Celebrating our Past, Creating our Futures

Dive into LGBTQIA+ archives with Blossom LGBT CIC and the Surrey History Centre. This is the first of two FREE workshops on 'Celebrating our Past, Creating our Futures'.

Recognising that LGBTQ+ history has often been overlooked due to colonisation, anti-LGBT legislation, and historical attitudes, it is crucial to preserve and celebrate the legacy of our community. This first workshop will focus on Crime & Punishment, Surrey’s LGBTQ+ Support Groups and Legacy. Participants will have the opportunity to see archived materials and understand more about the archiving process of LGBTQIA+ history. Future workshop topics include historical LGBTQ+ research, individual archive legacies and LGBTQ+ heritage mapping. 

It will be delivered by Collections Development Archivist, Di Stiff (she/her), and Heritage Learning and Communities Officer, Kate Jenner (she/her), from the Surrey History Centre, with support from Blossom LGBT CEO Oscar Hoyle (they/them), and Project Manager Shivani Dave (they/them). 

Entering the building - The public entrance on Goldsworth Road has a revolving door and an automatic door. The automatic door can be activated by pressing the red button marked on the right. The door will open outwards but is touch sensitive.

Public reading rooms - The main reading room, the Heather D Hawker Room, which includes the local studies material, and our event and seminar rooms are on the ground floor with easy access. In addition, both the locker room and refreshment room can accommodate most wheelchairs.

Facilities, including an accessible toilet, are located in the foyer.

Guide dogs are welcome at the Surrey History Centre.

More information can be found on the Surrey History Centre website: Here

Or contact the Surry History Centre directly:

Telephone - 01483 518737

Email - [email protected]

Tea and coffee will be available for participants.

For additional comments or questions contact: [email protected]

10.30 am -12.30 pm 9th November 2024

Location:

Surrey History Centre,

130 Goldsworth Road,

Woking

Surrey

GU21 6ND

There is free parking at the back of the building via Kingsway Road.

Blossom LGBT CIC supports the amazing things that LGBTQ+ people can achieve when they are empowered to succeed without the fear of discrimination. It's our vision that together, we’ll create environments where LGBTQ+ young adults can succeed in all aspects of their lives. Our target audience is LGBTQ+ 16 to 30 years old based in South East England, and the people who live & work alongside them. Since our unofficial inception in 2018, we have become one of Surrey’s largest & most highly regarded LGBTQ+ community-led organisations.

Surrey History Centre collects and preserves the records of Surrey's past and present, documenting the story of the county and its people from the 12th century to the 21st century. Surrey Heritage holds a unique collection of records of historical importance. We work to make them publicly available at Surrey History Centre for everyone to use and enjoy, preserving and conserving these precious documents for future generations. They are carefully cleaned, dried and repaired (if necessary) before being catalogued, packaged in archive material, and stored safely in secure, environmentally controlled strongrooms.                      

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Surrey History Centre, 130 Goldsworth Road, Woking, United Kingdom