Cultural diversity

Meaningful relationships were built with local communities and diverse experts in this Collecting Cultures project, which saw new ways of working trialled and access widened.

Students from Birmingham universities worked with Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery to create an exhibition to showcase and explore the museum’s West African textile collections.

Luton Cultural Services Trust and a youth group purchased and decorated a traditional Romani vardo (wagon) in an original folk art style.

Young people researched 50 years of Caribbean music and culture in Bristol and shared their findings via radio, film and online.

This project focused on the life of Walter Tull, the first black player for Tottenham Hotspur FC and one of the first black soldiers to have served as an officer during the First World War.

Cultures CIC led a First World War project put together by the young people in the Teesside area which explored the contributions of African people and the effect of the war on the African continent.

Catholic and Protestant communities were brought together in this project investigating the impact of the First World War on the local area.

The Anglo Polish Society created a touring exhibition, book and archive of reminiscences to raise awareness of the importance of Polish culture and heritage to Bristol’s diverse community.

Manchester Chinese archive trained volunteers to record, preserve and share a community’s hidden history.

The Women’s Archive of Wales recorded the experiences of women working in factories across the country after 1945, filling a gap in our social history.

Northern Cultural Projects CIC spent a year investigating and documenting the Iranian Heritage of the North East.

Our Our Day Out encouraged people to explore the Keith Medley photographic archive based at Liverpool John Moores University.