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How apprenticeships are changing

Nick Randell
Nick Randell, Programme Manager and Policy Adviser, Skills

Blogiau

… be allocated across Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. There’s more information available on the UK government … by employers. Trailblazing the future of heritage training There aren’t many apprenticeship frameworks that serve … only response. We know acute skills shortages remain. And there is an urgent task to diversify our workforce. In …

The Great War: Stories from a Neighbourhood

Claire Adler, Heritage Consultant: Learning, Community, Development
Claire Adler, Heritage Consultant

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… which have been attended by up to 50 people at a time. There have also been more than 20 people volunteering to … running a three-year project in two years was too much! There were three exhibitions which had to be researched, written and put up over two years. There are no paid members of staff so the research, gathering …

Tees Valley Wildlife Trust wins Heritage Lottery Fund support for regional bat project

Long-eared brown bat
Long-eared brown bat Hugh Clark/Bat Conservation Trust

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… of detectors to record and care for this unique wildlife. There will also be a wealth of opportunities for people of … Trust's East Cleveland Batscape page . Notes to editors There are 18 species of bat in the UK, 17 of which are known … here - that's almost a quarter of our mammal species There are at least eight species of bats present and breeding …

Reflections on the First World War Centenary

Professor Sarah Lloyd of the University of Hertfordshire
Professor Sarah Lloyd of the University of Hertfordshire

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… the UK engage with history and heritage. Missing stories  There are a lot of stories about the First World War, and … born in the 1920s carry the traces of the conflict? There is a lot of interest in hidden histories and untold … histories are of people who once lived in that place, but there are other sorts of community too, communities shaped by …

A day out with HLF Chief Executive Ros Kerslake in Pennine Lancashire

HLF Chief Executive Ros Kerslake chats to volunteers at Mr Ibbit's 1917 shop in Bacup Natural History Museum
HLF Chief Executive Ros Kerslake chats to volunteers at Mr Ibbit's 1917 shop in Bacup Natural History Museum

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… exhibition spaces and reveal its hidden heritage. I was there to attend one of the North West’s regional committee … area? HLF has identified many areas across the UK where there have been fewer applications for National Lottery … exhibition spaces and reveal its hidden heritage. I was there to attend one of the North West’s regional committee …

Keeping up with the changes in volunteering

John McMahon, HLF Policy Adviser, Learning and Volunteering
John McMahon, HLF Policy Adviser, Learning and Volunteering

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… 95% of the projects that HLF supports involve volunteers. There are around 3,000 HLF-supported projects currently in … such as homelessness and long-term unemployment. There are also strong examples emerging from our Changing … networks In a fast-moving environment, it's great to know there are networks emerging which enable volunteer managers …

Changing lives: Danielle ploughs a straight furrow to her ideal career

A woman ploughs with a Suffolk Punch horse

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… and horses. When the chance to apply for an apprenticeship there came up, thanks to an HLF Skills for the Future … She remembers fondly a whole range of experiences. “There was one day in the summer after my colleagues and I had … and horses. When the chance to apply for an apprenticeship there came up, thanks to an HLF Skills for the Future …

Changing lives: from community campaigner to HLF committee member

Mo outside the new HLF-supported visitor centre at St Anns Allotments in Nottingham
Mo outside the new HLF-supported visitor centre at St Anns Allotments in Nottingham Ashley Franklin

Straeon

… she says. “It was like the wild west. I would never be there in the dark or go to certain areas of the site. Now it … by the community.” “I could connect with the people there because I’m from the same background. For me being a … of going to university. But when I used to give talks there, I could stand up and say you can because I did. Where …

Orkney Library & Archive celebrates support for the Gunnie Moberg Project

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… in addition to a large volume of photojournalistic work. There were also numerous collaborations with significant … includes Moberg’s works, notebooks and other materials. There are photographic negatives and transparencies, … in addition to a large volume of photojournalistic work. There were also numerous collaborations with significant …

Community volunteers and schools to unearth Bredenbury history

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… recording, and excavating techniques. In addition there will be many more opportunities for those wishing to … a celebratory completion event for the wider community. There will be guided tours of the site and open days at a … recording, and excavating techniques. In addition there will be many more opportunities for those wishing to …