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We are training up participants from a range of South Asian backgrounds, aged 15-25 years old, in oral history techniques. 

We offer 3 days of training over the course of 6 months in Summer/Autumn 2022, alongside a mentorship programme. 

Following the initial training, participants use their new skills to interview an elder, capturing and preserving their memories.   

Eventually these important stories are deposited with Cambridgeshire Archives, permanently. 

The project culminates in a community event to launch two further outputs: a family album and a short film.

We believe that our programme reveals and captures important marginal histories of migration that are quickly disappearing. 

At the same time we skill up South Asian young people in oral history techniques, forging lifelong skills, and empowering them to see themselves as active historians.

The project creates bonds between generations, and between trainee participants, increasing wellbeing.