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Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm Untold Stories by Carleen D

Untold Stories: grants by the Commission for Diversity in Public Realm

How do you feel when you’re in London’s streets, parks, waterways and squares?

Are you, your community, your faith or culture represented?

What would you like to be represented in London’s public spaces?

What would you add if you could?

What extra stories could you share?

These are some of the questions that community-led organisations across London are exploring with support from the Mayor of London’s Untold Stories fund.

How the fund is supporting community-led projects

Untold Stories is a £1m fund to help communities test, develop, create and grow projects that share their community’s stories with the city.

In 2021, Art UK published the first comprehensive audit of public sculpture across the capital, revealing huge disparities in representation. Our own conversations with community groups showed that Londoners wanted support and resources to develop grassroots ideas that make an impact through multiple means, from audio tours that highlight invisible heritage to new objects and artworks that celebrate important themes, events, everyday Londoners or historical figures.

Untold Stories is supporting 70 projects across the city. Projects include a ‘walk of fame’ celebrating the role of Irish and Pakistani workers in Cricklewood; an augmented reality map highlighting Poplar’s hidden histories; a new mural in Croydon created by and for learning disabled artists; and new walking tours that offer a homeless perspective of London’s streets.

See the full list of projects below.

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Round

  • Older Generation Younger generation CIC

    Type of funding
    Grow and Make Happen
    Round
    Two
    Amount awarded
    24960.61
    Project name
    The Sir Collins Hackney Downs New Cross Fire Tribute
    Project description
    The project centres around the little-known commemoration of the New Cross Fire on Hackney Downs. 13 trees were planted on the Downs (having been uprooted from their original site in Lewisham) to commemorate the victims of the fire. This project will install tree protection, information boards and develop a walking tour to commemorate the victims of the fire and celebrate the black resistance movements that followed.

  • Parents Action & Resource Centre CIC

    Type of funding
    Test and Nurture
    Round
    One
    Amount awarded
    800
    Project name
    Sankofa - recovering London's African heritage
    Project description
    Developing proposals for new plaques celebrating Black Londoners in Ealing through community workshops.
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  • PEER

    Type of funding
    Test and Nurture
    Round
    Two
    Amount awarded
    5830
    Project name
    we are a group of people composed of who we are
    Project description
    Community-led research and co-production of a mural to celebrate the cultural and experimental co-operative and collective initiatives that took place in Hackney in the 1970s and 80s.
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  • Pepys Community Forum

    Type of funding
    Grow and Make Happen
    Round
    One
    Amount awarded
    25000
    Project name
    The Deptford Community Monument Project
    Project description
    Community-led project to explore Deptford Docks association with the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade. Leading to a digital walking trail with physical markers to celebrate the contribution of black and racially minoritised people to the area.
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  • Portobello Radio CIC

    Type of funding
    Test and Nurture
    Round
    One
    Amount awarded
    5000
    Project name
    Sounds of Latimer
    Project description
    Research and development for a new public sound installation exploring the diverse heritage around Grenfell Tower.
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  • Portobello Radio CIC

    Type of funding
    Grow and Make Happen
    Round
    Two
    Amount awarded
    25000
    Project name
    Sounds of Latimer: an audio installation celebrating the community and area around Grenfell Tower
    Project description
    A soundscape and interactive walk in Westway, North Kensington. The project will represent the complex and layered histories of the local community.
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  • Positive Network Community Project

    Type of funding
    Test and Nurture
    Round
    One
    Amount awarded
    5560
    Project name
    The Black contribution to Merton Heritage
    Project description
    Community workshops to design a new mural celebrating black Londoners in Merton.
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  • Project Phakama UK

    Type of funding
    Test and Nurture
    Round
    One
    Amount awarded
    6000
    Project name
    New Histories
    Project description
    A pilot project for young people to offer alternative narratives to an area dominated by a single figure. The initial project will start with the William Gladstone statue outside Bow Church.
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  • Providence House Trust

    Type of funding
    Grow and Make Happen
    Round
    One
    Amount awarded
    25000
    Project name
    Providence House - Recording & Celebrating 60 Years of Stories of Cultural Diversity on the Winstanley & York Road Estates
    Project description
    Intergenerational project to celebrate and preserve the Winstanley Estate's musical heritage as the area undergoes regeneration.
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  • Queer Tours of London

    Type of funding
    Grow and Make Happen
    Round
    One
    Amount awarded
    16875
    Project name
    Recruitment and training of six new tour guides
    Project description
    Recruiting new LGBTQ+ tour guides to increase tell more diverse LGBTQ+ stories in London's public spaces.
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