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Minister for Heritage, Nigel Huddleston, at YHA Ironbridge Coalport with Manager and Deputy Manager Ben Platt (left) and Andrew Philipson (right).

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Charity YHA awarded almost £1million from the Culture Recovery Fund

The organisation – which provides hostel stays and experiences to improve mental and physical wellbeing for young people – is receiving a financial boost to help it recover from the pandemic.
21/03/2022
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Simon Thurley, Chair of the Heritage Fund, walking between Chantelle Lindsay and Bobbi Benjamin-Wand, from London Wildlife Trust, at Camley Street Natural Park in London. Image © Broni Lloyd-Edwards.

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£5million to improve access to nature and combat climate change

We’re partnering with The Wildlife Trusts to bring nature to the heart of communities across the UK, as part of our Platinum Jubilee legacy investment.
17/03/2022
Young people in a room

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£2.7million funding for Grimsby Youth Zone

Young people are at the "heart" of a project which will help regenerate the under-served area of North East Lincolnshire
28/01/2022
Women's football team face the camera in two rows - one standing behind, one kneeling in front.
St Helens WFC, 1977. Copyright: National Football Museum

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Revealing the hidden history of women’s football

As England prepares to host the UEFA Women’s EUROs this summer, a National Lottery funded project will tell the stories of the country's female pioneers of the game.
13/01/2022
The pillbox at Trallwn in Pontypridd
Uncovering the Second World War pillbox in Pontypridd

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£193,502 awarded to local heritage projects across Wales

Second World War Pontypridd pillbox and park in Britton Ferry among 24 projects receiving a 15-Minute Heritage grant.
17/12/2021
The South Riverside Community Development Centre
Green fingers and happy faces at the South Riverside Community Development Centre

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£300,000 nature funding for under-served communities in Wales

Five of Wales’s most excluded and disadvantaged communities will be making the most of nature on their doorsteps thanks to ‘Local Places for Nature – Breaking Barriers’ grants.
10/12/2021
Happy volunteers at the Green Valley Conservation and Heritage Project
Jumping for joy at the Green Valley Conservation and Heritage Project

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South Wales wellbeing garden wins National Lottery award

A project which uses gardening and nature to improve people’s employability and wellbeing has been named the 2021 National Lottery Wales Project of the Year.
09/12/2021
Maxwell Apaladaga Ayamba with lottery trophy

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Environmental champion Maxwell Apaladaga Ayamba wins National Lottery Award

The founder of charity Sheffield Environmental Movement recognised for his work opening up the outdoors to people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities.
07/10/2021
Design visual of people enjoying a garden with trees and pond, outside the Natural History Museum
Design visual of the Natural History Museum garden. Credit: Feilden Fowles and J & L Gibbons

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£3.2million for the Natural History Museum’s Urban Nature Project

A major project will support wildlife in London and other UK cities through a biodiverse green space, scientific innovation and engaging young people.
12/08/2021
Statue overlooking landscape
Marquess of Anglesey's Column

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Latest National Lottery funding opens up access to heritage

More than £14million has been awarded to projects that will help a wider range of people benefit from heritage.
05/08/2021
David Livingstone Birthplace building

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David Livingstone Birthplace re-opens

The birthplace one of Scotland’s most famous explorers has re-opened following a £6.86million National Lottery grant.
28/07/2021
Pink flowers in a park
Flower beds in Victoria Park in Cardiff

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New grants to break barriers to accessing nature

We’re launching a £380,000 grant programme to encourage people from disadvantaged and marginalised communities across Wales to get in touch with nature.
19/07/2021

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