Champion London Chinatown's Heritage

August Update5 months ago

Brilliant backers We wanted to let you know how our project is progressing. Our History Champions have completed their training and started giving tours of London's Chinatown last month. They've had rave reviews from visitors so far and we think all tour guests are in for a unique and rich experience. Book your own place and see what all the hype is about! Tickets available here: https://chinaexchange.uk/whats-on/ Our Food Heritage Trail volunteers have started their process of documenting heritage in Chinatown. Following an intensive training weekend, they are now in the early stages of securing the involvement of people from our local neighbourhood. We've also just finished an extensive consultation exercise for our Chinatown history boards. This involved over 70 people and included 1:1 conversations, focus groups, surveys and on-street canvassing. We recognise what an important moment it is to create the first permanent public display of East and South East Asian history in Chinatown and we wanted to understand more thoroughly what people's expectations are for these boards. Now we're working with a talented team to bring these expectations to life. And, even with all this to manage (there are many, many to do lists in our lives just now), we're always thinking of you - the amazing and generous people who made this happen. We're so grateful for your support and we'll look forward to telling you more in the autumn.

First Project Update7 months ago

Hello Chinatown Champions It’s been a month since we met our crowdfunding goal and we have not wasted any time getting started. Here’s what we’ve been working on: Our new History Champions tour guides are now fully trained and ready to conduct their first tours this summer. Dates for in-person Chinatown tours will be released next week - see www.chinaexchange.uk for details. The history boards are in the development phase as we hear views from a wide range of people with a connection to the area. Through both one-to-one conversations and group discussions we have been learning more about people's expectations and hopes for this new public permanent display. This consultation process will continue throughout June and July as we develop the content of the boards. Our food heritage trail volunteers have all signed up and the trail's research and development process will start at the end of July. It's looking tasty so far! You made all of this possible! Thank you. We'll provide our next formal update in mid-August - in the meantime, you can get in touch info@chinaexchange.uk.

Don't Look a Gift (Aid) Horse in the Mouth8 months ago

Thank you to everyone who backed our campaign. Spacehive are processing your donations and we've already got started on project delivery - we cannot wait to introduce you to our new History Champion volunteers who started their training this week. We're getting in touch as some of you have asked us about adding Gift Aid to your donations - we thought we would share the details with everyone who backed the campaign. If you made your donation as an individual and you are a UK tax payer, you can choose to add Gift Aid to your donation. This allows China Exchange to then claim an additional 25% on top of your donation from HMRC - this would be a substantial boost for our work. If you would like to support us in this way, please complete your details here: https://forms.gle/8rLyd5Kyvv1azd117 If you would prefer a paper form, please email info@chinaexchange.uk and we will provide one to you.

Woooohoooo! Thank you!8 months ago

Freya You made it happen! We are making history! Thank you to each of you for every penny you've pledged to the crowdfunding campaign to Champion Chinatown Heritage. We have secured the money that will allow for the first public permanent display of East and South East Asian history in London's Chinatown. We will train volunteer guides to sustain our Chinatown Stories community-led walking tour programme. We will work with 12 volunteers to gather intangible food cultural heritage stories and create a new food heritage trail through the neighbourhood. And we couldn't have done this without you. Thank you! Thank you! And thank you again! So what will happen next? Your pledges will be processed through Spacehive. For those of you who are UK tax payers, you can add Gift Aid to your donation if you wish (an additional 25p per pound at no cost to you). We'll be in touch to ask for your Gift Aid declaration. Our history champion volunteers begin their training this Saturday so we're getting straight to work to champion Chinatown's heritage. We will make project updates on this page. You can learn more from our monthly newsletter (subscribe www.chinaexchange.uk) and via social media @ChinaExchangeUK Thank you for supporting the campaign.

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