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Le Court History

Read more about the history of the original Le Court building

Making Your Archives Work For You

On the 14th November 2018, the Leonard Cheshire Archive and Loughborough University hosted an archives conference as part of the British Academy/UCL research project ‘Digitising the mixed economy of welfare’....

Sharpe’s Pottery Exhibition – Derbyshire

Although Rewind has been delving into the histories of the Cheshire homes in the South-East, the Leonard Cheshire Disability Archive is based here in South Derbyshire, and we have been...

Watch our Resonate webinar

In November, the Leonard Cheshire Archive hosted a live webinar to remember the life and legacy of Second World War RAF Group Captain and humanitarian Group Captain Lord Leonard Cheshire...

St Cecilia’s Cheshire Home

Exterior of Home (St Cecilia's)...

ALISS Oral History Showcase

...in the history of Leonard Cheshire and its founder, Group Captain Lord Leonard Cheshire VC OM. Stephanie also discussed our new Podcast, where we have been trying to make each...

Leonard Cheshire Archive Films now Audio Described

Audio described films have been produced from our film archive to provide access to people with visual impairments, and can now be viewed online. This includes all five of the...

Archive Oral Histories – Carmel Short

An oral history recording with Carmel Short, a former volunteer at Le Court between 1953-1975 and former Secretary for the Cheshire Foundation from 1968-1977. Subtitles are available. Carmel talks about...

Leonard and The Queen Mother

Leonard Cheshire, wearing his medals and his daughter Elizabeth Cheshire talking to HRH Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother...