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Hero image — The Grange, or a wide village shot.

Partners & Support

LightKeep is not made alone. It is being built with the people and institutions who already keep this village's memory — and it is designed to add to their work, not sit beside it.

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Mike Laslett at The Grange, or an archive photograph.

Heritage & Archive Partner

Confirmed — letter of support received

Rottingdean Heritage
The Grange Museum & Archive

The archive at The Grange holds the village's written and photographic memory: photographs, letters, certificates, lives filed and protected. Mike Laslett, Hon Archivist and Curator, has opened the collection to LightKeep — historical context for the portraits being made now, and the model for the archive LightKeep will leave behind.

Rottingdean Heritage has confirmed its support for the project in writing.

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AbilityNet logo or an accessibility-in-use photograph.

Digital Accessibility Partner

Confirmed — letter of support received

AbilityNet

AbilityNet is a UK charity helping disabled and older people use technology at home, at work and in education. AbilityNet has confirmed its support as LightKeep's digital accessibility partner, and will carry out an accessibility review of the online archive to ensure it is usable by older people and people with access needs.

"We believe LightKeep addresses an important gap in cultural provision for older residents in this community, and we are pleased to support it." — AbilityNet, letter of support

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St Aubyn's Chapel, the village green or Cricket Pavilion.

Confirmed Exhibition Venue

Confirmed for 2027

Rottingdean Parish Council

Rottingdean Parish Council has confirmed St Aubyn’s Chapel as the venue for LightKeep’s first full exhibition in 2027. The 1912 former school chapel is being restored for community use. Exact dates, charging, security, heating, access and installation arrangements will be agreed in September.

If your organisation belongs on this page — a venue, a community group, a school, a library — we would like to talk.

Get in touch

LightKeep is seeking support from Arts Council England's National Lottery Project Grants. This page will grow as the project does.