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Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

🎉 The Countdown Begins...Celebrate National Sporting Heritage Day on September 30th! 🎉 Share your collections, stories, events and activities with us using #NSHD2026. More Info: sportingheritage.org.uk/nshd

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Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Stay connected to the world of Sporting Heritage! Be the first to hear about awards updates, funding, events, inspiring collections, blogs, and podcasts. Stay up to date with everything happening across the sector. Sign up for free here: tinyurl.com/5e2bwm48

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Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Sport & Fashion Month is back! Join us throughout June in shining a light on the UK's sportswear heritage. What role has #sportswear played in the story of UK sport? Share your collections, memories, research, and activity using #SportAndFashion 👉 bit.ly/SportAndFash...

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Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

What puts sporting collections at risk, and why do they matter? Following National Sporting Heritage Day last year, we hosted a Collections at Risk webinar exploring the challenges facing sporting archives across the UK. The session brought sector professionals together to discuss:

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Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Preserving sporting heritage takes more than good intentions. Collections can be at risk due to poor storage, environmental pressures, unclear documentation or limited capacity. Without structured care, records and artefacts can deteriorate or become inaccessible.

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Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Protecting sporting heritage starts with knowing what exists. Our Collections Database maps sporting-related collections across the UK, from club archives and museum stores to community-held memorabilia.

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Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

The British Deaf History Society (Manchester) holds rare Deaf sporting photographs and artefacts, many never publicly displayed due to limited space. With Sporting Heritage support, a centenary exhibition marked 100 years of the Deaflympics. @deafhistoryuk

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Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

📌 FREE Webinar | Welsh Collection Significance Session 5: How to conduct a peer review 📅 Wed 25th March | 10.30–11.30 (Online)

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Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Our Collections Database brings together sporting-related collections held by museums, archives, clubs and community groups across the UK. If your organisation holds sporting records, artefacts or photographs, you can add your collection.

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Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

📌 FREE Webinar | Welsh Collection Significance Session 5: How to conduct a peer review 📅 Wed 25th March | 10.30–11.30 (Online)

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Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Milano Cortina 2026 reminds us that the Games don’t just live in stadiums and snow. They live online too. For 15 years, the International Internet Preservation Consortium has archived Olympic and Paralympic web content, preserving the digital story of the Games.

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Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

📌 FREE Webinar | Welsh Collection Significance Session 5: How to conduct a peer review 📅 Wed 25th March | 10.30–11.30 (Online)

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Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Shinty is central to Highland identity, yet much of its story sits beyond match records. With Sporting Heritage support, Skye Camanachd documented past, present and future players through photography.

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Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Reducing collections at risk across Scotland. Sporting Heritage is supporting Scotland’s Sporting Heritage, a two-year national project led by @ballasttrust and funded by @HeritageFundUK.

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Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

📌 FREE Webinar | Welsh Collection Significance Session 5: How to conduct a peer review 📅 Wed 25th March | 10.30–11.30 (Online)

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Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

With the Winter Games behind us and the Paralympic Games in motion, we’re also beginning to think ahead to Sport & Fashion Month in June. Winter sport offers a fascinating lens on design and performance. #sportingheritage #sportandfashion #wintersport

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Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Much of Ballymoney Museum’s motorcycle road racing collection, including the Bert McCook donation linked to the North West 200 (NW200) and the Dunlop family, had remained in storage, limiting public access. With Sporting Heritage grant support, items were brought back into the community space.

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Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

📌 FREE Webinar | Welsh Collection Significance Session 4: Creating a virtual visit to your sporting collection 📅 Wed 11 March | 10.30–11.30 (Online)

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Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

📌 FREE Webinar | Welsh Collection Significance Session 4: Creating a virtual visit to your sporting collection 📅 Wed 11 March | 10.30–11.30 (Online)

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Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Women’s sporting achievements in Llanelli had been underrepresented within the historical record. With Sporting Heritage grant support, seven young women (16-24) were trained in filmmaking and curation to research and co-curate an exhibition celebrating local sportswomen.

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Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Sport & Fashion Symposium: Call for Papers. With #SportAndFashion Month returning in June, activity is already building across the sector. Sport & Fashion Symposium: Call for Papers. With #SportAndFashion Month returning in June, activity is already building across the sector.

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Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Protecting Scotland’s sporting archives before they are lost. Sporting Heritage is a key delivery partner in Supporting Scotland’s Sporting Heritage, led by The Ballast Trust and funded by @HeritageFundUK. @‌natlibscot.bsky.social

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Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

📌 FREE Webinar | Welsh Collection Significance Session 4: Creating a virtual visit to your sporting collection 📅 Wed 11 March | 10.30–11.30 (Online)

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Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

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Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

📌 FREE Webinar | Welsh Collection Significance Session 4: Creating a virtual visit to your sporting collection 📅 Wed 11 March | 10.30–11.30 (Online)

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Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

✨ Highly Commended | Sporting Heritage Awards: Museum of Welsh Cricket. The Museum has delivered a series of projects celebrating the Global Family of Cricket, highlighting the heritage and legacy of global majority communities through collections, education and participation.

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Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

📌 FREE Webinar | Welsh Collection Significance Session 4: Creating a virtual visit to your sporting collection 📅 Wed 11 March | 10.30–11.30 (Online)

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Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

What happens when overlooked sporting cultures are finally documented? @poweredbyhiphop received a £500 Sporting Heritage Community Grant to uncover and officially document the stories behind UK Breaking (Break Dancing).

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Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

FREE Webinar | Welsh Collection Significance Session 3: How to build your museum’s peer networks 📅 Wed 25 Feb | 10.30–11.30 (Online)

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Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

✨ Highly Commended | Sporting Heritage Awards: Northampton Saints Foundation. A dedicated volunteer team supports the Heritage programme, from running a monthly Memory Café to researching the Black, Green and Golden Era of Northampton Saints.

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Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

FREE Webinar | Welsh Collection Significance Session 3: How to build your museum’s peer networks 📅 Wed 25 Feb | 10.30–11.30 (Online)

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Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Sporting heritage is everywhere. In museums, archives, clubhouses, community spaces and personal collections across the UK. Our Collections Map brings together sporting-related collections by sport and by location, helping reveal the bigger picture of our shared sporting past. And it’s still growing

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Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

FREE Webinar | Welsh Collection Significance Session 3: How to build your museum’s peer networks 📅 Wed 25 Feb | 10.30–11.30 (Online)

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Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

What does it take to protect a club’s heritage for the next generation? Case Study: @WWRLFoundation Digital Archive. £2,500 from Sporting Heritage supported the creation of a digital archive, collating memorabilia across men’s, women’s, disability & school rugby league.

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Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

As the T20 Cricket World Cup takes centre stage this weekend, we’re taking a moment to look back at one of England’s most explosive cricketers.

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Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

FREE Webinar | Welsh Collection Significance Session 3: How to build your museum’s peer networks 📅 Wed 25 Feb | 10.30–11.30 (Online)

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Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Not every outstanding piece of work can take home a main award, but some deserve special recognition for the depth, impact and importance of their contribution to sporting heritage. Looking Back began during the pandemic, when sessions offered a vital lifeline for people experiencing isolation.

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Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

FREE Webinar | Welsh Collection Significance Session 3: How to build your museum’s peer networks 📅 Wed 25 Feb | 10.30–11.30 (Online)

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Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Supporting Scotland’s Sporting Heritage. As Scotland prepares for the World Cup finals, we’re working to ensure the stories behind the headlines aren’t lost. Funded by @HeritageFundUK, this project will map and protect Scotland’s sporting archives. @‌natlibscot.bsky.social

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Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Collections matter because people matter. From medals and match programmes to photographs and archives, collections hold stories of pride, identity and community, connecting people to their sporting past.

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Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

FREE Webinar | Welsh Collection Significance Session 2: How to conduct a significance audit 📅 Wed 11 Feb | 10.30–11.30 (Online)

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Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

What happens when living sporting history is brought into the classroom? With a £2,000 Sporting Heritage Community Grant, Women in Rugby League marked its 40th anniversary by revisiting the 1996 Great Britain tour of Australia.

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Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

FREE Webinar | Welsh Collection Significance Session 2: How to conduct a significance audit 📅 Wed 11 Feb | 10.30–11.30 (Online)

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Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

✨ Highly Commended | Sporting Heritage Awards ✨Some work deserves recognition for its depth, impact & contribution to sporting heritage. Highly Commended: Dr Ross Walker, University of Edinburgh. Recognised for his research, James Naismith: The Creation of Basketball and the Scottish Connection.

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Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

FREE Webinar | Welsh Collection Significance Session 2: How to conduct a significance audit 📅 Wed 11 Feb | 10.30–11.30 (Online)

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Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Sporting heritage does more than preserve the past. It brings communities together, supports learning, unlocks funding and helps build sustainable projects for the future.

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Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

What happens when local people are invited to share their sporting memories? With support from a Sporting Heritage Community Grant, the Museum of Bath at Work brought Bath’s tennis history to life through stories, photos and community participation.

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Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

✨ Highly Commended, Sporting Heritage Awards ✨ Some contributions go beyond expectation, setting new standards for research, care and connection within sporting heritage. These are the projects we are proud to Highly Commend @RoundersEngland

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Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

@thefastestbicyclefilm is a new feature-length documentary directed by double BAFTA winner Michael B. Clifford. It tells the story of Sir Roger Bannister’s grandson Barney Townsend and his team’s attempts to break the world human-powered vehicle land speed record at Battle Mountain in Nevada, USA.

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Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Museums and archives aren’t the same, and that matters for your collection. At first glance, museums, archives and libraries can look similar. All care for cultural material. But they take very different approaches to what they collect, how it’s organised, and how people access it.

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