| 2008 |
| Dec |
OurStory Fans launched on Bebo |
| Nov |
Raiders of the Lost Art: OurStory Scotland display
in Open Museum exhibition at Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow |
| Open Museum peer review participation |
| Oct |
Storytelling with LGBT Youth through Autumn: masks,
episodes, reminiscence and oral history recordings |
| Aug |
Storytelling stall at Pride Glasgow |
| National Museums Scotland meeting to confirm procedures for archiving oral histories |
| July |
Training by Open Museum for use of OurStory reminiscence box / handling kit |
| June |
National Museums Scotland archiving of 171 episodes 2005-2006 completed |
| Oral history training by OurStory Scotland at Mitchell Library, Glasgow |
| Narrative Acts published in Forum: Qualitative Social
Research, vol 9, no 2 |
| May |
Oral history training by OurStory Scotland for Open Museum staff |
| Mar |
Training by OurStory Scotland for Unison participants
from Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland |
| Scottish Arts Council information bulletin Feb/March:
our artwork on front cover and article inside |
| Feb |
OurSpace exhibition at Kelvingrove, Glasgow (continues into March) |
| Display, extracts of timeline and speech at Scottish Parliament reception |
| Cartoon/comic strip/storyboard storytelling workshop at Kelvingrove, Glasgow |
| Oral history training by OurStory Scotland for Stirling University Retired Staff Association |
| Storytelling workshop with LGBT Youth at People's Palace, Glasgow |
| OurStory reminiscence box display and oral history recordings at Kelvingrove, Glasgow |
| Jan |
RoundABout exhibition at Robert Gordon University Union, Aberdeen (continues into Feb) |
| Public reading of Aberdeen episodes at opening of RoundABout exhibition |
| 2007 |
| Dec |
Collage workshop for OurSpace exhibition Glasgow |
| Nov |
Selected by Scottish Arts Council as example of
best practice of informal learning through the arts |
| Visual storytelling workshops for RoundABout exhibition Aberdeen (through Autumn) |
| Oct |
Reminiscence workshop for OurSpace exhibition Glasgow |
| June |
Mask workshop: mask-making and storytelling performance with masks (Glasgow) |
| Consultation: community focus group at People's Palace, Glasgow |
| May |
Initial workshop for OurStory reminiscence box/handling kit with Open Museum |
| Apr |
Display of OurStory wallhanging at Tramway in Glasgow
(continues into May) |
| Common Work conference presentation at Tramway in Glasgow |
| Mar |
Workshop at Women's History Scotland conference on New Research on Sexualities and History
|
| Feb |
Exhibition at People's Palace (Winter Gardens) Glasgow
(continues into March) |
| Narrative Exchange: public storytelling at Winter
Gardens in Glasgow |
| Exhibition in Duns Library, Scottish Borders |
| 2006 |
| Nov |
OurStory Ceilidh sells out at the Trades Hall
Glasgow with storytelling performance and
exhibition |
| Oct |
Expressions of OurSelves: screenprinting of multiple
identities at Dundee Contemporary Arts |
| Neglected Narratives & Untold Stories: conference and presentation at Edinburgh University |
| Every Picture Tells a Story: visual storytelling at Dundee Contemporary Arts |
| Sep |
Hidden Voices (Lapidus conference in Glasgow): conference presentation and workshop |
| June |
Storytelling Stall at Pride Scotia in Glasgow |
| Diverse Stories Day in Inverness: exhibition (Nessie
Girls), oral history, storytelling and Speak Out |
| OurStory Tent (Pride in Aberdeen): recording oral
history, writing episodes and performing in Speak Out |
| May |
Diverse Stories 'Have Your Say Day' in Dundee with
Text Out visual storytelling |
| Queer Stories in Edinburgh: creative writing workshops,
storytelling performance and Rainbow City drama |
| Hidden Histories: storytelling at Crichton Campus,
Dumfries |
| Apr |
Storytelling recordings and oral history practical workshop in Inverness |
| Oral history workshop in Aberdeen followed by storytelling at ceilidh |
| Feb |
Storytelling for LGBT History Month in Dundee, Glasgow,
Dumfries, Aberdeen, Inverness |
| 2005 |
| Nov |
'Queer Stories' at Glasgay |
| Oct |
Workshops for 'Queer Stories', our storytelling event at Glasgay |
| Sep |
Rachel Jury appointed as coordinator of our Glasgay storytelling event, administered by Steven Thomson |
| Aug |
Pilot storytelling day in Aberdeen with Phace Scotland |
| Pilot storytelling day in Inverness with Reach Out Highland |
| July |
Advice and support from Bob Cant: 'Footsteps & Witnesses' |
| June |
Pride Scotia Award for Culture 2005 and launch of 'Queer Stories' |
| Grant from Scottish Arts Council
Lottery Fund for our 'Queer Stories' project: £21,718 |
| Oral history interview (Fife) |
| May |
Launch of new OurStory Scotland website |
| First Patron of OurStory Scotland: Edwin Morgan |
| First storytelling workshop (Mitchell Library, led by Gerrie) |
| Four oral history interviews (Glasgow and Clackmannanshire) |
| Apr |
Workshop on oral history at Stirling University LGBT
society |
| Mar |
Episodes (written submissions) initiated for archiving
& publication |
| Workshop on oral history at Glasgow University LGBT
society |
| Feb |
Oral history interview (Stewarton) |
| Invited by Minister for Communities to reception
for LGBT History |
| Press release by Communities Scotland on award to
OurStory Scotland |
| OurStory Scotland update published in Oral History,
vol 33, no 1 |
| Jan |
Queer Storytelling Festival collaboration on LGBT
storytelling proposal |
| Oral history interview (Glasgow) |
| Mitchell Library agreement for meetings, lock-up
carrel & archives |
| 2004 |
| Nov |
Oral history interview (Clackmannanshire) |
| Consulted by Tales Of Yester-Queer, LGBT oral history
in Liverpool |
| 'SeXshunned' performances at Arches, Glasgow, with
7:84 Theatre |
| SCARF stage 2 funding awarded: £9995 from Communities
Scotland |
| Oct |
'Research and LGBT People' workshop presentation
(Glasgow) |
| Exhibition for European 'Stop Discrimination' Bus
in Inverness |
| Sep |
Response to Public Consultation of Scotland's Cultural
Commission |
| Joined Advisory Group for Edinburgh's Remember When
project |
| OurStory Scotland recognised as Scottish Charity
(SC 035729) |
| International conference on Sociology of Ageing:
poster presentation |
| OurStory Scotland report published in Oral History,
vol 32, no 2 |
| Aug |
Response to Enterprise & Culture Committee: Arts
in the Community |
| Rob Perks, Curator of British Library Sound Archive:
3 hour meeting |
| Jul |
Inaugural oral history interview with professional equipment (Glasgow) |
| Special General Meeting approves changes to Constitution |
| June |
'Scotland the Gay' broadcast (consulted by Radio
Scotland) |
| May |
Queer Matters conference paper: 'Our stories our
selves' (London) |
| 'LGBT People Growing Older' conference presentation
(Edinburgh) |
| Apr |
Awards for All (Lottery) grant awarded: £2449 |
| Mar |
Start of submission of monologues for drama project
with 7:84 Theatre |
| Commenced workshops with Jan Beattie, SCARF research
mentor |
| Feb |
Group oral history & reminiscence recording with
Bi-Scotland |
| Hosted talks by Sharon Chalmers on Australian LGBT
oral history |
| Jan |
SCARF stage 1 funding awarded for research mentor
(£1500) |
| 2003 |
| Nov |
National Museums of Scotland agreement for national
LGBT archive |
| Copyright clearance form developed for oral history
interviews |
| Oct |
'In/Out: Crossing Boundaries' exhibition for ILGA
Europe conference |
| Oral history workshop for ILGA Europe conference |
| Domain name acquired: www.ourstoryscotland.org.uk |
| Sep |
Reminiscence and Community Integration conference
paper in Belfast |
| Aug |
Group oral history & reminiscence with older
gay men in Glasgow |
| Jul |
Glasgow City Council Community Grant awarded: £1000 |
| May |
Oral history talk for OLGA - Older Lesbians association
in Glasgow |
| Apr |
Presentation at Penny Coleman event, NYC Village
Elders project |
| Mar |
Joint oral history interviews begin with Remember When (Edinburgh) |
| Age Concern Scotland seminar participation: LGBT
housing needs |
| Feb |
Drama workshops initiated with 7:84 Theatre Company |
| Oral history training workshops commenced, Glasgow
LGBT Centre |
| Jan |
Stirling University research cooperation: care for
older lesbians |
| Initial website established for OurStory Scotland |
| Holocaust exhibition contributions at Glasgow LGBT
Centre |
| Training in oral history with Living Memory Association
in Edinburgh |
| Membership of West of Scotland Gay and Lesbian Forum |
| Agreement with 7:84 Theatre Company for drama outreach
project |
| 2002 |
| Dec |
Radio Scotland consultation initiated for LGBT history
mini-series |
| OurStory Scotland formally established and constitution
approved |
| Nov |
Training in reminiscence work at Age Exchange in
London |
| 'Becoming Visible' inaugural exhibition at Glasgow
LGBT Centre |
| Oct |
Steering Committee for OurStory Scotland established |
| Sep |
'Our Stories Our Selves' published in CentrePoint |
| Aug |
First meeting of LGBT archive group in Glasgow LGBT
Centre |
| Jul |
Links: Living Memory Association, Glasgow Women's Library,
Brighton Ourstory |
| May |
Initial contact with Mitchell Library, Glasgow |
| Mar |
Arts for All conference participation, St. Francis
Centre, Gorbals |
| 2001 |
| Dec |
At a meeting of Diverse Artists at the Glasgow LGBT Centre, Jaime Valentine asks whether anyone is collecting and archiving LGBT stories in Scotland,
thereby planting the seed of OurStory Scotland. |
