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No Facebook? OMG! Exploring life before social media Giant iPhone installation Young people from Fareham researched and curated an exhibition exploring the relationship between technology and teenagers since the 1960s. Imagine being a teenager without …

New College Worcester students help collect memories Students collected stories and discovered what life was like being blind or partially sighted in the past. The project celebrated 150 years of New College Worcester, a national residential school and …

Henshaws: One Man's Vision An exhibition featuring oral histories about Henshaws When Thomas Henshaw died in 1810, he left a legacy of £20,000 in his will to establish an 'Asylum for the Indigent Blind' in Manchester. Without Thomas Henshaw’s gift, the …

Rainbow Pilgrims: The Rites and Passages of LGBTQ+ Migrants in Britain Liberal Judaism, a multi-faith support organisation, discovered that the stories of many of the LGBTQ+ migrants they met were being lost. More than 20 volunteers undertook five days …

Rainbow Jews: Celebrating Jewish LGBTQ+ History and Heritage Rainbow Jews exhibition at the London School of Economics Led by Liberal Judaism, this project recorded and showcased Jewish LGBTQ+ history from the 1950s to today. The project involved …

Race through the Generations Project participants working creating digital stories "The project would not have been possible without HLF being bold in funding race related projects that enable space to discuss challenging conversations about heritage and …

Punk Snow: the Punk era in 1970s Liverpool Punk Snow researched unpublished diaries and collected memories of Liverpool's 1970s punk era to create a 15-minute documentary. Thinking Film trains young people in film-making skills, helping local people …

100 years and still serving: a centenary heritage project "When we talk about art, we automatically think of something visual. The banner is impressive to look at, but its beauty lies in the way it can be explored and appreciated using other senses." …

Restoring Heaton Park, Manchester Heaton Park, Manchester Phase two of the project focused on restoring the historic centre of Heaton Park, putting back the original character by reinstating the original landscape design and planting schemes. The …

The National Centre for Children's Books: Seven Stories Gallery wall at Seven Stories, inspired by David Almond's work A grant from Collecting Cultures helped the National Centre for Children's Books to improve its resilience and literary reputation, and …