Yemeni Elders’ Heritage: Collective Power Award

Yemeni people looking at a digital tablet

This blog features National Museums Liverpool’s Connecting with Yemeni Elders’ Heritage project, which was inspired by a young man Abdul, from Liverpool’s Yemeni community, who wanted to support elders living with dementia through the House of Memories programme. Abdul connected and encouraged more than 40 Yemeni young people to support the development of a dual language (Arabic and English) heritage package within the My House of Memories app, to assist elders to capture and digitize their heritage stories and traditions to share with younger people.

I’m With Sam: Tackling learning disability hate crime with Dimensions

A man in a suit and tie speaks directly into camera. Behind him is an I'm With Sam campaign display against learning disability hate crime.

Learning disability hate crime is a problem that is under-reported but can have a huge impact on victims. Dimensions’ #ImWithSam campaign is led by an expert with lived experience and takes a multi-pronged approach to the problem. They support victims, raise awareness, train police forces, work with the CPS and influence policy to improve reporting, convictions and ensure victims are taken seriously.

Alexandra Park Food Forest

A table of apples with adults and children standing around identifying which kind of apple they are

In the early days of the coronavirus crisis, the UK saw empty shelves at the supermarket for the first time in a generation. But in some parts of the country there is a historic lack of access to good food. We hear from a community project in Glasgow looking to change that.

Sex and Cancer

Crumpled bed sheets

Sarah Davis and Emma Qunital from Macmillan’s London Cancer Community share their story of starting a project to support people whose sex lives have been affected by cancer or treatment and how lockdown has affected their plans.

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