In 2020, The National Lottery Heritage Fund generously awarded Coventry City Council a grant in support of the transformation of St Mary’s Guildhall, which has enabled much needed enhancements to the historic site including greater accessibility, the conservation and redisplay of the magnificent tapestry, and the development of state-of-the-art interpretation facilities.
A further key objective of this funding was to increase opportunities for local communities to experience St Mary’s Guildhall, and to benefit from greater contact with heritage.
To support this objective St Mary’s Guildhall, in partnership with Coventry City Council, has launched a grant scheme for organisations to deliver projects that will allow Coventry communities to engage more deeply with St Mary’s Guildhall, and encourage a long-lasting relationship with heritage.
Visit our Community Grant Programme webpage to find out more and see whether you are eligible.
St Mary’s Guildhall Community Grant Project, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, was designed to hand over the reins of the programme to the community, and fund projects that were designed for and by the communities in Coventry. Digital Douglass is one of those projects.
The project reached out to young people of African origin, and invited them to research, write and perform a script for an audio track telling the story of Frederick Douglass. Douglass was a formerly enslaved person who used his hard-won freedom to campaign for the abolition of slavery. He was a talented orator and used his skills to tour Britain and Ireland to raise funds and support for the abolition movement. This is the product of their work.
Credited participants: Lead Producer: Taylor Renee Cottrel. Denzel-Reagan Kira, Jude Avery, Deborah Paul-Enahoro, Hiten Vara, Takudzwa Mudiwa. This project, designed and run by House of Emanuel I&1 C.I.C.
