Cultural diversity

Black History Live revealed the stories of Kent’s African and Caribbean residents of the 18th and 19th centuries.

Social, cultural and industrial heritage of people in the North East was the subject of a three-year project run by Beamish Museum.

The stories of 10 Caribbean elders from the Windrush generation, who arrived in the UK between the 1940s and 1960s, have been recorded and shared for the first time.

This project captured the personal histories of 10 residents at Beenstock Home who had lived through the pre- and post-Holocaust periods.

The origins of traditional Indian games, the rules and how they changed after players traveled to the UK, were recorded in this intergenerational oral history project.

The project focused on the exploration of maps and local archive material to illustrate the inter-generational journeys of people, from different cultural backgrounds and communities, who now live in Fareham.

The Hadhari project recorded memories from a local African-Caribbean care group in Derby, which were at risk of being lost forever.

An oral history project recording the memories and experiences of people who moved from Bangladesh to Birmingham between 1940 and 1971.

Highgate Baptist Church researched the remarkable life of Peter Stanford, Birmingham’s first black minister.

The derelict Grade II listed building in Brixton was turned into a permanent home for the Black Cultural Archive’s collection of historical material.

This project told the story of the UK's first professional black footballer, with free educational resources exploring Arthur Wharton's heritage.

The memories and life stories of the people who built and defined the character of London's Chinatown were captured and shared with younger generations.