GET INVOLVED
We are passionate about collecting and sharing the heritage of the region’s Global Majority communities and ensuring that community projects are archived at the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre.
The Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Education Trust offers ongoing training to community groups with an interest in producing archive quality oral histories. We can also help with other aspects of project planning and delivery – from bid writing support to workshops, exhibition space and the long term preservation of your research.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss a project idea, email: [email protected] or call 0161 275 2920
We Are Hiring!
Freelance Videographer:
We are looking for a Freelance Videographer to support our National Lottery Heritage Funded Project; Community Led Collecting Fit for the Future.
Are you passionate about using video to inspire and educate?
Do you want to create meaningful content that supports educators, communities, and young people?
We are looking for a thoughtful and creative Videographer to collaborate with our team and partners to produce a compelling video that align with our mission and values. As a Videographer, you will be at the heart of our storytelling process, creating powerful content that helps educators make the most of our resources.
Please follow this link to the Freelance CLC FFF Videographer Brief further information and how to apply.
Deadline for applications is Tuesday 16th September at 12pm
Please see our blog for more information about the project ‘Community Led Collecting Fit for the Future’
Interviews to be held end Sep/early Oct.
If you have any further questions about the role, please contact Digital Engagement Officer Kadija Ollow [email protected]
Digital Preservation Infrastructure Specialist:
We are looking for a Freelance Digital Infrastructure Specialist to support our National Lottery Heritage Funded project; Community Led Collecting Fit for the Future.
Do you have solid experience of preparing, sharing and managing heritage materials on commonly used platforms such as Instagram and Facebook?
Are you knowledgeable in platform specific terms and conditions and understand the risks and limitations commonly used platforms when it comes to preserving and sharing heritage materials?
Are you experienced in navigating contractual agreements and have strong understanding of IP rights?
Please follow this link to the Freelance Job Brief for further info and how to apply.
Deadline for applications is Tuesday 23rd September at 12pm
Please see our blog for more information about the project ‘Community Led Collecting Fit for the Future’
Interviews to be held end Sep/early Oct.
If you have any further questions about the role please contact Project Lead; Laila Benhaida: [email protected].CLC FFF Videographer Brief
Volunteering
We’re keen to hear from volunteers with specific skills and knowledge. We would also like to support those interested in pursuing a career in museums, libraries, archives or heritage. Example volunteer roles are listed below (click on the links for more information.
If you’re interested in volunteering with us, please take a look at our Volunteer Policy.
What our volunteers say
Transracial Adoption: Negotiations between Heritages
Earlier this year a group of MA students from the Institute of Cultural Practices at the University of Manchester undertook work placements here at the RACE Centre. In this guest blog, Jasmine shares some of what she learned from working on the Family Relations subsection of our library.
Rebecca Bailey
Rebecca Bailey, 25, is an assistant exhibitions manager at The Royal Academy of Arts in London. Originally from Salford, and later Warrington, she completed a six-month internship as an oral history assistant with the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Education Trust as part of her MA in Religions and Theology at the University of Manchester. “The internship […]
Holly Randhawa
Holly Randhawa, 23 and from Birmingham, was an intern with the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Education Trust for six months. She arranged the placement through the Institute for Cultural Practices’ placement scheme, a course offered to postgraduate students at the University of Manchester. “My official title is sound archive assistant, which involves creating digital sound clips from […]
Daniella Carrington
Cultural officer at the Ministry of Community Development, Culture and the Arts, Trinidad and Tobago Daniella, 33, spent eight months as an intern with the trust in 2017, initially as part of a work placement while studying for her master’s degree in Museum Studies with the University of Manchester, and then as a volunteer. Assisting […]
Reflecting on my Experiences at the Centre
The first two months of my placement at the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre and Education Trust, based in Manchester Central Library, has been both an enriching and rewarding experience. As part of the University of Manchester’s Institute for Cultural Practices placement scheme, I have had the pleasure of working with the fantastic […]
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OUR BLOG
Keep up to date with our current projects, events and activities.
Anti-racist, collections-based educational resources at the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre & Education Trust
The Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre & Education Trust are pleased to announce the launch of our anti-racist, collections-based educational resources.
Introducing Dynamic Collections funded project; Community Led Collecting Fit for the Future
By Laila Benhaida, Community Archivist and Project Lead; Community Led Collecting Fit for the Future We are excited to announce that we have begun a new project; Community Led Collecting Fit for The Future, funded by the Dynamic Collections funding scheme of the National Heritage Lottery Fund. In March this year, we completed our six […]
Muslims Like Us- Islamophobia Awareness Month
Muslims Like Us event at Manchester Central Library, (21 Nov 2023) As part of Islamophobia Awareness Month, the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre hosted an open mic event on 21st November 2022. Collaborating with Muslim Writer’s North and spoken word-artist/poet, Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan, the session followed workshops with young people during South Asian Heritage Month (read […]