Project Updates
WW1 Engagement Centres Policy Statement
On 10, Mar 2020 | In Project Updates | By Nicola Gauld
In 2019, the WW1 Engagement Centres held a series of legacy festivals and policy breakfasts. The following statement was written for the final event, held in London in November 2019.
Project: Shell Shock Stories & Beyond
On 21, Jun 2018 | In Project Updates | By Nicola Gauld
Shell Shock Stories & Beyond
Are you a Community Researcher Engaging with Trauma Narratives as part of your First World War Centenary Project? Read more…
Project: Brandwood End Cemetery & WW1
On 16, Aug 2017 | In Project Updates | By Nicola Gauld
Swanshurst School recently undertook a WW1 project which involved a trip to Brandwood End Cemetery in Birmingham. The students were tasked with finding the graves of soldiers who had served in the Labour Corps during the War.
A short film capturing their activities can be viewed on YouTube.
Project: The Indian Army in the First World War: An Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Perspective
On 27, Jul 2017 | In Project Updates | By Nicola Gauld
The Soldiers of Oxfordshire (SOFO) Museum and Oxford University’s History Faculty are delighted to have jointly received a £12,000 funding grant from the Arts & Humanities Research Council ‘Voices of War & Peace’ WWI Engagement Centre.
Project: From WW1 to world conflicts today
On 21, Mar 2017 | In Project Updates | By Nicola Gauld
From World War I to world conflicts today: changing narrations of conflict in a superdiverse East Birmingham community
Voices of War & Peace Community Fund Project
Project: Stories of Omission
On 24, Jan 2017 | In Project Updates | By Nicola Gauld
Recognize Black Heritage & Culture & Voices of War and Peace
Great opportunity for community volunteers on a new project, Stories of Omission: Conflict and the experience of Black soldiers.
10 Not Out, Birmingham Hippodrome needs your help!
On 04, Nov 2016 | In Project Updates | By Nicola Gauld
We need YOU…
Event: Dusty’s WW1 Project Needs You!
On 27, Oct 2016 | In Project Updates | By Nicola Gauld
The Dusty’s WW1 project in Cardiff is holding a roadshow event to uncover the history of Ely after the First World War and the development of the housing estate in the 1920s.
Event report: Community Development Day
On 19, Oct 2016 | In Project Updates | By Nicola Gauld
On 30 September, Birmingham City University hosted the Minding Black Histories in War Times Community Development Day, in which academics, community researchers, and funding representatives came together for a day of discussions and presentations.
Reminder: Community Research Fund additional call
On 20, Sep 2016 | In Project Updates | By Nicola Gauld
Closing date 3 October!
Invitations for applications are now open for members of the Research Network to bid for funding up to a maximum of £15,000 for projects which involve the co-design and co-production of research with community groups around the legacy of the First World War.
Event report: Diverse-city and the Great War
On 16, Sep 2016 | In Project Updates | By Nicola Gauld
On 5 September, Voices of War and Peace held an event at the Library of Birmingham titled ‘Diverse-city and the Great War’, in which several groups who had been funded by the HLF’s First World War: then & now programme presented their work on histories of the First World War. Read more…
The Battle of Mametz Wood
On 17, Aug 2016 | In Project Updates | By Nicola Gauld
“It seemed quiet as we advanced up a slope towards the wood after the noise of the bombardment. The boys were steady, each taking courage from one another and the encouragement of our young officers. Suddenly all hell broke loose as machine guns opened up on us from the front and from the flank. We stood no chance and the boys were everywhere falling, but we kept moving forward”.
Private Albert Evans, 16th (Cardiff City) Battalion of The Welsh Regiment. Featured in The Welsh at Mametz Wood by Dr Jonathan Hicks.
Uncovering hidden histories of black wartime service: Mapping complementary work in the area
On 04, Aug 2016 | In Project Updates | By Nicola Gauld
One of the objectives of the Minding Black Histories in War Times project (see previous post) is to map out complementary work on African and West Indies involvement in the WW1 being undertaken in the West Midlands and nationally. In addition to recent academic presentations/outputs, there are a number of community organisations (many of whom are funded through the HLF) seeking to uncover hidden histories of black wartime service.
Announcement: Community Research Fund additional call
On 01, Aug 2016 | In Project Updates | By Nicola Gauld
Invitations for applications are now open for members of the Research Network to bid for funding up to a maximum of £15,000 for projects which involve the co-design and co-production of research with community groups around the legacy of the First World War.
Project update: WW1 in the Vale
On 27, Jul 2016 | In Project Updates | By Nicola Gauld
Members of Pershore WI were recently treated to a demonstration of WW1 cookery techniques by Judy Garner and Professional Masterchef winner, Mark Stinchcombe, and his wife Sue, at Eckington Manor on 20 March 2016. The demonstration was filmed and can be viewed here: https://ww1inthevale.wordpress.com/about/
Minding Black Histories in War Times: Remembering, Acknowledging and Documenting the Contribution of Black Poppies in WWI
On 19, Jul 2016 | In Project Updates | By Nicola Gauld
This project, supported by the Voices community research fund, is designed to tell the stories of Congolese servicemen of the First World War.
Exhibition: The Lost Boys
On 06, Jul 2016 | In Project Updates | By Nicola Gauld
The Lost Boys: Remembering the boy soldiers of the First World War
Open now until 26 August 2016
Manchester Metropolitan University Special Collections Gallery
3rd Floor
Sir Kenneth Green Library
Read more…
Project: Discovering the WW1 Home Front
On 07, Apr 2016 | In Project Updates | By Nicola Gauld
Discovering the WW1 Home Front: Children and charities, food and farms (Hempsted, Gloucestershire) considers the impact of WW1 upon rural communities in the UK by looking at the changes brought about in Hempsted, a small village in Gloucestershire. The project aims to ‘hone in’ on the local area in order to explore, conserve and share the lives of people on the Home Front between 1914 and 1918.
Project: The Great Blackberry Pick
On 15, Mar 2016 | In Project Updates | By Nicola Gauld
The story so far…
By Julia Letts, Coordinator
Project: Rotherwas Munitions Group
On 14, Mar 2016 | In Project Updates | By Nicola Gauld
The Royal Ordnance Munitions Factory at Rotherwas, Hereford was one of a number of munitions factories set up by the Ministry of Munitions in WWI.
Volunteers sought for Words of Peace project
On 08, Mar 2016 | In Project Updates | By Nicola Gauld
Sampad is currently looking for volunteers to work on its latest First World War project ‘Words of Peace’.
Mass Observation and the Centenary of the First World War
On 02, Feb 2016 | In Project Updates | By Nicola Gauld
Dr Lucy Noakes from the Gateways Engagement Centre has been undertaking research into the Mass-Observation Directive on the First World War commissioned by the five centres. She is currently preparing an article for the Women’s History Review and has written a blogpost on her findings which can be viewed at http://www.gatewaysfww.org.uk/blog/mass-observation-first-world-war.
HLF fund untold stories of Birmingham’s injured soldiers
On 27, Jan 2016 | In Project Updates | By Nicola Gauld
The People’s Heritage Co-operative recently announced a new project called Untold Stories: Birmingham’s Wounded Soldiers from WW1.
Read more…
Call for volunteers: Theatres of Conscience
On 14, Jan 2016 | In Project Updates | By Nicola Gauld
Theatres of Conscience
Women & Theatre are recruiting adult participants for a new WW1 project based on the experiences of conscientious objectors.
Community Research Fund Round Three
On 08, Dec 2015 | In Project Updates | By Nicola Gauld
Invitations for applications are now open for members of the Research Network to bid for funding up to a maximum of £15,000 for projects which involve the co-design and co-production of research with community groups around the legacy of the First World War.
Project Update: The Tear Gas Connection
On 23, Jul 2015 | In Project Updates | By Nicola Gauld
Tear Gas was a key theme of the Media for Social Change activities this year (part of the Birmingham Centre for Media & Cultural Research). After we hosted the Tear Gas Research Connection UK meeting last November, we organised in April 2015 a panel discussion on the military, policing, legal, commercial and medical aspects of tear gas, both in historic and more contemporary contexts.
Project update: With New Eyes I See
On 15, Jul 2015 | In Project Updates | By Nicola Gauld
In 2013/14 Cardiff University entered into a partnership with creative marketing firm yello brick to build an immersive itinerant documentary experience called With New Eyes I See.
Launch of our community research fund
On 16, Mar 2015 | In Project Updates | By Voices
Invitations for applications are now open for members of the Research Network to bid for funding up to a maximum of £15,000 for projects which involve the co-design and co-production of research with community groups around the legacy of the First World War.
New Book: Worcestershire’s War
On 03, Oct 2014 | In Project Updates | By Nicola Gauld
Worcestershire’s War: Voices of the First World War
by Maggie Andrews, Adrian Gregson and John Peters
Launch Preparations Are Underway!
On 11, Mar 2014 | In Project Updates | By Voices
Preparations are underway for the launch of Voices of War and Peace, the University of Birmingham’s new First World War Engagement Centre, an Arts & Humanities Research Council initiative in partnership with the Heritage Lottery Fund.
The launch will take place on March 21st from 12-2.30pm in the Library of Birmingham’s Studio Theatre.
