Our blogs, written by us and project participants, document the activities of The GAP. See what we're up to below!

Charlotte Smith

Nov 22, 20173 min read

Valuing the Visual

This is the first in a series of blogposts from Charlotte Smith following The GAP's project, Stories from The Threshold. Stories can be...

Joe Cook

Jul 13, 20173 min read

'Many Peoples, One Birmingham' - A talk by Prof Carl Chinn

As part of Children in Movement we’re honoured to have had local historian Professor Carl Chinn deliver a public talk at The GAP...

Ella Marshall

Jul 8, 20173 min read

Oral Histories Training

For Children in Movement we will be collecting and presenting the hidden stories of child migration to Birmingham through the medium of...

Ella Marshall

Jul 6, 20172 min read

Thinking about 'Heritage' & 'Migration'

At the start of the month, Project Workers Joe, Arron and myself met up with our first cohort of participants for an introduction to the...

Arron Gill

Jun 12, 20172 min read

Beyond the Image

Through this project we want to capture the portraits of those who migrated to Birmingham as a young person, to show the multitude of...

Arron Gill

Jun 8, 20172 min read

Children in Movement. What's it all about?

Children in Movement is a new project led by The GAP. This project aims to use oral history and photography to uncover the rich and...

Ceri Townsend

Aug 3, 201611 min read

Space, Young People and the Future

Ceri Townsend's keynote speech to the Facing the Gap International Drama Research Project in the Örkény Theatre, Budapest 29-31 Juy 2016