Thriving Places

A new programme will work with local organisations to share stories that celebrate the past and help shape the future.

The Knowsley Golden Thread project will champion inclusivity and enable groups, organisations and local communities to drive their involvement in heritage.

A long-term effort to regenerate Glasgow's Sauchiehall Street has received support through our Heritage Places initiative.

Stoke-on-Trent City Council are creating a Heritage Collaboration Framework, empowering communities to have their say on how heritage can regenerate their area.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council is restoring the UK’s last surviving Victorian ironwork seaside winter gardens.

The Pooling Resources project, led by Future Lidos, has developed and delivered a digital toolkit to support the revival of lidos across the UK.

Thanks to overwhelming community support, Open House turned a former bank and court house in Bangor into a contemporary music venue, saving it from dereliction.

This project will look at the cycling history of Forest Gate in Newham – an important cycling epicentre in the late 19th century close to Epping Forest.

Improved access and support for the community means that more people can discover this diverse natural landscape.

Designed by Birmingham-based creative cartographer Tom Woolley, the map shows all 58 sites, cities and natural landscapes, helping to bring to life the huge variety of heritage on people’s doorsteps.

Newham Heritage Month is an annual heritage festival that celebrates the borough’s local heritage, led by the community for the community.

A derelict site in Cynon Valley has been transformed into a community garden full of people, nature and wildlife – and is now the perfect place for boosting mental health.