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Grant awarded to OurStory Scotland from Scottish Arts Council Lottery Fund

A major storytelling project, celebrating the personal and local histories of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in Scotland , has received substantial backing from the Scottish Arts Council Lottery Fund. OurStory Scotland has been awarded over £20,000 to provide archiving resources, creative platforms and storytelling events throughout Scotland over 18 months from June 2005 to November 2006. Read the Press Release

Pride Scotia Award for Culture 2005

At an awards ceremony at Pride Scotia in Edinburgh on Saturday 25 June, the Jackie Forster Award for Culture 2005 was presented jointly to OurStory Scotland and Edinburgh 's Remember When project. Read the acceptance speech

Reception at Edinburgh Castle to mark LGBT History Month

February has been designated LGBT History Month.

A reception at Edinburgh Castle was held by the Minister for Communities on 22 February 2005. Invitations went out to people and organisations active in supporting LGBT people and recording our history. In his speech, the Minister made special mention of OurStory Scotland and the Remember When project as the two active organisations devoted to recording the oral history of the LGBT community in Scotland... read more

Grant awarded to OurStory Scotland from Communities Scotland

We have received a tremendous boost to our work with the award of a substantial grant of just under £10,000 from SCARF (Scottish Community Action Research Fund), which is administered by Communities Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Executive. This will enable us to buy professional equipment recommended by the British Library Sound Archive and to carry out our oral history work with LGBT people in diverse areas of Scotland, including communities that are distant from the large conurbations. The launch of this two year expansion of our activities took place on 4 November 2004 at the last night of our successful theatre project SexShunned, in which we worked with 7:84 Theatre Company to develop a dramatic presentation of stories emerging from oral history with the LGBT community in Scotland. The grant will enable us to continue theatre and exhibition work to reach a wider public, and will extend our oral history collection, which is to be archived at the National Museums of Scotland. Read the press release