Cultural diversity

Monkwearmouth Station Museum is housed in a Grade II-listed building, under ownership of Sunderland City Council.

The National Trust welcomed local families to four London properties and trained volunteers and staff to make them feel welcome.

Two museums worked closely with local agencies and community groups to open up volunteering opportunities to people who would not usually engage with heritage.

The role of spices in shaping local culture, cuisine and customs has been captured thanks to a community history project in Smethwick, Sandwell in the West Midlands.

The L8 Untold Project will engage volunteers in uncovering and recording hidden histories of Britain’s oldest Black community.

The history of Chinese migrants in Reading, so far undocumented, is now available to all thanks to a heritage project spanning multiple generations.

Young people have uncovered the history behind social justice in Tyneside.

National Museums Scotland worked with the Glasgow Gurdwara and Sikh Sanjog to explore Sikh heritage through the history of the boy Maharaja.

This project captured the unrecorded and less well-known experiences of the Nigerians who came to Manchester between 1940 and 1960.

The project will identify and record, interpret and explain the history of West African textiles designed and produced by ABC Wax in Manchester from 1900’s until the present day.

This 12-month project collected objects and historical information that are important to people and the history of their country, ranging from objects on childbirth to marriage.