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Six people posing for a picture in front of a Jazz music archive, including posters and frames
Engagement Manager Dawn Bainbridge (centre) on the job – visiting a jazz archive project

Blogs

Luton: A vibrant, diverse town with a rich heritage identity

Our Engagement Manager for England, Midlands & East, Dawn Bainbridge, tells us about our work and investment into Luton’s heritage – one of our 13 Areas of Focus.
03/05/2022
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Drew Bennellick building birdboxes with the London Wildlife Trust team. Credit: Broni Lloyd-Edwards

Blogs

Green Futures: art, drone shows and the spectacle of nature

Drew Bennellick, our Head of Land & Nature Policy, reflects on how we have supported the UK’s City of Culture to embrace a green future.
21/04/2022
BFI at Home Cast & Director Q&A – Judas and the Black Messiah. © British Film Institute
BFI at Home Cast & Director Q&A – Judas and the Black Messiah. © British Film Institute

Blogs

Running digital events: top tips from the BFI

BFI Southbank is the nation’s film theatre, and the physical home of British film heritage, culture and learning. When we had to close our venue doors in March 2020, we were determined to continue offering audiences the very best in film programming and contextual events. We used our digital
16/07/2021
Portrait of Andrew White Director or Wales

Blogs

A year as Director of Wales: lockdowns, Pride and inclusion

Andrew White reflects on his first year as director of The National Lottery Heritage Fund in Wales, and our commitment to inclusion.
24/06/2021
Dr Alan Butler

Blogs

LGBT+ History Month: A space in the archives

Dr Alan Butler tells us how the Plymouth LGBT+ Archive has captured important stories and continues to evolve as an active part of the community.
23/02/2021
Kay Andrews. Image credit: Joe McGorty

Blogs

How the '15-minute city' can inspire heritage in Wales

Our new Welsh grant programme takes inspiration from a planning concept which says people should be able to meet most of their needs within 15 minutes of their home.
07/10/2020
Alistair McNaught smiling in nature
Alistair McNaught

Blogs

Making heritage websites accessible to all

When producing our new guide to online accessibility, Alistair McNaught’s research identified how heritage organisations can make their online content open to all. He tells us more.
06/08/2020
Professor Duncan Morrow

Blogs

From "unsettlement" to a new future

There have been few more global events disruptive of the pattern of life than the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown. Yet the impacts of the pandemic – which are only just beginning to be understood – only amplify an already unsettled outlook. "Unsettledness" is becoming a way of life." People are on
09/06/2020
Susan Pitter

Blogs

Eulogy - the responsibility of telling the Windrush generation's stories

It was losing my father Hermerde in September 2017 and the funeral of one of his closest friends exactly a year later that inspired the Eulogy project.
10/09/2019
Nasir Adams

Blogs

Every voice matters - collecting black stories

A few months into his new role, Nasir Adam explains what he's doing to bring the museum together with black communities across Wales.
17/10/2019
Young man

Blogs

How a 200-year-old society is inspiring young minorities in Brum

Don't Settle Lunar Campfires provide a safe space for young people of colour to talk about their experiences. It was an honour to be involved in the first one.
27/09/2019
Boy with wand

Blogs

Why communities are essential to sharing the stories of Pride

These significant and inclusive events raise the profile of all sorts of LGBT+ lived experiences, celebrate activism and build stronger alliances. They increasingly involve people of all ages, cultures and faiths in publicly sharing differing identities. Alongside Stonewall’s 50th anniversary this
05/07/2019

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