Archive Testbed (2021-22)

  • 2025 What a year!
    As the sun sets on 2025, International Year of Co-operatives, it’s the perfect time to look back at what we’ve been doing: From our local libraries to the streets of Birmingham, 2025 has been a dramatic year, celebrating community, resilience and sharing our history. Here’s a couple of highlights: Turning Pages, Shaping Lives: Book Marks
  • Safeguarding Birmingham’s Arts Heritage with ‘Young Artivists’ at Friction
    People’s Heritage Co-operative is thrilled to announce a significant investment in Friction Archives through The National Archives Resilience Fund. Friction Arts is renowned for its socially engaged projects will work with ‘Young Artivists’ who will steer the project and act as Archivists for the Archives. This funding will ensure the long-term health and sustainability, preserving
  • Tribute to Her Majesty
    It is a great sadness to us, and all the people we work with to hear about the death of Her Majesty yesterday. We have worked to celebrate the life of the Queen, in this, her Platinum Jubilee year, and have previously organised Parties and School workshops for Prince Harry and Ms. Meghan Markle’s Wedding
  • Platinum Street Celebrations in Stechford
    As part of our Archive Testbed grant from The National Archives, we’ll be at the Platinum Jubilee Street Party 5th June 2022, 12 to 6pm, Victoria Road, Stechford. We’re working with Community Champion and ‘Home’ project star Mrs McGhie-Belgrave MBE to create an event to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. We want to support Mrs McGhie-Belgrave