YOUNG people are being sought for internships and volunteer placements exploring Oxfordshire's links to the slave trade.

People aged between 16 and 25 are needed for the Connections project, researching the links between Oxfordshire and the transatlantic slave trade, discovering scandals, crimes and hidden secrets.

Volunteers are sought in a wide range of different areas, ranging from historical research, to IT and web design, to working on exhibitions, to acting and story telling, to event planning.

Anyone interested in finding out more should write to the African and African-Caribbean Kultural Heritage Initiative, c/o Fusion Arts, East Oxford Community Centre, Princes Street, Oxford, OX4 1DD.