Sporting Heritage CIC
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Working to keep your sporting stories alive.Visit our website for support and info, add your collection & join our networks. www.sportingheritage.org.uk
National Sporting Heritage Day, 30th Sept #NSHD2025
National Sporting Heritage Day, 30th Sept #NSHD2025
👏 Please join us in congratulating Leeds Library and the dedicated Voices of Fans volunteer team.
November 28, 2025 at 12:01 PM
👏 Please join us in congratulating Leeds Library and the dedicated Voices of Fans volunteer team.
Their dedication has been central to selecting objects, shaping narratives, and, crucially, making football fanzine material accessible to a broader audience. Acting as passionate grassroots advocates, they’ve helped the public understand the cultural and historical significance of fanzines.
November 28, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Their dedication has been central to selecting objects, shaping narratives, and, crucially, making football fanzine material accessible to a broader audience. Acting as passionate grassroots advocates, they’ve helped the public understand the cultural and historical significance of fanzines.
Volunteers Chris, Martyn, Paul, Pete, Rob, and Steve have contributed extensively to Leeds Library's heritage work, both through the Voices of Fans project and as wider heritage volunteers.
November 28, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Volunteers Chris, Martyn, Paul, Pete, Rob, and Steve have contributed extensively to Leeds Library's heritage work, both through the Voices of Fans project and as wider heritage volunteers.
Please join us in thanking them for their dedication and impact. ✨Recognising Sporting Heritage Volunteers Award goes to: Leeds Library for the Voices of Fans Project
November 28, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Please join us in thanking them for their dedication and impact. ✨Recognising Sporting Heritage Volunteers Award goes to: Leeds Library for the Voices of Fans Project
Together, we’re keeping sporting stories alive in every corner of the UK.
Thank you to National Lottery players for making it possible.
Discover more about the work we do as a Sporting Heritage organisation: tinyurl.com/2y28b5wk
Thank you to National Lottery players for making it possible.
Discover more about the work we do as a Sporting Heritage organisation: tinyurl.com/2y28b5wk
Sporting Heritage
Bringing together the UK's sports collections and the people who care for them
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November 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Together, we’re keeping sporting stories alive in every corner of the UK.
Thank you to National Lottery players for making it possible.
Discover more about the work we do as a Sporting Heritage organisation: tinyurl.com/2y28b5wk
Thank you to National Lottery players for making it possible.
Discover more about the work we do as a Sporting Heritage organisation: tinyurl.com/2y28b5wk
Each grant helps preserve sporting memories for future generations, sparks local pride, and builds confidence for those new to heritage funding.
November 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Each grant helps preserve sporting memories for future generations, sparks local pride, and builds confidence for those new to heritage funding.
A powerful celebration of sporting triumph, humanity, and cultural impact.
👏 Congratulations to Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum.
👏 Congratulations to Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum.
November 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
A powerful celebration of sporting triumph, humanity, and cultural impact.
👏 Congratulations to Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum.
👏 Congratulations to Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum.
Part of the commemorations has been a specific piece of interpretation, a 1970s red telephone box, formerly in public use within the All-England Club Grounds, which the museum team have transformed so that people can hear oral histories from those who knew Arthur and were inspired by his life.
November 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Part of the commemorations has been a specific piece of interpretation, a 1970s red telephone box, formerly in public use within the All-England Club Grounds, which the museum team have transformed so that people can hear oral histories from those who knew Arthur and were inspired by his life.
This year, the museum has been celebrating Arthur Ashe's historic win across the Wimbledon site, in publications and digitally.
November 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
This year, the museum has been celebrating Arthur Ashe's historic win across the Wimbledon site, in publications and digitally.
50 years ago, in 1975, Arthur Ashe (1943-93) became the first Black Gentlemen’s Singles Champion at Wimbledon, as he defied the predictions of most experts and the bookmakers to beat defending Champion and fellow-American Jimmy Connors.
November 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
50 years ago, in 1975, Arthur Ashe (1943-93) became the first Black Gentlemen’s Singles Champion at Wimbledon, as he defied the predictions of most experts and the bookmakers to beat defending Champion and fellow-American Jimmy Connors.
🔗 Explore ideas, inspiration, and practical guidance: tinyurl.com/yx4px5w9
#CommunityHeritage #SportingHeritage #CollectionsInAction
#CommunityHeritage #SportingHeritage #CollectionsInAction
Collections at risk
If you suspect your collection may be at risk now or in the near future, use these tools to assess the risk and take action to protect your heritage.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM
🔗 Explore ideas, inspiration, and practical guidance: tinyurl.com/yx4px5w9
#CommunityHeritage #SportingHeritage #CollectionsInAction
#CommunityHeritage #SportingHeritage #CollectionsInAction
To reinterpretation of displays to shape what is collected. There are many good examples from across the heritage, volunteer & sporting sectors which can inspire and inform your plans.
November 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM
To reinterpretation of displays to shape what is collected. There are many good examples from across the heritage, volunteer & sporting sectors which can inspire and inform your plans.
The heritage sector has a history of engaging and working with communities; what has changed more recently is the depth of this engagement, with a focus on collaboration that is more participatory and extending across more aspects of the work of an organisation, from policy and planning...
November 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The heritage sector has a history of engaging and working with communities; what has changed more recently is the depth of this engagement, with a focus on collaboration that is more participatory and extending across more aspects of the work of an organisation, from policy and planning...
We’re supporting projects and delivering training to help:
🔵 Capture and document stories
🔵 Preserve records and artefacts
🔵 Highlight underrepresented sporting stories
🔵 Inspire through events and exhibitions
Discover more: tinyurl.com/2y28b5wk
🔵 Capture and document stories
🔵 Preserve records and artefacts
🔵 Highlight underrepresented sporting stories
🔵 Inspire through events and exhibitions
Discover more: tinyurl.com/2y28b5wk
Sporting Heritage
Bringing together the UK's sports collections and the people who care for them
tinyurl.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:03 PM
We’re supporting projects and delivering training to help:
🔵 Capture and document stories
🔵 Preserve records and artefacts
🔵 Highlight underrepresented sporting stories
🔵 Inspire through events and exhibitions
Discover more: tinyurl.com/2y28b5wk
🔵 Capture and document stories
🔵 Preserve records and artefacts
🔵 Highlight underrepresented sporting stories
🔵 Inspire through events and exhibitions
Discover more: tinyurl.com/2y28b5wk
From historic kits & medals to oral histories, photographs & folklore, these collections capture who we are, reflecting social attitudes, class, gender, race & community identity through sport. By protecting them, we’re preserving the cultural DNA of our communities.
November 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM
From historic kits & medals to oral histories, photographs & folklore, these collections capture who we are, reflecting social attitudes, class, gender, race & community identity through sport. By protecting them, we’re preserving the cultural DNA of our communities.
Spotlights for each category winner and highly commended project will follow soon. For now, thank you to everyone who works tirelessly to preserve and protect the UK’s sporting heritage 🏆 #SHAwards #Sportinghertiage #yoursportingstories
November 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Spotlights for each category winner and highly commended project will follow soon. For now, thank you to everyone who works tirelessly to preserve and protect the UK’s sporting heritage 🏆 #SHAwards #Sportinghertiage #yoursportingstories
The room last night was full of excitement, pride and connection. Huge thanks to everyone who applied, supported, volunteered or simply cheered us on. Your passion is what keeps this sector thriving.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The room last night was full of excitement, pride and connection. Huge thanks to everyone who applied, supported, volunteered or simply cheered us on. Your passion is what keeps this sector thriving.
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We also celebrated remarkable research and community projects rooted in local clubs, archives and volunteer-led initiatives. The impact reaches far beyond sport; it strengthens identity, belonging and shared history.
November 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
We also celebrated remarkable research and community projects rooted in local clubs, archives and volunteer-led initiatives. The impact reaches far beyond sport; it strengthens identity, belonging and shared history.
This year’s winners highlighted so many powerful stories, from Black sporting heritage and LGBTQ+ voices in motorsport, to Deaf sporting history, South Asian community stories, women’s fan narratives and groundbreaking digital preservation.
November 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
This year’s winners highlighted so many powerful stories, from Black sporting heritage and LGBTQ+ voices in motorsport, to Deaf sporting history, South Asian community stories, women’s fan narratives and groundbreaking digital preservation.
We were genuinely overwhelmed by the breadth and depth of applications this year. Across all four nations, people are safeguarding collections, sharing community stories, and keeping sporting memories alive.
November 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
We were genuinely overwhelmed by the breadth and depth of applications this year. Across all four nations, people are safeguarding collections, sharing community stories, and keeping sporting memories alive.