Nottingham’s caves: virtually real

Project Lead: Glyn Lawson

Discover Nottingham’s caves like never before with immersive Virtual Reality (VR) experiences. By integrating 3D modelling, historical narratives, and community insights, we will connect diverse audiences to this unique heritage. Through innovative technology and user-centred design, we aim to pave the way for inclusive tourism and economic growth.

Discovering serenity and well-being at St Peter’s Churchyard

Project Lead: Amy Yue Tang

The project 'Discovering Serenity and Well-being at St Peter’s Churchyard' highlights the untapped potential of Nottingham's historical churchyard as a tranquil urban sanctuary. Through community engagement, workshops, and digital tools, it aims to reveal its cultural, environmental, and emotional value, fostering well-being and sustainability while preserving heritage for future generations.

Sneezing city: an allergenic tree mapping project

Project Lead: Michela Mariani

Understanding the sources and distribution of allergenic pollen is vital for mitigating its public health impact. By mapping pollen distribution and concentration along with people's experiences and emotions, we can identify high-risk areas, offering valuable data for allergy sufferers and healthcare providers.

Supplementary school network Nottingham

Project Lead: Olivia Walsh

Supplementary schools make an enormous and vital contribution to the communities that they serve, yet their visibility amongst the wider community remains low. We want to establish a network of supplementary schools in Nottingham to improve visibility of their communities and celebrate linguistic heritages of all kinds in our region.

Telling black histories

Project Lead: Hannah Thuraisingham Robbins

This project explores ways of connecting generations through stories about Nottingham’s black history. Developed from the research of local activist Dr Lisa Robinson, we are sharing accounts from local Black organisers through creative workshops with schools. We hope to bring Nottingham's history of Black organising alive for local young people and beyond.

Food inequality and resilience in Nottingham

Project Lead: Emma McClaughlin

This project uncovers ‘untold’ stories of how food insecurity impacts Nottingham communities experiencing homelessness, addiction, and other challenges. Through storytelling and co-created art, the project seeks to build empathy, challenge stigma, highlight resilience, and guide the development of inclusive, dignified, and responsive food policies.

A Climate Journey – past, present and future lived experiences of climate change in Nottingham

Project Lead: Bethany Jackson

Climate change is an identified risk to communities across Nottinghamshire. The project focuses on climate change perceptions and experiences in relation to community health and wellbeing, home and work. Using digital data and art-based methods, communities will explore the past, present and future of climate change in their local area.