Project Snapshot

Project title:

Involving Local Communities

Programme: Heritage Grants
Applicant: Black Cultural Archives
Grant awarded: £308,000

The collection of the Black Cultural Archives in Brixton, London, was catalogued and made available online.
An outreach programme to record the stories of black people living in the borough of Lambeth was also rolled out. Volunteers received training in archive skills and interviewing techniques to help deliver the project,and met monthly to share their learning as a group.

Sorting out the archive

Sector

Collections

Activity

Conservation; Learning