Rightful Lives Exhibit and 20 Years of the Human Rights Act
The 9th November 2018 marks 20 years of the Human Rights Act.
The Rightful Lives exhibition team had asked for new contributions to add to their already fantastic online exhibition.
Learn about Kathy and Jennifer’s contribution.
Read moreArchive Training Day - 15th October 2018 (By Jennifer)
On Monday 15th October 2018, a group of us got a minibus to Warwickshire County Records Office for archive training…
Read moreCASBA Celebration Event (By Jennifer)
CASBA Advocacy have done a project on the lives of people living in Monyhull Hospital, ‘From Institution to Community’. On Saturday 6th October they had their open event to show all their work since starting the project September last year.
Read moreTalk at the MAC (By Jennifer)
Out of the Shadows is a book that has been written by Sally Williams and photographed by Polly Braden, working with Multistory. They have also have an exhibition which is currently at The MAC Birmingham until Sunday 11th November.
Read moreMonday Motivation (by Jennifer)
In the office today we are having a Monday Motivation, always slow to start again after the weekend. I have been busy today with planning for the interview prompt cards, thinking of questions and putting them into easy read…
Read moreOral History Training Session (by Jennifer)
On Wednesday 8th August 2018 Jan Walmsley came to Solihull Action through Advocacy to deliver Oral History training…
Read morePhotographs of Middlefield Hospital
We can now share with you two photographs from postcards of Middlefield hospital!
Read moreOur Visit to Hampton Church (by Jennifer)
On Tuesday 17th July 2018, we went to Hampton in Arden to visit Hampton Church; we were greeted by the Church Secretary who showed us to the chronicles…
Read moreEASY READ - First Trip to Solihull Core Library Archives
EASY READ VERSION
We went to Solihull Core Library to look at their local history collection. This blog tells you about what we found.
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