by Wendy Milne | 10th January, 2025 | Blog, Honiton News, Ilfracombe News
As this round of the multicultural history project comes to an end later this month all of the resources created over the past 18 months will come live onto our website. You can see the diverse stories of the two focus towns of Ilfracombe...
by Wendy Milne | 8th November, 2024 | Honiton News, Ilfracombe News, News
Honiton and Ilfracombe exhibitions open in November A year and a half of hard work and dedication and at last, an opportunity to share it more widely with you all. Our multicultural history project’s two exhibitions will open in the towns of Honiton and Ilfracombe...
by Wendy Milne | 2nd October, 2024 | Honiton News, Ilfracombe News, News
(Image and research for Thornton Thomas courtesy of Ilfracombe Museum) Today (1st October) sees the start of Black History Month whose theme this year is Reclaiming Narratives marking a major shift towards recognising and correcting the narratives of Black history and...
by Wendy Milne | 15th August, 2024 | Exeter Community Stories, Honiton News, Ilfracombe News, News
Media Statement 12th August 2024 All of us working on the Telling Our Stories, Finding Our Roots multicultural history project in Devon stand in unity against the violence and racism we have been witnessing in the media and on UK streets. For the past year and in...
by Wendy Milne | 10th July, 2024 | Honiton News, Ilfracombe News, News
Exciting announcement! Jess, our Coordinator in Honiton, and several of our dedicated volunteers, were interviewed this week by BBC Radio Devon. Find out more about the diverse stories they’ve been researching and uncovering in Honiton as well as their own...
by Wendy Milne | 20th June, 2024 | Honiton News, Ilfracombe News, News
Media Release 20th June 2024: Honouring the courage, strength and determination of refugees on World Refugee Day Today is World Refugee Day, an international day organised every year by the United Nations, that aims to honour and celebrate refugees from around the...
by Wendy Milne | 29th May, 2024 | Ilfracombe News, News
As the Telling Our Stories project crosses its halfway point, volunteers in Ilfracombe are eagerly digging up a range of intriguing stories revealing layers of the town’s diverse history. As well as seeking fresh evidence about the long-mused-upon fate of HMS...
by Wendy Milne | 2nd May, 2024 | Blog, Honiton News, Ilfracombe News
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...
by Wendy Milne | 9th February, 2024 | Blog, Honiton News, Ilfracombe News
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...
by Wendy Milne | 30th December, 2023 | Blog, Honiton News, Ilfracombe News
By Abi Obene, Telling Our Stories, Finding Our Roots Coordinator, Ilfracombe In the last couple of weeks both Ilfracombe and Honiton have had their launch events for the Telling Our Stories, Finding Our Roots project run by education charity Devon Development...
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