Investing in disability heritage

Despite challenges during the pandemic, The Wilderness project shows how older people’s wellbeing can be improved by actively restoring and engaging with natural heritage.

A participatory photography project is supporting disabled people and those from socially deprived areas to engage with their local and national heritage.

This Mencap Cymru project captured the history and nature of friendships and relationships experienced by people with a learning disability in Wales. W

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.

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

The ‘Llanfyllin ni – our Llanfyllin’ project in Mid Wales is recording the contribution made by people living with learning disabilities to their local community.

The Accentuate History of Place focuses on exploring disabled people’s lives from the Middle Ages to the present day, in relation to built heritage.

Through their Sensing the Wild project, Going for Independence CIC alongside Wildlife Trust experts aimed to help visually impaired people explore the nature on their doorsteps.

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.

A group of blind and visually impaired Derbyshire residents explored the history of the First World War and created a piece of tactile artwork.