Cultures and memories

This historic miners’ institute, with its 1920s Art Deco theatre, ballroom and versatile spaces now hosts a variety of activities that benefit local people.

A mobile museum is collecting stories of activism, identity and placemaking across two streets 6,000 miles apart.

The Meridian Society and documentary filmmaker Peng Wenlan collected oral histories for a documentary about the Chinese men who worked as labourers on the Western Front during the First World War.

The practices of a UNESCO-recognised Korean tradition were recorded and preserved for the future and celebrated with the wider community.

Newham Chinese Association are gathering oral histories of 20 Malaysian nurses who arrived to the UK to work for the NHS from the 1950s onwards.

This oral history project has celebrated the communities at the heart of the ‘allotment capital’ of the UK.

A new programme will work with local organisations to share stories that celebrate the past and help shape the future.

The Knowsley Golden Thread project will champion inclusivity and enable groups, organisations and local communities to drive their involvement in heritage.

Our funding will support a vital and timely intervention to preserve a heritage skill that’s under threat.