Communities commonly participate within frameworks they did not design towards outputs they do not control. Our new @ohcollective.bsky.social paper for @historyandpolicy.bsky.social

History & Policy@historyandpolicy.bsky.social · 3mo ago

To what extent is there a gap between rhetoric and reality in the commitment of the UK’s research funders to ‘partnership’ and ‘collaboration’. A new policy paper for us by the Newcastle Oral History Collective claims there is, and suggests ways of bridging it. historyandpolicy.org/policy-paper...

New Video! 📽️ Collective researcher @silviefisch.bsky.social discusses the Byker Community Archive, the history of the Estate, and the work being done to transform the space in the near future! 📃 Watch on the OHC YouTube channel here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTEw... #oralhistory #byker

Byker Community Archive: What's New for 2026

YouTube video by Oral History Collective at Newcastle

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After 2 years of planning and fundraising, refurbishment is due to start soon and we're hoping to open the archive in June. www.culturednortheast.co.uk/p/voices-of-... @heritagefunduk.bsky.social

Voices of Byker to shape new community archive

Heritage project will chart evolution of a city landmark. Tony Henderson reports

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A happy #ValentinesDay in sunny Newcastle where 100s turned up for the #UnityRally and we chased the racists away from the asylum seeker hotel ✊🏻 #NewcastleUnites #standuptoracism #LoveNewcastle #HateRacism

Priceless moments. Dad spontaneously joining our music session.

Fantastic 3 days at the @newwritingnorth.bsky.social Screenwriting Weekender headlined by Russell T Davies, listening to and learning from writers and industry experts. Still buzzing!

The actions of these racists in Newcastle get worse by the week, they're blasting out fascist music and scream their hate as loud as they want at their protests, all under the eyes of Northumbria Police. Why is this allowed in our City of Sanctuary?

Radical Carols #standuptoracism #newcastleunites

*COUNTER PROTEST AGAINST THE FAR RIGHT IN NEWCASTLE Sat 20th Dec, 11:30am, Blue Carpet Join us this Saturday for more live music from Tim Dalling! #standuptoracism #newcastleunites

With live music+ placard making #standuptoracism #sutr #newcastleunites

Women in Newcastle against the far right. #standuptoracism

This is what we're facing every Saturday in Newcastle. More and more children getting dragged into these vile spectacles. #standuptoracism

Always proud to have something published in the North East Labour History Society Journal. @salawatson.bsky.social

Northern Cultural Projects has secured a £240,186 grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and £36,488 match funding from Karbon Homes, to see one of the hobby rooms on the Byker estate transformed into a community archive. My blog for the Oral History Collective blogs.ncl.ac.uk/oral-history...

Hate Will Not Win. My reflections on the protests outside the asylum seeker hotel in Newcastle. northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic... #StandUpToRacism

Hate will not win here

Facing the racists outside the New Bridge Hotel

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#standuptoracism #newcastleunites

This is the message from Moatasem I quoted in my speech at the Newcastle Unites rally. He is one of the asylum seekers in the hotel which has been the target of far-right and other racist protesters since August, with counter-protesters standing in their way every weekend. #standuptoracism

Show the fascists that they're not welcome in Newcastle! Join us on the 27th September at Grey's Monument, Newcastle at 12 noon. #NewcastleUnites #StandUpToRacism

Worth reading this history piece on Byker from @silviefisch.bsky.social & @salawatson.bsky.social Many more grassroots fights to come, I have no doubt!

Kieran - North East Heritage Library@neheritagelib.bsky.social · last yr.

Privileged to add an excellent piece by @salawatson.bsky.social & Silvie to the site. Power to all people? covers in length the role of community in moulding modern Byker. The estate's survival is arguably down to the grassroots input from locals whose voices persist. Link below.

OPEN LETTER: HISTORIANS FOR TRANS RIGHTS Are you a historian in the UK or working on UK history fed up at seeing the history of LGBTQIA+ discrimination repeat itself? Sign this open letter to MPs demanding they stand up for trans rights now! Letter: tinyurl.com/879vuver Sign: tinyurl.com/4p7wktrn

Historians for Trans Rights - Open Letter to MPs

In light of the recent and incessant attacks on the trans community in the UK by the UK government and legal system, a group of UK-based historians have drafted the letter linked below. Our aim is to ...

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