Projects
You, Me and Tea
Exploring Northern Ireland’s association with tea, its trade links with India and China, and bringing diverse communities together.
Inclusion
People at a community event discussing The Anti-Apartheid Legacy: Centre of Memory and Learning. Courtesy of The Liliesleaf Trust UK.
Projects
The UK’s first centre dedicated to anti-apartheid heritage
This project will restore the former headquarters of the African National Congress at 28 Penton Street, London, creating a new centre to share the stories of South Africa's liberation.
Alison Kay, National Railway Museum’s Archives Manager and Ashlynn Welburn, Oral History Project Archivist at Eurostar. Photo: JK Doran
Projects
People, Pride and Progress: recording the histories of LGBTQ+ railway workers
Through the collection of real-life stories, this project aims to spotlight the LGBTQ+ community’s contribution to the railways for the first time.
A handmade banner featuring words and images of empowerment.
GMRC
Projects
Exploring the life stories of South Asian women survivors of sexual violence
What will people say? was an oral history project led by Greater Manchester Rape Crisis (GMRC) in partnership with the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre and Education Trust.
Naveed Bakhsh. Photo: Lawrence Scott
Blogs
‘Heritage is a bridge that connects me to my South Asian and Scottish identities’
South Asian Heritage Month grounds Naveed to his community’s past. It also makes space to talk about how to engage British South Asians with the UK’s cultural and natural heritage.
Commemorative banner at Tilbury
News
Six projects celebrating the legacy of the Windrush generation
To mark the 75th anniversary of the Empire Windrush landing in the UK, we spotlight some of the projects celebrating and saving the heritage of those who emigrated here.
Two Skylark IX volunteers honing their boatbuilding skills
Stories
Recovery and resilience: advice from a heritage project improving skills and wellbeing
In Dumbarton, Scotland, The Skylark IX Recovery Trust is preserving a Second World War rescue ship through heritage training opportunities to support local people, including those recovering from drug addiction.
Children with the pysanka egg display for Eurovision.
Credit: Pete Carr
News
Eurovision fever in full swing across Liverpool City Region
Thanks to £250,000 of National Lottery funding, we're supporting a host of activities as part of the Eurovision 2023 celebrations.
School children take part in the Bradford Book Project
Stories
Bradford’s diverse community heritage celebrated and shared thanks to local knowledge
£100,000 National Lottery funding was shared across eight local projects, helping them delve into the upcoming City of Culture’s fascinating heritage.
A Dig Where You Stand event
Projects
Excavating untold stories of people from diverse ethnic communities in South Yorkshire
In the Dig Where You Stand project, artists, archivists, educators and local people will work together to explore hidden histories that stretch back centuries.
Curating for Change Fellows at the Museum of London. Credit: Museum of London
Stories
How to make recruitment fair and open to all
Curating for Change – the National Lottery-funded work placement programme for D/deaf, disabled and neurodivergent curators in museums – is challenging the heritage sector to consider equitable recruitment.
OMOS performers at Stirling Castle. Photo: Washington Gwande
Projects
Black heritage, performance and Shakespeare in Scotland
Inspired by the untold history of Black performance in Scotland, this project celebrates modern black LGBTQ+ performance and widens understanding and engagement with Black Scottish heritage.