Blogs
Dr Sheree Mack: passion projects and empowering women
Dr Sheree Mack, co-ordinator of the National Lottery-funded Wayfinding project, discusses leadership, role models and how we can help all women thrive.
Cultural diversity
Festival artwork for Wondrous Stories. Credit: Dan Tucker
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Exciting programme of cultural events for Birmingham 2022 Festival
Birmingham 2022 Festival announces its six-month-long programme of events, bringing together sports, heritage and culture to showcase the West Midlands’ unique character.
Young black people were crucial to Don't Settle's work.
Projects
Don’t Settle: young people share their stories
On a mission to use heritage to give young people a voice, this project worked with diverse ethnic communities in Birmingham and the Black Country.
The project started conversations about the experiences of the Windrush generation.
Projects
Windrush Scotland: African-Caribbean Experiences in Scotland
Getting people talking and creating an archive of African-Caribbean community identity in Scotland was at the heart of the Windrush Scotland project.
Young people conducting an interview for the project
Projects
Windrush Generations: Evolving Heritage
A group of young people working with the African Community Centre in Swansea led a project to uncover the stories of descendants of the Windrush generation living in South Wales.
Wayfinding: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Great Outdoors
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Wayfinding: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Great Outdoors
The Wayfinding project created opportunities for people from diverse ethnic communities in the North East of England to engage with the outdoors and wildlife in their local area.
Green fingers and happy faces at the South Riverside Community Development Centre
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£300,000 nature funding for under-served communities in Wales
Five of Wales’s most excluded and disadvantaged communities will be making the most of nature on their doorsteps thanks to ‘Local Places for Nature – Breaking Barriers’ grants.
Dan Weill
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Celebrating our Black heroes: The story of John Richard Archer- Battersea’s First Black Mayor
The Black Heroes Foundation staged a short play at Battersea Arts Centre about John Archer, the first Black Mayor of London, elected in 1913.
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Environmental champion Maxwell Apaladaga Ayamba wins National Lottery Award
The founder of charity Sheffield Environmental Movement recognised for his work opening up the outdoors to people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities.
Marquess of Anglesey's Column
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Latest National Lottery funding opens up access to heritage
More than £14million has been awarded to projects that will help a wider range of people benefit from heritage.
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£6.5million for heritage projects in Staffordshire, Peterborough and Dudley
The projects aim to preserve key heritage sites, and will benefit a diverse range of people – from the church community to the locals of Stafford town centre. History at the Heart of Community Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archives is receiving £3,964,000 for the History at the Heart of Community
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Putting diversity and inclusion at the heart of decision-making
The North Committee has appointed three impressive new committee members who offer strong regional awareness and expertise both in the heritage sector and in promoting diversity and inclusion. “We want our decision-making to be as diverse and inclusive as the communities we work with.” David Renwick