Publications and Outputs

Roots and Futures: Exploring the Roots of Communities Old and New in North Sheffield (Project Report, 2021, English and Arabic versions)

The Black Ladies Group Oral Histories Project (Project Report, 2022, English version)

Roots and Futures: Community Voices 2022-23 (Project Report, 2023, English version)

Roots and Futures: Community Voices 2023-24 (Project Report, 2024, English version)

Threads of Time: Community Recipes, Stories, Poems and Art from Lowedges, Sheffield

A screen-reader compatible text is available here.

South East Stories

Our second 'Threads of Time' project

Roots and Futures Briefing: Project Introduction and Summary of Interim Recommendations (Policy Brief, 2022)

Agenda Item - Meeting of the Central Local Area Committee, Sheffield City Council (3rd October 2023)

Embedding Community Voices in Local Heritage Strategies: Insights from Roots and Futures (Policy Brief, 2024)

Roots and Futures, A Community Heritage Project. Digital meets Culture 28th July 2022

Roots and Futures. Heritage Open Days Blog 8th October 2024

Roots and Futures: Exploring Place Based Heritage with Underserved Communities in Sheffield (Diva Creative, 2022)

Roots and Futures in Sheffield: Growing Heritage Around Communities (Recovering Community Podcast, 4th October 2024)

Roots and Futures: Amplyfying the Diverse Voices of Sheffield's Heritage (AHRC, 2025)

Audio version - Researching Heritage and History with Underserved Communities Toolkit (2023)

Stories We Carry app

Untold Stories: Sheffield - video interviews and artwork by Jennifer Vanderpool

Roots and Futures project infographic by Graphic Change

Download the original panels here

Roots and Futures Interactive Storymap (2021)

Roots and Future Digital Exhibition: Sharing Memories and Exploring Heritage in the North of Sheffield (2021)

Researching Heritage and History with Underserved Communities Toolkit (2023)

Sheffield's Hidden History. Educational resources - place-based legacies of slavery and colonialism in Sheffield 

Developing a People-Centred Place-Led Approach (AHRC Place-Based Research programme, 2023)

Sheffield Culture Strategy for 2035

The Co-Production Futures Enquiry (Briefing Note #2, June 2025)

Sheffield City of Culture 2029

Engagment Report