In the run up to Holocaust Memorial Day, Big Ideas launched its national commemoration project called Foundation Stones in Wales.  Foundation Stones invites everyone to paint a commemorative stone in memory of the six million Jewish men, women and children murdered in...

In World War One the Labour Corps cooked, cleaned, carried and cared for the soldiers on the front line and behind the lines. They built roads and railways, carried the wounded and buried the dead. Men and women from across the Commonwealth made a vital contribution...

When historian and author David Bolchover asked which of the Under 13s at Crystal Palace FC Academy had been to a Wembley match, all 15 hands shot up. Wembley stadium holds 90,000 spectators at capacity. He asked the boys to imagine the distance...

“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...

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...

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....