Children and young people

Museum of Youth image showing a person looking at a record player in a display
Looking at record player display at Museum of Youth Culture. Credit: Museum of Youth Culture.

Projects

Object Lessons: Youth Culture Takes Shape

This project will create a digital archive of some fascinating cultural objects that ‘celebrate a century of teenage life in Britain’.

Children and adults dancing and smiling
Pakiki Theatre group.

Projects

Who Wants To Be An Olympian?

Pakiki Theatre’s Who wants to be an Olympian? project explored the sporting heritage of the Olympics and Paralympics with young people in Newham.

Person from Newham Music Trust performing
Credit: Newham Music Trust

Projects

Olympics 2012 Legacy Songbook

Newham Music Trust will create a music programme to help Newham’s schools explore the positive impact London 2012 had on the area.

Two young black people wearing casual clothes stand outside with a historic brick building in the background
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.

A group of young people sit a table interviewing another young person, with another person to the side operating a camerawith
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.

Long green grass and rushes surrounding water at Woodwalton Fen
Woodwalton Fen. Credit: Robert Enderby

Projects

Peatland Progress: A New Vision for the Fens

We have awarded more than £8million to this ground-breaking project that addresses climate change, carbon emissions, biodiversity loss and the mental health and wellbeing of young people.

A national Welsh flag with rainbow background.
A Welsh flag with rainbow background from the Amgueddfa Cymru–National Museum Wales collection

Projects

Hands on Heritage

The Hands on Heritage project at Amgueddfa Cymru–National Museum Wales’ enabled young people from diverse backgrounds to have an impact on the collections.

Young people in Nuneaton explored buildings in their area
Young people in Nuneaton explored buildings in their area. Image: Mercurial Arts Ltd.

Projects

Building Sights

Young people from across Nuneaton and Bedworth worked with the local charity, Mercurial Arts, the Borough Council and English Heritage, to create their own unique listing system and identify and record the buildings and sites important to them.

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