In conversation: Jan Pimblett and Veronica McKenzie on outreach, engagement and diversity (1|5)

Jan Pimblett, recently retired from the London Metropolitan Archives, and Veronica McKenzie, from the Haringey Vanguard BAME LGBT+ project, sat down for a kitchen table chat.

The pair discussed the importance of involving a diverse range of people in their work and how crucial it is to document ordinary people's lives. They also reflected on the progress made by the LGBT+ community over the past 50 years, as well as the challenges they still face.

In this chapter they talk about outreach, engagement and diversity.

"Over the last 20 years the cohort of people coming in (to LMA) has altered and changed. We've got more younger people, more people from diverse communities coming through" - Jan

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