Previous Round of History in the Making

Derby

50 years ago, Derby was twinned with Osnabrück to promote peace and engage young people in creating positive future. This project worked with new migrants and disadvantaged young people to explore themes of peace and togetherness in the face of contemporary conflict, fear and isolation.

Moorlands

LGBTQIA+ young people in the rural Staffordshire Moorlands are often very isolated. This project brought them together to explore local queer history. The young people worked with an artist to co-create a place maker celebrating the stories they wanted to commemorate. This corresponded with the first Pride event in the area, co-produced by the young people.

Staffordshire Moorlands

This project worked with unaccompanied asylum-seeking children to build a sense of connection to the new land they find themselves in. Through exploring the heritage and historical significance of the Staffordshire Moors, they developed a sense of belonging and connection to the area. The place marker was led by the young people and created by a local artist.

Newcastle

Young people from the Byker estate explored the origins of this ground-breaking development and considered how the past can inform the estate’s future. Their findings were incorporated into a new mural and shutter designs on community-run buildings at the heart of the estate.

Young people with additional needs from across the Bradford district explored the social history around the oldest cable tramway in Britain. Their findings were made into a fully accessible, multi-sensory place marker to celebrate these histories.

Shared Stories celebrates musical and cultural histories across the Bradford district. Young people conducted interviews and research before creating their own musical and audio responses. These new works will be shared via QR codes around the local area.

Rawtenstall

Whitaker Park and was once known for sound and music, but its bandstands are now silent. This project sought to bring the music back. Young people worked with a curator to uncover these histories before creating sound-based responses. QR codes in the park link to these new soundscapes.

Stockport

Local young people delved into the LGBTQIA+ history of Stockport. What this project ultimately creates is very much in the hands of the young people and yet to be decided, but they’re exploring creating a ‘queer map’ of the area or producing a mural.

Peterborough

Peterborough has been perceived as lacking a distinct identity and has been described as the ‘worst place to live’. This project sought to create a deeper connection to local cultural history by creating an art trail across the town. Words and artwork will appear across the city to spark dialogue and celebrate the overlooked histories of underrepresented young people.

St Leonards-on-sea

A truly diverse team of early-career young creatives was at the heart of this project. They created new panels for station platforms in St Leonards that respond to local history alongside zines and audio interpretation.

Lewes

Young people on a council estate on the edge of Lewes wanted to find out more about a historic building on their estate. Through interviewing older people on the estate, they explored their own history before creating a film and a place marker on the estate celebrating their findings.