A project that will highlight the stories of former workers from Peel Street Mill – a former textile mill in Heywood is among fifty seven New Projects Across England That Will Tell the Untold Stories of Our Nation’s Working-Class Heritage
Historic England will be funding the project through its Everyday Heritage Grants: Celebrating Working Class Histories.
Following an open call for applications in February this year, the projects were selected from more than 500 passionate, creative proposals.
The total amount of funding awarded by Historic England will be £774,000, ranging from £6,000 – £25,000 per individual project.
The Heywood project is led by PossAbilities – a social enterprise supporting 400 people with learning disabilities.
Their HQ is based on the site of the mill. Co-created with the people PossAbilities supports and the local community, this project will build a picture of the working-class lives that lie buried beneath the places where this community lives and works.
Outputs will include web content, a publication, teaching resources for schools, films, animations and artworks, a physical model of the site as it was, and a walking trail in their local wellbeing garden.
