Projects
Young people with disabilities explored the history of the Staffordshire oatcake
They developed a range of accredited skills and created a performance and exhibition.
West Midlands
Projects
Waterway Heritage Skills
The Canal & River Trust’s Waterways Heritage Skills Project created a pool of committed and skilled young people in waterway heritage skills, filling skills gaps within the Trust’s own workforce and the wider heritage sector.
Young black people were crucial to Don't Settle's work.
Projects
Don’t Settle: young people share their stories
On a mission to use heritage to give young people a voice, this project worked with diverse ethnic communities in Birmingham and the Black Country.
Design visual of the Wondrous Stories production. Credit: Motionhouse and Birmingham 2022 Festival
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Solicited Application for Birmingham XXII Commonwealth Games
Running from March to September 2022, the £12million festival featured hundreds of artistic commissions, engaging a local and national audience with Birmingham’s cultural heritage.
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Worcester Life Stories
Worcester Life Stories are building an online platform for recording and sharing local stories.
Graffiti art inspired workshop City of Colours
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Young people explore Birmingham's musical history
The Routes2Roots campaign inspired the City of Colours youth panel to explore Birmingham’s musical history.
Young hockey players interviewing local people. Credit: Barford Tigers
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50 Years of the Barford Tigers
Young people recorded stories of their successful Birmingham hockey club, the Barford Tigers, to celebrate its 50th anniversary.
Volunteers get to grips with Roman costume
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Bridge to the Future
Young people from Chesterton changed their attitude to their neighbourhood by uncovering its Roman past.
Young people exploring the heritage of Victorian gang culture
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Blinders to Burgers: Gang Culture in Birmingham: Lessons from History
Inspired by TV series Peaky Blinders, young people used drama to explore the heritage of gang culture from Victorian times to the modern day.
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Coming Out Stories
Young people captured, preserved and shared the Coming Out Stories of Birmingham’s LGBT community.
A group of young women research women campaigners in Birmingham's archives
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Fight for the Right: the Birmingham Suffragettes
School pupils explored Birmingham archives to discover more about how protesters helped win women the vote.
Young people in Nuneaton explored buildings in their area. Image: Mercurial Arts Ltd.
Projects
Building Sights
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.