Welcome to Luton Voices

Luton Voices aims to record, preserve and celebrate the oral history of broad range of communities who, together, make Luton what it is today.

Luton Voices will develop an oral history archive that will explore, record and celebrate Luton's 20th century social history, in particular its cultural diversity.
Working with a number of community partners, the project will record life stories and use these as the basis for educational and creative
outputs such as exhibitions, web sites and publications. The majority of interviews will be carried out by trained volunteers from the partner groups.

The community groups involved believe such work to be relevant to their heritage and cultural identity. Their research will focus on areas of historical
information, which are not well represented in official records, for example the personal experiences of first generation migrants who settled in Luton.
Certain groups, such as the Irish Forum, are keen to record this first hand testimony before it is too late.

We have worked closely with many other organisations including Barnfield College, Univeristy of Bedfordshire, Centre for Youth & Community Development,
Dallow Community Television Project, Denigh High, Global Xchange, Guru Ravidass Luncheon Club, the Princes Trust and the Luton Carnival Arts Development Trust.

By supporting and encouraging such work the project will encourage more Luton people to become actively involved in recording their heritage.

For more information, please contact Dien Luu, Luton Voices Coordinator at 01582 54 8486.
Email at dien.luu@lutonculture.com

Luton Voices will run from 2006 to May 2010.

This website is maintained and administered by Asad Quadri