North West

Woman with rainbow flag at Chester Pride
Chester Pride

Projects

Celebrating Cheshire's LGBT History

Body Positive has recorded and digitised the memories of the LGBT+ community in Cheshire, saving their legacy for future generations.

Girl using drinking fountain
Making use of the restored drinking fountain

Projects

Rhyddings Park, Oswaldtwistle

Wellbeing sits at the heart of this innovative park restoration project led by the Friends of Rhyddings Park, Newground Together and Hyndburn Borough Council.

Inside the pop-up museum
Inside the pop-up museum

Projects

Are You Here. A pop-up museum of LGBT history

This project established a pop-up museum of LGBT+ history, curated by young people that celebrates four decades (1976-2016) across Merseyside.

Young people making use of professional photography equipment
Young people making use of professional photography equipment

Projects

Young people discover the story of the Accrington Pals

Young people researched the experiences of the Accrington Pals in the First World War, developing a short film and workshop for secondary schools and encouraging others to make their own films.

Young people showing off their food growing skills
Young people showing off their food growing skills

Projects

Green Giants

The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) joined forces with independent school Building Young People's Potential (BYPP) to help 103 young people in alternative education learn accredited skills and become ‘Green Giants.’

The Caldwell family posed outside a building c.1908
William Caldwell (1855-1918) surrounded by his family c.1908

Projects

Sharing the Heritage of Caldwell's Nurseries

The Cheshire Gardens Trust led on a project to explore the fascinating history of Caldwell’s Nurseries in Knutsford.