Trust for London: Refugee Communities History Project

Work began during 2004 on a major new initiative - the Refugee Communities History Project for which City Parochial Foundation and Trust for London are leading funders - to document and demonstrate the cultural, social and economic contributions made by members of refugee communities to London society since 1951. It will record the experiences of individual refugees from the time they first arrived in the city to the present day.

These orally and visually recorded histories will be archived and exhibited at the Museum of London and the participating Refugee Community Organisations (RCOs) will also be encouraged to use the life stories creatively for their own purposes. Fifteen RCOs are participating in the two year project, seven in the first year (2004-5) and eight in the second (2005-6).

Others involved in the project include the Mueum of London, London Metropolitan University and the Heritage Lottery Fund.

c/o Evelyn Oldfield Unit
The Resource Centre
356 Holloway Road
London N7 6PA

Tel No. 020 7700 0100

Posted by cpadmin on January 28, 2005 12:19 PM to Trust for London
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