Cultures and memories

Lavender Menace, Edinburgh Founded in 1982, Lavender Menace was the first LGBTQ+ bookshop in Scotland. The shop, and its successor Wilde & West, soon became a hub where people could meet, share experiences and discover LGBTQ+ literature that was hard to find elsewhere. Today it’s been reimagined as

Our new UK Heritage Pulse research investigates the impact of crime on heritage settings. It’s the latest insight from our conversations to understand the views and experiences of our sector.

Meet two projects supporting young people to kickstart their careers, connect with their communities and take pride in their heritage.

Hastings Fishermen’s Protection Society and Hastings Contemporary art gallery have teamed up to preserve and celebrate local stories, skills and practices.

The My Voice project is using tales of shattered lives rebuilt to spread a message of hope and resilience across generations.

Voices Gloucester shows that small, locally delivered grants have a big impact.

Safe and supportive spaces for under-served people to learn new skills could provide a vital boost to a threatened trade.

Hounslow Action for Youth is using the untold stories of Marina Dellap and Catharine MacCartney to help a new generation explore botanical history.

People, Pride and Progress is recording the experiences of LGBTQ+ workers to explore unheard perspectives on railway heritage.

Glasgow Zine Library is not only saving and sharing heritage but supporting the production of it for the future, too.

Find out how projects we’ve funded are finding creative ways to open up heritage, involve audiences and create better opportunities to take part.

Filmmaker Mike Tweddle discusses how a National Lottery grant is helping him share the extraordinary achievements of a black sportsman.