From September 2022 – July 2024 Grand Junction delivered a National Heritage Lottery Funded project called Our Shared Heritage.

The project explored and celebrated the stories of Middle Eastern and North African communities living near Grand Junction. Over the two years, we invited the community into our space to connect with the Victorian heritage of St Mary Magdalene’s Church, and to tell their own stories of events that took place in people’s home countries, as well as of arriving in London and settling in West London, all within the timeline of our building’s history (1878 to the present).

Partnerships with professional organisations, artists, and curators led to a series of talks, the community food-sharing event To The Table, a Heritage Training Academy for young people, the acclaimed Olive Jar performances, and The Places We Carry exhibition.

Over the next three years Grand Junction will be taking on a new exciting National Lottery Heritage Funded project: You Are Here. This project aims to connect the community to our building’s Victorian heritage, through events and innovative digital mediums.