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Changing lives: Mary Rose volunteering helps Neil recover

Young man in shirt and tie

Straeon

… demanding course to be a Royal Navy Parachute Instructor. Then in a split second his life changed forever. Embarking on … jump, Neil’s newly purchased parachute failed to open and he crashed 400 feet to the ground, landing in the middle … Lottery-supported Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth.  He can now walk short distances and has embraced opportunities …

Changing lives: how park life helped Matt, Pat and Tom

Tom Emery, Patricia Roberts and Matt Bateman, volunteers at Burslem Park

Straeon

… Changing lives: how park life helped Matt, Pat and Tom 19/07/2016 Volunteering at HLF-supported Burslem Park … in 2012 with a grant of £2.19million from HLF. Since then, visitors to the Grade II listed Victorian park have … Thanks to National Lottery players, a team of volunteers now keep the park pristine and undertake a variety of …

Changing lives: what the Romans did for Danielle

Danielle Pointon in a zorb with a football

Straeon

… soldiers had once camped on the very spot where she was now playing for her school team. Even if she had known, she … have cared, she says. “I didn’t like history at school, and I was too busy running round with my gang the rest of the … She was devastated. In the footsteps of the Romans But then Danielle was introduced to Ben Rigby and Ross Podyma of …

Waterways and conservation for Solihull Young Roots project

Waterways and conservation Solihull project participants
Waterways and conservation Solihull project participants

Newyddion

… Waterways and conservation for Solihull Young Roots project Waterways … planning the project after another HLF funded project From then ‘til now sparked their interest for the area and the stories it …

Beverley Armed Forces and First World War Centenary day

Living history interpreters recreate the work of First World War Army Farriers
Living history interpreters recreate the work of First World War Army Farriers

Newyddion

… Beverley Armed Forces and First World War Centenary day Living history interpreters … based organisations the project will focus on a theme of ‘Now and Then’, offering an opportunity to both entertain and educate …

Early Christmas present for the Charles Dickens Museum

Newyddion

… to submit detailed plans aimed at radically transforming and increasing display areas and improving the overall … experience at the Doughty Street Museum. The Museum can then apply for second stage support from HLF for £1,773,000 … stage. Having been awarded a first-round pass, the project now has up to two years to submit fully developed proposals …

Heritage and positive mental health

Groups of gardeners at Lloyd Park
Gardeners at Lloyd Park in Walthamstow

Blogiau

… Heritage and positive mental health Gardeners at Lloyd Park in … programme participant]"I can stand on my own two feet now."[/quote] Participants take part in a practical learning … our enjoyment of positive mental health and wellbeing ‘til then! Back to top of page Efallai y bydd gennych chi …

Uncovering the history of Britain’s war resisters

Blogiau

… Objectors day, Cyril Pearce explains how communities can now use the Lives of the First World War website to explore … military service, conscription, in Britain. For the men and women who for personal, religious or political reasons … probably have left it at that but an intriguing question then hung in the air, ‘If this was so, were there other …

The untapped stories of disability and the First World War

Wounded soldiers convalescing outside a First World War hospital
Wounded soldiers convalescing outside a First World War hospital

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… The untapped stories of disability and the First World War Wounded soldiers convalescing outside … level aiming to help disabled veterans. St Dunstan’s (now Blind Veterans UK ) and the Douglas Haig Memorial Homes … out how you can get involved with the  First World War: then and now programme . … By the end of the First World War, …