Secrets Shared: Eastside Archive Goes Live with Lightbox create

Over the past 20 years Eastside has worked with over 20,000 individuals, 1,000 organisations, produced 80 exhibitions, published 18 books, 30 video documentaries and undertaken a total of over 200 community heritage based projects. In 1999 Eastside established the East London Peoples Archive which now holds over 4,000 oral histories and 35,000 photographs , many from the people and communities of Newham. Much of the organisation’s work relies on intergenerational and intercultural practice.   

Our methodology incorporates education and training, with schools, families and adult learners. Eastside’s products namely the exhibitions, publications and multimedia stimuli are an opportunity for all cultures and age ranges to engage in a proactive discovery of their own and their community’s history, culture and heritage. We have developed technical training programmes and trained in house over 100 volunteers, many of whom are now in full time employment, and in further education. Eastside is now an accredited cultural heritage training centre providing QCF (NVQ) qualification level 3 in Cultural Heritage.