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three young women dig a plot of ground marked with string with trowels
Free archaeology activities helped young people in Harrow, west London, experience an archaeological dig.

Projects

Providing access to archaeology for young people in Harrow

A sixth form college in northwest London involved local students in digs on school grounds to investigate a lost tower.

A page from a newsletter detailing 'how to spot a social worker' alongside a selection of poems with a line drawing of a person
This extract from the National Association of Young People in Care newsletter features poems alongside an account of what care-experienced young people felt a social worker should be like. Credit: Coram.

Projects

Telling the untold story of the care-experienced campaigning movement

The project will bring together documents, artefacts and stories of people who have experienced care and their activism to create the UK’s first national archive of its kind.

in a green space in winter young people carry a tarpaulin filled with branches to a bonfire
Youth Rangers (aged 12-17) learn nature conservation skills and make a difference to the green spaces around Luton. Credit: The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.

Projects

Luton nature engagement project creates paid traineeships for young people

The Wilder Luton project is helping local people connect with and care for green spaces in the town and the surrounding chalk hills landscape.

The left side of the image shows a traditional Traveller wagon, painted with decorative designs, and the right side of the image shows a man leading a pony and trap which a girl is riding
The project held an outdoor fair-style event in June 2023.

Projects

Roma and Irish Travellers: A Shared Story

People from different cultures and backgrounds came together for workshops and celebration events about Roma and Irish Traveller cultural heritage organised by Armagh Roma Traveller Support.

An older and younger participant at a workshop
Suffolk Artlink brought people from different generations together.

Projects

Lowestoft Folk: bridging generations

This intergenerational project collaborated with two museums and their dedicated volunteers to delve into local folk heritage.

A group of children posing for a photograph, some holding family objects
Children at a workshop held during the project. Photo: CDP.

Stories

Cocorico! Exploring the heritage in our homes

A Congolese community organisation in Swansea brought people together to learn about and share their heritage through personal items.
Old image of Brockwell hall building in sepia colour
Credit: London Borough of Lambeth/Pringle Richards Sharratt

News

£3.3million to transform Lambeth's Brockwell Hall

A National Lottery grant will help restore the Grade II* listed hall, along with its stables and coach house, to better serve its diverse South London community.

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