Museums, libraries and archives

The stories behind exhibits at four of Scotland’s leading heritage attractions are being brought to life for people with profound and multiple learning disabilities.

256 sound tapes that record the memories of people who have lived, worked and volunteered at Leonard Cheshire Disability since the 1950s will be preserved and made available to the public.

Social, cultural and industrial heritage of people in the North East was the subject of a three-year project run by Beamish Museum.

This two-year project was designed to involve and engage the local community of Pontypool with their local area.

Young people from across Nuneaton and Bedworth worked with the local charity, Mercurial Arts, the Borough Council and English Heritage, to create their own unique listing system and identify and record the buildings and sites important to them.

The Firing Line Museum, located in Cardiff Castle are running a project focusing on collections connected to the First World War held by project partners, Cardiff Story Museum, Glamorgan Archives, Western Front Association and Cardiff University.

At a time of financial uncertainty, the Birmingham Pen Trade Heritage Association received a grant to help plan for a sustainable future.

The stories of four Bedford women were celebrated with workshops and an exhibition.

This project explores the diary of Jack Pulman, a first-hand account of life as an overseas serviceman during the First World War.