Minding Histories Oral History Project

Minding Histories is an Oral History Project organised by Mind in Bexley and funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund.

Minding Histories will work with individuals and communities to record the testimonies of up to 60 individuals from BME groups including the Vietnamese, Chinese, Bangladesh, Indian, Russian, Polish and Irish communities who reside in the London Borough of Bexley in order to explore the resettlement heritage of these communities. The project will focus on the resettlement experiences and its related impact on mental health since 1950/60's. The impact (contributing to mental health problems) can be wide ranging but we will focus on discrimination and racism, poverty, isolation and stigma.  Tape and video recorded interviews will be carried out with individuals from these communities who are experiencing , or have experienced from, mental ill health/distress, including those who were residents of the now demolished Bexley Psychiatric hospital.

For more information on the project click here.