Keith Medley photographic archive based at Liverpool John Moores University.

The Marine Graduate Training Programme provided work-based training in marine conservation and community engagement for recent university graduates.

A community archaeology project in Windermere will uncover the site of a former Second World War housing complex used to house child Holocaust survivors.

Telling the previously hidden histories of women in Manchester who worked in the male-dominated spheres of policing, transport and politics.