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  • 'Culture Recovery Fund' Success and Dame Sarah Storey to Launch 2020 Conference

    'Culture Recovery Fund' Success and Dame Sarah Storey to Launch 2020 Conference

    Double celebrations for Sporting Heritage this week as first we secured funding as part of the government’s #HereforCulture campaign, and ...
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  • A Golden Centenary

    A Golden Centenary

    The Hockey Museum in Woking has had a first sight of a 1920 Olympic gold medal. It was won by Harry Haslam OBE, the Great Britain hockey goalkeeper at the Antwerp Games, and is on loan to the Museum from the Haslam family, together with memorabilia, including an oil painting of Haslam, an Antwerp participation medal and civilian medals.
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  • Podcast - In Conversation with Dame Sarah Storey DBE

    Podcast - In Conversation with Dame Sarah Storey DBE

    Dame Sarah Storey DBE joins the podcast to discuss her own sporting heritage and considers the importance of celebrating the achievements and all too often hidden histories of disability and women’s sport’s.
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Latest news

  • Podcast - In Conversation with Dame Sarah Storey DBE

    Podcast - In Conversation with Dame Sarah Storey DBE

    15/10/2020
    Dame Sarah Storey DBE joins the podcast to discuss her own sporting heritage and considers the importance of celebrating the achievements and all too often hidden histories of disability and women’s sport’s.
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  • 'Culture Recovery Fund' Success and Dame Sarah Storey to Launch 2020 Conference

    'Culture Recovery Fund' Success and Dame Sarah Storey to Launch 2020 Conference

    14/10/2020
    Double celebrations for Sporting Heritage this week as first we secured funding as part of the government’s #HereforCulture campaign, and ...
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  • September 2020 Newsletter

    September 2020 Newsletter

    30/09/2020
    In this months newsletter...National Sporting Heritage Day Sportlight, the latest on our Virtual Conference, a podcast with Goalball UK, apply for our community grants, digital sporting stories and the very latest sector news, webinars and funding opportunities. Take a look!
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  • Richard Thomas: Policeman, Sportsman, Soldier.

    Richard Thomas: Policeman, Sportsman, Soldier.

    03/10/2020
    While serving as a constable in Glamorgan, Thomas played a role in two Grand Slam winning Welsh rugby sides and became a champion boxer. Along with 9 other police officers of south Wales, Thomas is recognised as a member of Wales’ first golden generation of rugby [1900-1911].
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  • Boxing Statues of Wales

    Boxing Statues of Wales

    25/09/2020
    A different sport has been far more enthusiastic to commemorate its heroes. A sport which historian Dai Smith argues has as much of an umbilical connection with Welsh society and, especially its working classes, as rugby. That sport is boxing.
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  • Coal, Steel, Cycle Racing

    Coal, Steel, Cycle Racing

    21/09/2020
    Following the reaction to my contribution at the Sporting Heritage Conference in Cardiff (October 2019), both from participants and people who viewed this externally via the Sporting Heritage YouTube channel, it became apparent that an expansion of the theme – the support a community gave to the establishment of a cycle race through its sense of heritage and belonging – could be worthwhile.
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  • Podcast - Standing On the Shoulders of Those Who Came Before.

    Podcast - Standing On the Shoulders of Those Who Came Before.

    29/09/2020
    We discuss the role and value of sporting heritage to the rowing community and wider sporting family. Focusing on the relationship between Frances Houghton MBE OLY and the River and Rowing Museum
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  • Family Treasure Hunt!

    Family Treasure Hunt!

    11/09/2020
    Challenge yourself to complete our family treasure hunt for National Sporting Heritage Day!
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  • A Golden Centenary

    A Golden Centenary

    24/09/2020
    The Hockey Museum in Woking has had a first sight of a 1920 Olympic gold medal. It was won by Harry Haslam OBE, the Great Britain hockey goalkeeper at the Antwerp Games, and is on loan to the Museum from the Haslam family, together with memorabilia, including an oil painting of Haslam, an Antwerp participation medal and civilian medals.
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  • Podcast - Preserving the Heritage of Goalball

    Podcast - Preserving the Heritage of Goalball

    22/09/2020
    Earlier this year Sporting Heritage CIC launched it’s ‘Sporting Heritage of Disability and Women’s Sport’ project supported by Sport England. Sporting ...
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  • August 2020 Newsletter

    August 2020 Newsletter

    27/08/2020
    In the August newsletter: Sportlight on...Hockey, NHLF Emergency Support, #sportingheritage20 Digital Conference - book now! We Launch our Community Grants, a countdown to National Sporting Heritage Day; Sept 3oth and a special feature on the sport of Stoolball. As well as free webinars, podcasts, funding opportunities and the latest sector news. Take a look!
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  • Sporting Heritage announces new sector support programme

    Sporting Heritage announces new sector support programme

    26/08/2020
    Sporting Heritage are delighted to announce we have secured funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to deliver a programme ...
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  • Stoolball: ‘What Ball?’ History of the traditional, rural women’s sport.

    Stoolball: ‘What Ball?’ History of the traditional, rural women’s sport.

    24/08/2020
    One of the sports participating in our Sport England funded collections project is Stoolball. Anita Broad from Stoolball England gives us a whistle stop history and highlights some of the collections of this fascinating, largely female, sport.
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  • Sporting Heritage Grants

    Sporting Heritage Grants

    24/08/2020
    Our annual community grants programme
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  • New Art of Ayresome Exhibition Celebrates Iconic Football Ground

    New Art of Ayresome Exhibition Celebrates Iconic Football Ground

    20/07/2020
    A new online football art exhibition celebrating Middlesbrough Football Club’s former Ayresome Park home has been launched as part of ...
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  • Community Archives and Heritage Scotland - Survey

    Community Archives and Heritage Scotland - Survey

    20/07/2020
    A new regional group of ARA UK & Ireland's Specialist Section, Community Archives and Heritage Group (CAHG) is being created: 'Community Archives and Heritage Groups - Scotland'. 
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  • July 2020 Newsletter

    July 2020 Newsletter

    16/07/2020
    In this month's newsletter: Missing sport? Welcome to our new Sportlight section!  Museum openings. Digital sporting stories. Learn about our scoping programme. Free webinars. Sporting Anniversaries project The study of the sporting wheelchair. Art of Ayresome Exhibition. As well as Sector news and funding opportunities.
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  • Women in Civil Service Sport

    Women in Civil Service Sport

    09/07/2020
    As part of our project's scoping survey, we caught up with the Civil Service Sports Council (CSSC). Celebrating their centenary in 2021, the CSSC were very happy to take a look back through their archives for us, including those highlighting the early sporting success of women and disabled employees.
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  • 2019 Summit Podcasts

    2019 Summit Podcasts

    01/11/2019
    Sporting Heritage's podcaster-in-residence, Russell Todd caught up with several of the 2019 delegates in Cardiff to produce the following podcast episodes.
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  • Sporting Heritage 2018 Conference

    Sporting Heritage 2018 Conference

    12/07/2018
    In 2018, the national Sporting Heritage conference was held at the Merseyside Maritime Museum in Liverpool.  With a focus on ...
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  • Sporting Heritage 2017 Conference

    Sporting Heritage 2017 Conference

    19/02/2018
    In 2017 we held our conference at the National Science and Media Museum in Bradford. The conference theme focused on Sporting ...
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  • The Sporting Story of...Local Tennis Leagues Ltd.

    The Sporting Story of...Local Tennis Leagues Ltd.

    29/06/2020
    Local Tennis Leagues Ltd was originally set up around a fledgling league on Highbury Fields, London in May 2005. Since then, many hundreds of people have taken part, made friends and improved their game. We caught up with Paul Cudmore and Charlotte Mills from LTL to tell us more about their sporting story.
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  • Two Centuries of Village Cricket; Our Clubs Bicentennial

    Two Centuries of Village Cricket; Our Clubs Bicentennial

    29/06/2020
    This year, Purton Cricket Club will be celebrating its 200th anniversary.  It is said to be the oldest cricket club in Wiltshire.  An early member was the famed E. H. Budd, the first man to score a century at Marylebone Cricket Club ground (`Lords`) in 1816. 
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  • The Birchfield Harriers Collection

    The Birchfield Harriers Collection

    29/06/2020
    One of the first amazing collections we received information about through this project’s scoping activity was from Birchfield Harriers – ...
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  • June 2020 Newsletter

    June 2020 Newsletter

    25/06/2020
    Welcome to the June edition of our newsletter. Including information on our Art Fund supported programme: What's Your Digital Sporting Story? A focus on Digital activity across the sector during Covid-19 crisis. Sporting Heritage tool kit news. Reopening guidance and funding for the sector. Conference and Webinar booking. Scoping activity, and the latest Grants and funding news.
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  • Art Fund launches new funding

    Art Fund launches new funding

    25/06/2020
    Art Fund have launched their new ‘Respond and Reimagine’ grants, providing funding to help museums, galleries and cultural organisations respond ...
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  • Introducing #yoursportingstory

    Introducing #yoursportingstory

    17/06/2020
    Our latest social media campaign #yoursportingstory was launched during the Covid-19 lockdown in support of our current project activity. Specifically, helping ...
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  • Free Webinar Series Launched

    Free Webinar Series Launched

    21/05/2020
    Our new sector support webinar offer will launch at the end of May. Aiming to bring up to date advice and guidance to support your organisations and collections, the following webinars are now available to book.
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  • Podcast - Memories of Aberystwyth University Athletics Club in the 1950s

    Podcast - Memories of Aberystwyth University Athletics Club in the 1950s

    17/06/2020
    In this podcast Russell Todd, Sporting Heritage CIC’s podcaster-in-residence, chats to his next door neighbour in Cardiff, Colin Morgan, about ...
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  • Podcast - Introducing the Disability and Women's Sports project

    Podcast - Introducing the Disability and Women's Sports project

    03/06/2020
    Sporting Heritage CIC has recently launched it’s Disability and Women’s Sports project, funded by Sport England. It aims to help ...
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  • RT @_TheSportsWire: ✨ A two-day Sporting Heritage virtual conference, opened by @DameSarahStorey, saw a vast array of topics & discussions…6 hours ago
  • RT @SamB24: This month's blogpost for @ParaHeritage is about the importance of #oralhistory for disabled people's history/politics, and is…13 hours ago
  • RT @ELucyJanes: Really enjoyed this conference (in between work things!). Lots to think about, ideas for projects and useful info. Plus a g…yesterday
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