A Centre is Made

Young imaginations run wild at School for Blind Children.

“I’d much rather work at a computer than make wicker baskets” – disabled people hit the mainstream in 1980s Britain

Early attempts at inclusive swimming for disabled people.

Feisty and free-spirited, three disabled people talk frankly and directly about the barriers they experience in the 1960s

Man Alive! moral panic, sex, and when professionals ruled – life as a disabled couple in 1972

Occupational therapy turns full circle, as amputee soldiers learn to make artificial limbs for others

A last look at the mighty steam engines that once powered Lancashire's mills.

"Britain's bread hangs by Lancashire's thread" – cotton, Britain's great post-war hope.

Forget the carding machine - you need a lap convertor. Puzzled? Find out more here.

See how steam powered the textile industry of Lancashire.

The Collin family of Chadderton, Oldham, enjoy life to the full.

Whatever the weather, the procession will go on in this Lancashire town.

A trans high-schooler is tempted by toxic masculinity in the boys’ bathroom.

Two years in the life of TRUK United FC, a beacon for positive change and trans inclusivity in football.

A Chinese teenager dreams of living with her cool aunt in New York, until tensions boil over during a crab dinner.

A child struggling with their identity and a charismatic fox (voiced by Sir Ian McKellen) learn to embrace their differences in this heart warming stop-motion animation.

A Maori and a Kiwi teen buddy up to raid their mum’s wardrobe and pucker their lips with red.

‘I pronounce you wife and wife.’ A young couple design their perfect wedding online, but then mum dials in.