In our first year as a constituted organisation we focused on delivering one-off public workshops and events, sharing unknown local heritage about global majority communities. This included two festival events - Migration Matters Festival & Women of the World (WOW) Festival - which centre the stories and voices of marginalised communities. It also included training for heritage and social justice practitioners, developing key skills for accurately and sensitively interpreting and presenting archival information relating to global majority communities. We also started developing a relationship with a regional archive, led by Rotherham Borough Metropolitan Council, who commissioned us to conduct some initial R&D about global majority heritage in Rotherham, the results of which are shared publicly in the next financial year. The two festival events directly benefited communities by sharing unknown heritage stories of global majority communities. This enhanced local appreciation and understanding of marginalised heritage, and built greater connection with the individual and communities represented. It also provided an opportunity for people normally excluded from heritage to have a platform and share their own stories and perspectives. The training activity benefited the sector by ensuring that practitioners responsible for heritage and social justice have a greater critical understanding of global majority heritage and the tools needed to negotiate and present it properly. This ultimately benefits global majority communities because the heritage they engage with going forward will be more nuanced, accurate and accessible and cause less harm than reductive and misrepresentative historical accounts have done historically. The R&D has enabled us to uncover new global majority heritage stories, previously unknown, and prepare for an extensive programme of public activity where audiences can engage with and respond to the heritage on display in creative and accessible ways.

Our company stakeholders include global majority communities and professionals within the arts, culture & heritage sector. We held a public event in November 2025 to bring stakeholders together, discuss the Dig Where You Stand vision and strategy for future programming (captured by our new manifesto) and obtain direct feedback from those in attendance. Responses have helped shape the direction of future programming. There was a clear call to address growing mental health and wellbeing issues, the result of an increasingly hostile environment and struggling arts, culture & heritage sector. So we will be designing experimental workshops that enhance community connection and wellbeing in future activity. This will fall under the programme title “We Gather” which is key point in our manifesto.

The total amount paid or receivable by directors in respect of qualifying services was £1802 Remuneration for directors is reflected fully in our enclosed accounts. Details are found in the “Expenses” section, and are clearly marked. Directors were only remunerated for delivering specific project roles or activity and paid at appropriate sector rates. There were no other transactions or arrangements in connection with the remuneration of directors, or compensation for director’s loss of office, which require to be disclosed.

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