Trailblazers Interview with Swindon Town F.C

The Trailblazers project is a celebration of the rich diversity of players in British football – past, present and future. Trailblazers guides Premier League academy players and members of the Premier League Charitable Fund (PLCF) Kicks and Inspires groups to discover...

“Our invention is going to be an asset to the world”

Schools across London have been taking part in the Great Exhibition²; an exciting new STEM research and innovation project. Students kickstarted their journey to becoming ‘Great Innovators’ by researching and designing incredible innovations to tackle global issues,...

“My stone was too small for everything that I am feeling”

Commemorating the Genocide in Cambodia with Foundation Stones. At a Foundation Stones event in March to commemorate those murdered between 1975 and 1979 in the Cambodian Genocide, we were privileged to hear testimony from two survivors, Dana Tep and Somaly Lun, read...

The Unremembered: World War One’s Army of Workers

The Unremembered  World War One’s Army of Workers In April 2021 the Commonwealth War Graves Commission responded to the Review into Historical Inequalities in Commemoration with an unreserved apology. The apology represents a watershed moment in the history of the...

Trailblazers – Norwich City FC Academy

Two Trailblazers – Norwich City FC Academy Norwich City FC Academy have been tackling the Trailblazers project online, using sessions with their Leadership Group (made up of players from each team) to research and celebrate Norwich’s Trailblazers. The group decided to...

Silence speaks

Leicester University is celebrating its centenary by looking at their archives. They aren’t only looking at what is there; they are also considering what isn’t, and why, and the team have started a conversation so that the silence can speak. Big Ideas was invited to...