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...
Happy New Year! Six months in… look what we've achieved! Now six months into the project we start 2024 having established a strong and experienced team of project partners, leaders, advisors, coordinators and volunteers from across Devon. We’ve had some great press...
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...
Want to become a volunteer storyteller for a more inclusive society? Come to our Ilfracombe launch event for an informal chat If you love storytelling, especially stories that are from Devon’s multicultural history, and would like to get involved in a new project to...
Down the Rabbit Hole Events are being organised, volunteers are signing up and the wheels are starting to turn! Not only are we setting up the logistical side of the project for the year to come - organising launch events, setting up archival and interview training...
Want to become a storyteller for a more inclusive society? Come to our Honiton launch event If you love storytelling or are from a diverse ethnic background and would like to share your story to create a more inclusive society then be at The Beehive, Dowell Street,...
What Multicultural History? by Jess Huffman, Project Coordinator (Honiton), Telling Our Stories, Finding Our Roots I really enjoy talking to people about the Telling Our Stories, Finding Our Roots Project. Discussing project opportunities to explore diverse and...
Media Release 28th September 2023 Be part of the story for a more inclusive society – a call for volunteers in Honiton and Ilfracombe for exciting new multicultural...
Media Release 7th September 2023: Abi Obene appointed as Ilfracombe Community Heritage Coordinator for exciting new multi-cultural history project Devon Development Education (DDE), a global learning charity, is delighted to announce the appointment of...
Media Release 23 August 2023 Devon Development Education (DDE), a global learning charity, is delighted to announce the appointment of Jess Huffman as its Honiton Community Heritage Coordinator for an exciting new project which promises to unearth new stories...
We are sad to announce that due to the current national lockdown, we have closed our Telling Our Stories exhibitions. We hope to be able to share them again in the future. Please read on for an update for each town. Tiverton The exhibition at the Tiverton Museum of...
We're very excited to announce our exhibitions are getting back on their feet after the lockdown. Read below for an update on each town. Tiverton The exhibition at the Tiverton Museum of Mid Devon Life will be open until Monday 21st December 2020. Okehampton We aim to...