Investing in disability heritage

A community-based project in Castle Point worked with people with mental health problems, dementia and learning disabilities to create a garden.

People with brain injuries explored the experiences of similar people in the past in this innovative heritage project.

Young people will explore the evolution of computer games from Pong to modern-day narrative-based platform games.

Trained volunteers supported people with learning disabilities to explore the industrial and social history of Winlaton in Gateshead.

The Green Light Trust improved individuals’ wellbeing using a programme of traditional woodland skills.

A two-year project explored, collected and shared the social and cultural history of people with learning disabilities in the Liverpool and the Merseyside region.

365 Leeds stories uncovered and shared the hidden history of people with learning difficulties in Leeds by interviewing people who remembered Meanwood Hospital.

This £4.4million landscape partnership scheme has worked to restore lost habitats, develop skills and inspire young people to champion and look after the New Forest.

Volunteers worked with their local branch of Mind to collect and share the stories of people who have used the charity’s mental health services over the last 50 years.

Young people with learning disabilities practiced a variety of ancient crafts and shared new skills with their wider local community through a traditional fair.

The Scottish Council on Deafness (SCOD) created a series of workshops on the educational experiences of older D/deaf people.

Royal Mencap Society secured funding to record, exhibit and preserve the hidden heritage of people with learning disabilities.