Inclusive heritage

Bob Marsh, Managing Director at Zebra Access, and Robyn Swannack, Project Manager, offer their reflections and advice on helping a community tell its own stories while accommodating a wide range of access needs.

Jan Ryan, Director of ARK Cliftonville, shares how the cultural space, based in a former place of worship, is getting the balance right between preserving and celebrating the building's Jewish cultural heritage and adapting it for new uses.

The Hold’s latest community engagement on disability history is the result of years of learning from projects and exhibitions that reflect and are driven by local people.

Learn how you can put our updated digital accessibility guidance into practice in your heritage project.

English Heritage’s transformative Mind Lab project is challenging assumptions about women, science and the past.

Lavender Menace, Edinburgh Founded in 1982, Lavender Menace was the first LGBTQ+ bookshop in Scotland. The shop, and its successor Wilde & West, soon became a hub where people could meet, share experiences and discover LGBTQ+ literature that was hard to find elsewhere. Today it’s been reimagined as

Heritage can make a significant, positive contribution to how we feel about our lives. One of our funded projects is sharing a decade of its learnings with organisations across the UK.

Meet two projects in the north of England opening up their archives to shine a spotlight on the fight for disability rights.

Blandford Town Museum in Dorset shares how it’s using innovative technology to help make heritage more accessible.

Nazek Ramadan from Migrant Voice shares her reflections and advice on the different stages of their project’s journey – from the challenges of the application process to the joys of providing amazing opportunities for their community.

Shining a spotlight on the often-hidden experiences and contributions of women during a period of significant political and social change.

Meet two projects supporting young people to kickstart their careers, connect with their communities and take pride in their heritage.