Sporting Heritage CIC
@sportingheritage.bsky.social
Working to keep your sporting stories alive.Visit our website for support and info, add your collection & join our networks. www.sportingheritage.org.uk
National Sporting Heritage Day, 30th Sept #NSHD2025
National Sporting Heritage Day, 30th Sept #NSHD2025
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.
February 14, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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.
FREE Webinar | Welsh Collection Significance
Session 3: How to build your museum’s peer networks
📅 Wed 25 Feb | 10.30–11.30 (Online)
Session 3: How to build your museum’s peer networks
📅 Wed 25 Feb | 10.30–11.30 (Online)
February 14, 2026 at 10:02 AM
FREE Webinar | Welsh Collection Significance
Session 3: How to build your museum’s peer networks
📅 Wed 25 Feb | 10.30–11.30 (Online)
Session 3: How to build your museum’s peer networks
📅 Wed 25 Feb | 10.30–11.30 (Online)
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.
February 13, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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.
FREE Webinar | Welsh Collection Significance
Session 3: How to build your museum’s peer networks
📅 Wed 25 Feb | 10.30–11.30 (Online)
Session 3: How to build your museum’s peer networks
📅 Wed 25 Feb | 10.30–11.30 (Online)
February 12, 2026 at 12:02 PM
FREE Webinar | Welsh Collection Significance
Session 3: How to build your museum’s peer networks
📅 Wed 25 Feb | 10.30–11.30 (Online)
Session 3: How to build your museum’s peer networks
📅 Wed 25 Feb | 10.30–11.30 (Online)
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
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
February 11, 2026 at 3:08 PM
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
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
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.
February 11, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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.
FREE Webinar | Welsh Collection Significance
Session 2: How to conduct a significance audit
📅 Wed 11 Feb | 10.30–11.30 (Online)
Session 2: How to conduct a significance audit
📅 Wed 11 Feb | 10.30–11.30 (Online)
February 9, 2026 at 4:03 PM
FREE Webinar | Welsh Collection Significance
Session 2: How to conduct a significance audit
📅 Wed 11 Feb | 10.30–11.30 (Online)
Session 2: How to conduct a significance audit
📅 Wed 11 Feb | 10.30–11.30 (Online)
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.
February 9, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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.
FREE Webinar | Welsh Collection Significance
Session 2: How to conduct a significance audit
📅 Wed 11 Feb | 10.30–11.30 (Online)
Session 2: How to conduct a significance audit
📅 Wed 11 Feb | 10.30–11.30 (Online)
February 7, 2026 at 10:00 AM
FREE Webinar | Welsh Collection Significance
Session 2: How to conduct a significance audit
📅 Wed 11 Feb | 10.30–11.30 (Online)
Session 2: How to conduct a significance audit
📅 Wed 11 Feb | 10.30–11.30 (Online)
✨ 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.
February 6, 2026 at 12:08 PM
✨ 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.
FREE Webinar | Welsh Collection Significance
Session 2: How to conduct a significance audit
📅 Wed 11 Feb | 10.30–11.30 (Online)
Session 2: How to conduct a significance audit
📅 Wed 11 Feb | 10.30–11.30 (Online)
February 5, 2026 at 2:02 PM
FREE Webinar | Welsh Collection Significance
Session 2: How to conduct a significance audit
📅 Wed 11 Feb | 10.30–11.30 (Online)
Session 2: How to conduct a significance audit
📅 Wed 11 Feb | 10.30–11.30 (Online)
Sporting heritage does more than preserve the past. It brings communities together, supports learning, unlocks funding and helps build sustainable projects for the future.
February 4, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Sporting heritage does more than preserve the past. It brings communities together, supports learning, unlocks funding and helps build sustainable projects for the future.
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.
February 2, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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.
✨ 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
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
January 30, 2026 at 12:02 PM
✨ 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
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
@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.
January 28, 2026 at 3:00 PM
@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.
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.
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.
January 28, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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.
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.
Not sure where to start with a collection review? Join our introductory webinar, Welsh Significance Programme: How to Conduct a Collection Review.
📅 28 Jan
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📅 28 Jan
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January 26, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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📅 28 Jan
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📅 28 Jan
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Not sure where to start with a collection review? Join our introductory webinar, Welsh Significance Programme: How to Conduct a Collection Review.
📅 28 Jan
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📅 28 Jan
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January 26, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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📅 28 Jan
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📅 28 Jan
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Not sure where to start with a collection review? Join our introductory webinar, Welsh Significance Programme: How to Conduct a Collection Review.
📅 28 Jan
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📅 28 Jan
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January 24, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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📅 28 Jan
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Community Sporting Heritage Winner, Carlisle United Heritage Group. Celebrating 120 years of Carlisle United through community-led heritage and preservation.
January 23, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Community Sporting Heritage Winner, Carlisle United Heritage Group. Celebrating 120 years of Carlisle United through community-led heritage and preservation.
Not sure where to start with a collection review? Join our introductory webinar, Welsh Significance Programme: How to Conduct a Collection Review.
📅 28 Jan
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📅 28 Jan
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January 21, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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📅 28 Jan
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📅 28 Jan
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🚲 A look back at cycling club history. This pocket-sized Rules and Regulations of the Leamington & South Warwickshire Cycling Club dates to 1884, offering a fascinating glimpse into the early culture of organised cycling. #cyclehistory #sportingheritage
January 19, 2026 at 12:01 PM
🚲 A look back at cycling club history. This pocket-sized Rules and Regulations of the Leamington & South Warwickshire Cycling Club dates to 1884, offering a fascinating glimpse into the early culture of organised cycling. #cyclehistory #sportingheritage
The 2025 Sporting Heritage Award Winners showcase the wealth and breadth of work safeguarding sporting heritage for current and future generations. Please join us in thanking them for their dedication and impact. ✨ Celebrating Sporting Heritage Research Award Winner: Museum of Bath at Work
January 16, 2026 at 12:02 PM
The 2025 Sporting Heritage Award Winners showcase the wealth and breadth of work safeguarding sporting heritage for current and future generations. Please join us in thanking them for their dedication and impact. ✨ Celebrating Sporting Heritage Research Award Winner: Museum of Bath at Work
Not sure where to start with a collection review? Join our introductory webinar, Welsh Significance Programme: How to Conduct a Collection Review.
📅 28 Jan
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📅 28 Jan
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January 15, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Not sure where to start with a collection review? Join our introductory webinar, Welsh Significance Programme: How to Conduct a Collection Review.
📅 28 Jan
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📅 28 Jan
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Are you using your #sportingheritage collection to connect and inspire? A well-managed collection isn’t just something to protect, it’s something to share, activate and celebrate.
Find ideas, inspiration and practical guidance in our Toolkit: ttps://tinyurl.com/yx4px5w9
Find ideas, inspiration and practical guidance in our Toolkit: ttps://tinyurl.com/yx4px5w9
January 14, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Are you using your #sportingheritage collection to connect and inspire? A well-managed collection isn’t just something to protect, it’s something to share, activate and celebrate.
Find ideas, inspiration and practical guidance in our Toolkit: ttps://tinyurl.com/yx4px5w9
Find ideas, inspiration and practical guidance in our Toolkit: ttps://tinyurl.com/yx4px5w9