The Next Stage… It’s been several weeks of digging into the local history of everything from shipwrecks to gravesites, shopkeepers to witches, hovels to hotels, steadily uncovering an increasing number of interesting and interweaving accounts. Our forays into...
Perhaps you have a family connection? Or maybe you're a local history enthusiast eager to find out about the Polish soldiers who stayed at the Honiton camp? If so, we'd love your help to tell their stories! The Polish Resettlement Corps was an organisation formed by...
At our 3 April Meeting at the Thelma Hulbert Gallery, our Honiton team was delighted to welcome four new volunteers to Telling Our Stories, Finding Our Roots, bringing a broad-reaching set of skills and interests to the project - including languages, archeology,...
Further developing their skills and confidence, our volunteers took part in Oral History Training this week, led by our Honiton Coordinator, JessHuffman. With microphones in hand, they experimented with recording equipment, tried out interviewing techniques and learnt...
29th February 2024 The two main reasons for volunteers taking part in Telling Our Stories, Finding Our Roots, Devon’s multicultural history project, are ‘gaining new skills’ and ‘trying something new’ showing that age is definitely no barrier to wanting to expand...
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Friday 23rd February Blessed with more sun than rain (and only a touch of hail) volunteers from the latest chapter of Telling Our Stories, Finding Our Roots - joined by a multi-generational group of local people - took a stroll through Exeter's multicultural past this...
Our growing team of Honiton volunteers met last week to share emerging stories. In a precarious world there is a sense that the project offers some peace and contentment. That in some small way it helps to make a better world; something that sounds ambitious but is...
Listen to BBC Radio Devon's interview with Telling Our Stories, Finding Our Roots Project Coordinator Hilda Kalap as to why this multicultural history project is so relevant today. ...
As the wheels of recruitment turn and ‘Telling Our Stories, Finding Our Roots’ – Devon’s multicultural history project – really begins to gain steam, some fantastic opportunities have started to unfold. Read the latest blog from Abi Obene - Project Coordinator in...
Saturday (27th) marks the start of annual National Storytelling Week, a joyful celebration of the power of sharing stories. Hilda Kalap, Project Coordinator of Devon’s multicultural history project Telling Our Stories, Finding Our Roots,...
As the world marks Martin Luther King Jnr Day today (15th) it’s a reminder of his unifying message that our common humanity transcends other factors such as colour, religion, race and caste. The famous US human rights and social justice leader advocated for peaceful...