Culture And Memory

Capturing Brighton’s last WW2 veterans

Our project will: •Capture, preserve and share the first-hand experiences of 8 Brighton wartime veterans (minimum) through film and audio recordings. These will inspire the selection and curation of heritage material from 4 partner organisations to tell a more cohesive and previously unheard story of wartime Brighton. •Improve physical, sensory and intellectual access to Brighton’s wartime heritage through consultation with two access advisory groups to remove barriers alongside implementing existing access audit recommendations. •Create a more relevant, engaging and participatory offer for our schools and community programmes by training volunteers from these target audiences to record, edit, curate, and dramatise memories and archives for new activities and displays. •Build Take Shelter’s capacity as a new charity to deliver an expanding programme through a business plan, trustee succession planning, and volunteer strategy. •Showcase project achievements in a celebration weekend on the 80th anniversary of VE Day in May 2025.