Inclusive heritage

Disability charity Destined Ltd are improving access to the Foyle Valley Railway Museum.

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.

Black History Live revealed the stories of Kent’s African and Caribbean residents of the 18th and 19th centuries.

The stories of 10 Caribbean elders from the Windrush generation, who arrived in the UK between the 1940s and 1960s, have been recorded and shared for the first time.

For the Zebedee Troupers – Abled Not DISabled project, young people with disabilities discovered the role disabled people played during the two world wars.

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

This project captured the personal histories of 10 residents at Beenstock Home who had lived through the pre- and post-Holocaust periods.

This three-year project recorded the oral histories of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland's LGBTQ+ communities, from before partial decriminalisation in 1967 to the present day.

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.

The history of the pioneers of Birmingham’s Bangladeshi-owned ‘Indian’ restaurants was uncovered and shared through an immersive exhibition, events, website and book.