Cultural Olympiad
A series of cross-sector Cultural Olympiad projects delivered in partnership with the libraries and archives leading to a Stories of the World finale in 2012 
Then & Now Part 1 (Special Olympics) 2009/10
This exhibition of everyday and sports fashion 1989 and 2009 was presented for six weeks in Leicester in summer of 2009 encompassing the period of the Special Olympics.
2009-12 Journals 500 young people (aged 11-21) 
will be recruited from across the region to engage with the Special Olympics, Cultural Olympiad events and 2012 Games and to record that engagement.
The Lyric Lounge 2009-12 Delivery of a series of spoken word/poetry workshops and events across the region. Lyric Lounge website
Migration Stories 2010/11 Focusing on migrant communities (and especially newer arrivals) in city, coastal and country parts of the region, migration stories will be collected, collated and published, drawing on previous work such as the Moving Here project. In parallel, known emigrants from the same areas will be invited to share emigration stories from the East Midlands.
Empedia 2010/11 A collection of maps, audio trails and interactive tours enabling visitors to explore cultural and historic sites across the region. Empedia website
1948 Heritage Link 2011/12 From 2011 the 1948 Olympic Torch held at Loughborough University
will embark on an epic journey to connect public heritage sites (including parks) across the region. At each location there will be celebratory events, with local people invited to share their memories, photographs and memorabilia of 1948.
Then & Now Part 2 2012 Then and Now Part 2 will build on Then & Now Part 1 taking the form of a
series of simultaneous exhibitions across the region using the Then and Now theme but encompassing
collections of everyday and sports fashion, focusing on the years 1948 and 2012.
Stories of the World 2012 The East Midlands' Stories of the World programme is called Dress the World. It celebrates the global exchanges that have shaped and continue to shape fashion. The focus is on the East Midlands and on how these connections are seen through the eyes of young people.