The People's Record projects and website
The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games is a once in a lifetime event that needs to be recorded for posterity. Arts Council England is supporting a network of museum, library and archive-led projects supporting community groups to have their say and tell their stories.
In 2010, Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (whose functions have now been transferred to Arts Council England) launched an online space to showcase and sustain the results as part of a comprehensive archival, material and digital record of the Games. The People's Record website now hosts an ever-expanding body of material and documents celebrating the games, and welcomes new submissions from community initiatives and organisations across the country.
During the past two years, People's Record has funded almost 70 partnership projects, which explore the following themes:
- health, sport and wellbeing
- changing places
- young people's aspirations
These projects have discovered and created community records (including documents, photographs, film, oral history and artwork) that demonstrate what it means to all kinds of people, when the nation hosts the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The Record
The National Archives, in partnership with the Arts Council and the British Library, is leading a coordinated records management programme to generate a comprehensive archive and support efficient delivery of the Games.
Apply for funding
Applications are now open for funding for this year's contributions to the People’s Record. Fifteen grants of up to £1,000 are available for projects that will create a collective record of the country’s responses to hosting the 2012 Games. To apply for funding please read the guidance document carefully before completing the application form available to download from our funding pages. The deadline for applications is Sunday 20 May.
