Funded Projects
Current Projects
Green Corridors Funding Success
The Oral History Collective is part of a new £3m AHRC-funded project connecting communities with nature, history, and culture to boost biodiversity and wellbeing across the North East, including research on the Tyne Derwent Way.
Last modified: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 10:45:14 BST
The Keelmen's Hospital & Remembering the Past
A £4.6m National Heritage Lottery Fund grant to convert the Hospital into supported living for older people has been awarded.
Last modified: Sat, 16 May 2026 17:51:52 BST
Accessing the Wellbeing Commons
A successful funding bid has resulted in a Wellcome Trust Career Development Award for the Accessing the Wellbeing Commons Project based in History at Newcastle University.
Last modified: Sat, 23 May 2026 16:55:47 BST
Byker Community Archive: Funding Boost
In 2025, the Byker Community Archive project received a funding boost of over £275,000. With £240,186 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and £36,488 match-funding from Karbon Homes.
Last modified: Sat, 23 May 2026 16:56:10 BST
Rebalancing the Global Story of HIV Through Oral History
Wendy Rickard, a member of the Oral History Collective, has secured a prestigious Daphne Jackson Fellowship, for her project, ‘Disrupted Narratives, Exposed Voices: A Global Analysis of HIV Oral History and its Public Dissemination’.
Last modified: Sat, 23 May 2026 16:35:25 BST
Oral Histories of Care: Caring Communities
Caring Communities: Rethinking Children’s Social Care, 1800–present is a seven-year project (UKRI) led by Dr Claudia Soares. It seeks to transform our understanding of care through oral histories, archival research, and creative methods.
Last modified: Sat, 23 May 2026 16:36:19 BST
Introducing Oral History into Iraqi Higher Education Research and Teaching
Funded by the British Academy, Professors Alaa Alameri and Graham Smith co-authored Iraq’s first Arabic oral history guide, launching a new university module through a partnership between Mustansiriyah and Newcastle University.
Last modified: Sat, 23 May 2026 16:34:20 BST
Environmental Oral History
Building on the Living Deltas Hub, Graham Smith and partners are expanding intergenerational oral history work to inform ageing and environmental policy in Africa and South Asia.
Last modified: Thu, 03 Apr 2025 13:01:05 BST
AHRC-Funded PhD: A History of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
Ally Keane, a Stage 4 PhD student at Newcastle University, holds an AHRC Northern Bridge Consortium Doctoral Award for her research into Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), 1950 – Present
Last modified: Sat, 23 May 2026 16:37:29 BST
AHRC-Funded PhD: Finding the Child-Patient Experience at Stannington Sanatorium
Ryan Fallon, a Stage 3 PhD student at Newcastle University, holds an AHRC Northern Bridge Consortium Doctoral Award for his research into the experiences of child patients at Northumberland’s Stannington Sanatorium
Last modified: Thu, 28 May 2026 13:23:24 BST
AHRC-Funded PhD: Hospital Volunteering in the ‘far North’ of England, 1979-1997 
Lily Tidman, a Stage 2 PhD student at Newcastle University, holds an AHRC Northern Bridge Consortium Doctoral Award for her research into volunteering in healthcare contexts in Northumberland, Cumbria, and County Durham, 1979-1997.
Last modified: Sat, 23 May 2026 16:38:27 BST