Chelsea players meet Holocaust survivor
“The fact that you died, that somebody killed you – it wouldn’t have made any difference whatsoever.” Ivor Perl, a Holocaust survivor, shared these shocking words with Chelsea Academy U15 players when he visited their training ground. Ivor, who was a keen footballer...
So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen Cassie!
It’s time to celebrate and say thank you to Cassie who is moving on from Big Ideas to an exciting new job working with young people. Cassie has been with Big Ideas since 2018, working with us to shape and create community projects. From incredible research for...
The Great Exhibition Road Festival: A Celebration of Science and the Arts in the spirit of the Great Exhibition of 1851
On Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 June, we worked with the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 at the Great Exhibition Road Festival in South Kensington, London. The Royal Commission’s tent celebrated the original Great Exhibition put on by Prince Albert in 1851....
The Unremembered – Imphal75
The Unremembered story continued this weekend when our partners in India, the British High Commission and the United Services Institution of India, laid the wreath created at Diwali, London at the Imphal Stone of Remembrance marking Imphal75. The Unremembered: World...
The People’s Procession – A Nation’s Thank You
The Unremembered - World War One’s Army of Workers community groups took part in The People’s Procession - A Nation’s Thank You on Remembrance Day, 2018. In a final culmination of The Unremembered wreath making project, each community group who made a commemorative...
Ringing Remembers has been shortlisted for the 2019 Campaign for Good Awards!
During the First World War 1,400 bell ringers hailing from across the UK died. Ringing Remembers sought to recruit 1,400 new bell ringers in their memory; in total 2,792 ringers were recruited to be part of this unique nationwide project! Towers that had sat silent...