Projects
Pontypool Townscape Community Project
This two-year project was designed to involve and engage the local community of Pontypool with their local area.
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One of the young participants demonstrates wartime medical techniques to a young visitor
Projects
Wartime Medicine and Innovation
Young people investigated the medical developments from the First World War and the impact they have on their lives today.
Volunteers get to grips with Roman costume
Projects
Bridge to the Future
Young people from Chesterton changed their attitude to their neighbourhood by uncovering its Roman past.
Members of Aik Saath at Bentley Priory Museum
Projects
Commemorating the contribution of Polish aircrew during the Second World War
Young people in Slough led a heritage project to commemorate the stories of Polish aircrew in the RAF to mark the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain.
1st Menai Bridge Scout Group finding out about the scout leaders who went to fight in the First World War. Photo: Paul Pickard
Projects
The Snowdonia and Anglesey Scouts and the First World War
1st Menai Bridge Scout Group are running a two-year project in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the closure of several local scout groups as their leaders and many scouts went to fight in the First World War.
One of the project workshops
Projects
Black on Both Sides: The Black British and Colonial Contribution to WW1
Young people from British African and Caribbean backgrounds looked at the role of black people who served on behalf of both the Allied and Central powers during the First World War.
Free to be Me, published to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Freedom Youth
Projects
Freedom Youth: the first 20 years
Freedom Youth is Bristol's oldest LGBT youth group. They marked their 20th anniversary by recording and interpreting the stories, memories and experiences of past members.
Young people exploring the heritage of Victorian gang culture
Projects
Blinders to Burgers: Gang Culture in Birmingham: Lessons from History
Inspired by TV series Peaky Blinders, young people used drama to explore the heritage of gang culture from Victorian times to the modern day.
A group of students involved in the project
Projects
Jane Austen Walks
A student-led project created a mobile phone app that updates a Jane Austen walking trail in Hampshire to mark 200 years since the author’s death.
Archive image of the surgical ward St Johns Ambulance Hospital Estate of Veronica Nisbet
Projects
Personal experiences of volunteer nursing during the First World War
A nurse's wartime scrapbook has inspired this project to commemorate the valiant efforts of medical staff during the First World War.
Projects
'Go Toads!' Community Project
Volunteers helped migrating toads cross busy roads and raised awareness of declining toad numbers.
Volunteer with archaeological find at Abberley dig Abberley Hills Preservation Society
Projects
Revealing medieval Abberley
Volunteers and school children used archaeological techniques to discover the lost heritage of Abberley, Worcestershire.