The City and District of Derry and Strabane District Council is steeped in sporting history. Our Sporting Heritage Community Grant allowed us to create a 'Sports of Our Time' exhibition, which opened on 30 September to celebrate our sporting heroes in all sports throughout our council area.
Find out more Join Fran Stovold and Sonia Rasbery as they introduce the new Sport England funded toolkit. This amazing resource brings together ...
Find out more Join oral historian Anita Broad as she outlines the key things to think about before you embark on your oral ...
Find out more If you missed the Sporting Heritage 2021 online conference, want to revisit some of the sessions, or catch up with one of the concurrent sessions you may have been unable to join, you can watch all of the sessions on our YouTube Channel under our Sporting Heritage Conference 2021 playlist.
Find out more One consolation of the Covid-19 lockdowns was being able to “attend” last year’s Sporting Heritage online conference, which inspired me to put a bid in immediately for a Community Grant to make a film capturing stories from the diverse women’s football group I work with.
Find out more Along with an introduction to the sport from Boccia Uk, we talk to players Scott McCowan, Stephen McGuire and Claire Taggart as they prepare for the World Boccia 2021 European Championship in Seville, the first international Boccia competition since the Tokyo Paralympic Games
Find out more June 2016 - I ventured to the first major footballing championship (men’s) that Wales had qualified for in my lifetime: Euro 2016.
Find out more Scott McCowan is a three-time British Paralympian in Boccia. Born and raised in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland, Scott first started playing in 2006 and has enjoyed great success over 16 years in the sport.
Find out more For National Sporting Heritage Day 2021 the Arlington Baths Club was proud to present the Battle of the Bathsmasters, a dramatisation of a 1879 media spat and public swimming contest to prove women’s swimming skills!
Find out more Join Hugh Dan MacLennan and Michael White to take a first look at the new Sporting Heritage Memories Manual. Developed ...
Find out more Do you want to do more with your collection but not sure where to start? A good inventory is at ...
Find out more In this film created for the 2021 Sporting Heritage Conference, our founding director Dr Justine Reilly guides you through a review of our activities over the past year, developments in the organisation and details some of what we have planned in the future.
Find out more Durham Amateur Football Trust celebrated National Sporting Heritage Day with an exhibition entitled “A Day out at Wembley” on Saturday 2 October at King James 1 Academy, Bishop Auckland.
Find out more For this year's National Sporting Heritage Day we publicised Reading Museum’s forthcoming exhibition on 150 years of Reading FC, and celebrated our heritage through a range of activities.
Find out more Throughout the week of National Sporting Heritage Day, we shared with local people and schools the story of Claude Hailey, and Tennis Wales offered coaching sessions to local people, all of which helps us re-engage with the community after the pandemic.
Find out more Sharing stories, reminiscing about big wins & big losses, recalling great players, rekindling friendships was the order of the day.
Find out more This flexible assembly resource for Key Stages 3 and 4 uses the story of two school friends, now professional players at Worcester Warriors Women, to explore a series of themes in relation to the history and development of the women’s game.
Find out more In this episode, recorded as part of the Ignored Heritage pilot project, we reflect on the film 'Millwall Black and White', with project lead, Kristopher Mckie, producer, Ole Jensen, and one of the stars of and contributors to the film, Ron Bell.
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Find out more This flexible PowerPoint resource and accompanying teacher’s guide uses interviews with leading past and current players and a narrated history to creatively explore a series of specific and wider themes in relation to the history and development of the women’s game.
Find out more This flexible resource for Key Stages 3-5 is inspired by ‘Football’s Black Pioneers’ by Bill Hern and David Gleave and uses a focus on Viv Anderson, England's first black full international player.
Find out more This project drew on untold stories of women and disability in sport, along with unusual sporting objects and events. All captured and shared via a series of free illustrated online resources working in partnership with freelance illustrator and education consultant, Jessica Hartshorn.
Find out more This exhibition presents objects, photographs and stories of women, who have played a significant role in their sport. The exhibits ...
Find out more How much do you know about Sporting History? Take part in our free online family quiz and test your knowledge of a range of sports.
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