Children and young people

A participant exploring a stand at one of the workshops

Projects

Leicester's role in World War 1

Volunteers investigated the impact of the First World War on the people of Leicester and shared their research through exhibitions, school workshops and online.

Archive image of a male service personnel
Archive image from the Hadhari Oral History Project

Projects

Hadhari Oral History Project

The Hadhari project recorded memories from a local African-Caribbean care group in Derby, which were at risk of being lost forever.

An old photograph showing a car and three people in front of a house
An old family photograph from the project

Projects

How I Got Here - Journey to Fareham

The project focused on the exploration of maps and local archive material to illustrate the inter-generational journeys of people, from different cultural backgrounds and communities, who now live in Fareham.

Let's Play Stoolball

Projects

Let's Play Stoolball!

Sussex schoolchildren were introduced to stoolball, a medieval forerunner of cricket, in a wide-ranging sport and rural history project.

Finds from the Family Adams project

Projects

Family Adams Project (FAP)

The aim of The Family Adams Project was to develop a community archive of a Victorian shop found in the historic heart of Littleport town.

An illustration by Walter Crane for the story of Puss in Boots
An illustration by Walter Crane for the story of Puss in Boots

Projects

The Three Bears 'and other English Tales'

Young people from refugee communities discover the pastimes of Victorian children through nursery rhymes brought to life by Walter Crane.

Participants logging archive materials
Participants logging archive materials

Projects

50 Years of MPA

Mid Pennine Arts (MPA) is looking back through their archives to help celebrate its 50th anniversary.

Ardgowan Primary school memory box
The Ardgowan Primary school created 12 memory boxes

Projects

Touching Memory

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.

Victoria Park school pupils and teacher who took in the Memories of Spice from Smethwick project
Victoria Park school pupils and teacher who took in the Memories of Spice from Smethwick project

Projects

Victoria Park Primary Academy - Memories of spice in Smethwick

The role of spices in shaping local culture, cuisine and customs has been captured thanks to a community history project in Smethwick, Sandwell in the West Midlands.