Projects
Newington Green Meeting House - Revolutionary Ideas Since 1708, Clissold
A hub of its London community, the Unitarian church relies on volunteers with digital skills to support and share its heritage.
Digital
Projects
Volunteers vital at Wentworth Woodhouse
Out of the pandemic, volunteers have used digital to help Wentworth Woodhouse reach even more people.
Credit: Bentley Priory Museum
News
Podcasts: how the heritage sector is embracing the trend
Podcasts are on the rise. As well as engaging audiences who cannot physically visit a site, they can be a great way to continue delivering a project.
Butterfly Conservation.
Credit: Ben Hanson
News
Digital skills projects will support resilience and creativity in heritage sector
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has made digital skills more necessary than ever before. Over the last 12 months, The National Lottery Heritage Fund has been raising digital skills and confidence across the UK heritage sector through our National Lottery funded Digital Skills for Heritage
Credit: Elizabeth Gaskell House
News
Free virtual backgrounds show off England's stunning heritage
Free images of some of England's most beautiful venues are available to use as backdrops to video-calls as part of the government’s #HereforCulture campaign.
Cold War Steve vs the RPG, Photomontage commissioned by Birmingham Museums Trust, Cold War Steve / Christopher Spencer CC0 1.0. Modified by Michael Gimenez to include the guide authors’ faces, CC0 1.0.
Publications
Working with open licences
This guide is designed to help heritage organisations meet The National Lottery Heritage Fund's open licencing requirement.
All types of heritage organisation can take the DASH survey
News
Calling all heritage organisations: address your digital needs by taking the DASH survey
Taking the Digital Attitudes and Skills for Heritage (DASH) survey helps heritage organisations understand and address their digital needs – and helps us understand them too.
Projects
Worcester Life Stories
Worcester Life Stories are building an online platform for recording and sharing local stories.
News
Mapping Scotland's accused witches through Open Data
This Halloween, we discover how Open Data helped connect the public to some of history’s most misrepresented women.
News
Organisations sought to deliver digital skills projects
Funding available to innovative organisations that can help us support digital development in the heritage sector.
Blogs
Developing digital leadership in heritage
Anra Kennedy reports back from Leading the Sector – our digital skills development course for heritage leaders.
Blogs
Digital Skills for Heritage receives funding boost
£1million Government funding for digital skills initiative will enable us to further support the heritage sector's recovery. Our Head of Digital Policy, Josie Fraser, explains.