The group filmed interviews with community members who remembered stories from the First World War which were then edited into a documentary DVD. Helped by research training from Preston Park Museum, volunteers visited the collections at the Imperial War Museum and the National Archives to build on what they had learned from the interviews.

Folasade Sangowawa, Chief Executive, said: “Without National Lottery funding it would have been impossible to develop this project, educate communities and be proud as Africans both young and old to celebrate contributions to the First World War.”

An exhibition of their work was displayed in regional cafes, colleges and Teesside University during Black History Month and became the basis for workshops they hosted at primary schools.