THE LIVING MEMORY PROJECT (CIC)
We work with individuals, communities, and organisations across the UK to co-create participatory projects that celebrate people and place. Our work brings together diverse voices and perspectives, fostering deeper understanding, connection, and pride in our communities.
We are passionate about collaboration and about ensuring that personal stories and cultural material are carefully recorded, preserved, and shared for the future.
Our projects often centre on oral history, life stories, and personal photography collections. We collaborate with practitioners across disciplines—including oral historians, artists, filmmakers, photographers, and health and wellbeing specialists—to create exhibitions, events, publications, and films that bring these stories to life.
A key current project is the Living Memory Book Project, supported by the Heritage Lottery Community Fund and Groundwork UK. This work supports bereaved individuals and families to create personal memory books for their loved ones through one-to-one sessions and community workshops.
OUR PROJECTS
Photography and Life Stories from across The Black Country
A four-year project celebrating and archiving life stories and personal photography collections. Funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Arts Council England, this project delivered 160 community events, workshops and sharing days, and produced 16 exhibitions across the region.
Our Commonwealth: The People of Sandwell
A project celebrating many extraordinary people from across Sandwell to mark the staging of The Commonwealth Games 2022. Using film, photography, oral history and performance, Our Commonwealth explores the lives of different people who support others and make our communities better places to live. Funded by Sandwell Council and Arts Council England.
A film commissioned by Historic England about the community of Stirchley in Birmingham, and how it has coped during the Covid-19 pandemic. Released in March 2021, the film is a snapshot of a strong and vibrant community committed to making Stirchley a better place for all.
The Living Memory Book Project
The Living Memory Book Project is an initiative that supports bereaved individuals. Through one-to-one and group sessions, we work closely with participants to co-create a bespoke Living Memory Book—a co-created professionally printed publication that tells the story of their loved one in their own words.
