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New Grants for Working Class Heritage

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Historic England has recently announced a major new initiative Everyday Heritage Grants: Celebrating Working Class Histories. These grants will fund community-led projects that focus on “heritage that links people to overlooked historic places, with a particular interest in recognising and celebrating working class histories”.

Community and heritage organisations can apply for grants up to £25,000. There is a focus on sharing untold stories and encouraging volunteering.

Applications open: Wednesday 23 February

Closing date:  Monday 23 May

For more information visit the grants page  or email EverydayHeritage@HistoricEngland.org.uk

Share your innovative ideas for Local Studies

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Do you work with local studies collections? Are you and your colleagues working in innovative ways to share those collections?

If yes, then we would love to hear from you. We are looking for great examples of how local studies materials are being used to support communities and individuals in accessing information and improving their mental health and wellbeing. We are especially interested in online delivery, whether it was developed before or after the arrival of Covid-19 and lockdown, but are welcoming any contributions.

Working with local studies material, we know the value and positive impact our collections have on people’s lives. Now we want to demonstrate those benefits, great and small, to a wider audience.

The aim is to collate all the good things happening throughout the country and share the results via the CILIP Local Studies website https://lslibrarians.wordpress.com/ and social media pages @CILIP_LSG

If you have any experiences or stories to share, please email the County Local Studies Librarian at the Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre julie.davis@wiltshire.gov.uk

Thank you for your time and we look forward to receiving your replies.

Julie Davis on behalf of CILIP LSG

Event: Archives and Learning for All – Engaging Diverse Communities

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A date for your diaries in 2019. The ARA are holding a free event on the 29 January  on how to engage diverse communities with archives.  This is a topic of interest to many involved in local studies collections, and would also be an good CPD opportunity.

Speakers and topics include: 

Penny Allen (The Courtyard Hereford) & Elizabeth Semper O’Keefe (Herefordshire Archives and Records Centre)

‘Who lived in a house like this: creatively engaging care home residents’

Julie Melrose (Islington Local History Centre)

‘Lost Trades of Islington: a collaborative and cross-general project’

Paul Dudman,  University of East London

‘Archives, Activism and Action: Participatory Cultural Heritage and Hidden Voices – the Role of Civic Engagement in Enhancing Archives?’

See the full program and book details  here.