Sharing Stories Study Days

This year we ran Sharing Stories in-person study events at Stirling University and Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum.  The aim of these days was to bring people together from across the sporting, heritage, volunteer and academic sectors to examine how we each share stories about the people, organisations and achievements that make up our shared sporting heritage.

For resources from the Sharing Stories at Stirling University day please see the Sporting Heritage Scotland pages. The resources from the event at Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum are below.

Group shot of attendees at the Sharing Stories event at Wimbledon standing in front of the Centre Court sign

We had a packed day of presentations, discussion and networking at Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum. We would like to thank National Lottery Heritage Fund and the team at Wimbledon for making this event possible.

Sharing stories

All of our discussions centred around the different ways we can share stories. The day opened with an ‘in conversation’ chat between Sporting Heritage Ambassador Amazin LeThi and Dr Justine Reilly. Amazin talked about her story, her experiences of prejudice and the impact it had on her, and the importance of seeing yourself represented and supported in current sports as well as sporting heritage. You can find out more about Amazin’s amazing work as an advocate on her website.

This discussion was followed by a series of case studies. The slide decks for which are available below.

• Liz Barton-Jones, Foundation of Light (presentation) & Coals to Goals film
• Allison Simpson, Looking Back CIC
• Madalyn Baskerville & Simon Stiel, National Paralympic Heritage Trust

Sporting Heritage plans & our sponsors

After a networking lunch we returned for an update from Dr Justine Reilly on Sporting Heritage’s plans for 2024 which include the return of our popular Art of Sporting Heritage month, as well as the Sporting Heritage Awards and annual Conference. To keep up to date on news our future events please make sure you are signed up to our newsletter.

Following this attendees heard from our new National Sporting Heritage Day sponsor Microform about how they can support Sporting Heritage members with their digital projects – you can view their presentation here. – We also heard from their digital colleagues at Ark Heritage and AM Digital.

Blend in or Stand out display at the Express Yourself: Sport, Street, Style exhibition – reproduced courtesy of Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum

Behind the scenes at Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum

Wimbledon Curator, Emma Traherne kindly gave attendees a behind the scenes tour of the new Express Yourself: Sport, Street, Style exhibition.

To get a feel for the day please browse our photo gallery here.