A UNIVERSITY has received £9,500 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for its Rememorial WWI: Narratives of Peace in The Tees Valley project.

The HLF's First World War Then and Now funded programme will focus on exploring the stories of local people relating to the aftermath of the war.

The project will ask the community to share artefacts that relate to the War, aiming to capture memories attached to them and exploring themes of unemployment, decline of industry, poverty, loss and hope for the future.

Dr Ben Roberts, the co-Project Lead and Historian at Teesside University, said: “We are thrilled to have received the support of the National Lottery. Rememorial WWI provides us with a unique opportunity to re-examine the impact of the First World War on our area. It will allow us to commemorate the experiences of the whole community while re-examining exactly what the legacy of the war was and what this means for us today.”

Following the recruitment of volunteers during July, the project will run a series of public workshops through November 2018, culminating in a touring exhibition in Tees Valley museums during summer 2019.

Charlie Tait, co-project lead and senior lecturer in graphic design and digital media, said: “The HLF funding enables an innovative collaboration between History and Graphic Design to interpret memories, experiences and artefacts into an engaging, content driven form that will help audiences explore the relevance of this period 100 years on.”