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...
Black History Month’s theme of Reclaiming Narratives echoed by Devon multicultural history project
(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...
Standing in unity against violence and racism on UK streets
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...
Youth Photo Challenge shines lens on Honiton’s multicultural history – * DEADLINE EXTENDED*
Youth Photo Challenge We’re looking for young photographers to take part in a Photo Challenge as part of Telling Our Stories, Finding Our Roots, a multicultural heritage project happening here in Honiton. We’re inviting young people aged 10 - 19 to photograph one or...
Calling All Creatives!
Devon’s multicultural heritage project Telling Our Stories, Finding Our Roots is calling all creatives for its latest initiative. We’re looking for a dynamic artist to work with Jess Huffman, our Honiton project coordinator and project partners at Offwell School,...
BBC Radio Devon talks to Jess Huffman and four of our Honiton volunteers in a series of radio interviews about Telling Our Stories, Finding Our Roots
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 personal...
Artist Opportunity
Artist Opportunity An exciting opportunity for a Devon based, global majority artist to work with Devon Development Education on their Telling Our Stories, Finding Our Roots multicultural heritage project. We’re looking for a dynamic artist to work with our project...
Honouring the courage, strength and determination of refugees on World Refugee Day
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...
Celebrating Cultural Diversity and Taking Over the Airwaves – read this month’s blog from Jess Huffman
Celebrating Cultural Diversity It was great to discover that May now has a whole day dedicated to celebrating cultural diversity, and to honour it we have been working with Honiton Library to create a display of inspiring books that tell the story of England's...
On WORLD DAY FOR CULTURAL DIVERSITY, Telling Our Stories and Honiton Library celebrate the richness of the world’s cultures through books
TELLING OUR STORIES' volunteers partnered with HONITON LIBRARY on Cultural Diversity Day this week to celebrate the richness of the world's cultures and the power of inter-cultural dialogue by sharing a selection of adult and children's books. As keepers (and lenders)...
Storytelling matters, and people matter too. By emphasising the role of the person, says Abi Obene, the stories will follow – in time, at a slower pace, but all the more free because of it.
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...
Help us find out more about the post-WWII Polish resettlement camp in Honiton and the soldiers who chose to stay in Devon
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...