Projects
RoseTinted: Empowering women in Walsall and beyond
This project used heritage as a lens to engage a wider range of people, while developing skills in research, financial planning, personal care and wellbeing.
Wellbeing
Projects
The restoration of St Nicholas Church, Wells-next-the-Sea
Repairs to the building will reduce the church's energy footprint and create a vibrant community hub focused on conservation and wellbeing.
The slogan ‘It’s OK 2BU’ became an emblem to represent what it means to be out on the Quantock Hills. Quantock Landscape Partnership Scheme
Blogs
Learnings from an LGBTQ+ project: creating pride in the countryside
Jem Gibson shares how they engaged young gender-diverse people with a natural heritage project and created a sense of place and belonging.
Children explore a mature woodland
News
Over £1million invested in Welsh woodlands, with more funding available
Six projects to create or improve woodlands for local communities to use and enjoy are receiving funding from The Woodland Investment Grant (TWIG).
Four-wheel-drive ‘Tramper’ scheme, launching at Parc Cefn Onn in 2023
Projects
‘Into the garden and beyond’ – improving visitor access to Parc Cefn Onn
A £454,000 grant is enabling people to enjoy improved access to the Grade II listed historic park in Cardiff.
Ardal O’Hanlon presents the An Tobar team with their National Lottery Award. Credit: Bill Smyth Photography.
News
An Tobar is Northern Ireland’s National Lottery Project of the Year
The wellness centre and social farm in Silverbridge, south Armagh has won a National Lottery award for helping young people explore the natural and cultural heritage of Brian’s Wood.
Children take part in outdoor activities in Stour Valley Nature Reserve.
Credit: BCP Council/ Mark Holloway.
Stories
How to create sustainable urban green space in your area
We celebrated the end of our three-year Future Parks Accelerator (FPA) programme in October 2022 with the Naturally Thriving online conference, sharing learnings from the projects. The FPA programme, launched in 2019, has successfully shown the value of investing in parks and urban green spaces and
Publications
How our pioneering programme showed what a vital public resource parks are
Explore the evaluation of our three-year initiative to help towns and cities across the UK transform their use and management of green space.
Heritage Fund colleagues Mwiche and Alisha at the David Livingstone Birthplace
Stories
A brave new tribute to a famous Victorian explorer
How an independent museum in Scotland is preserving and re-examining the legacy of the nation’s most renowned explorer and anti-slavery campaigner
News
Five ways museums can improve mental health and wellbeing
We talked to Director of charity Arts and Minds, Lucy Oliver-Harrison, about the Arts on Prescription – Heritage for Health project.
Credit: National Forest Company
News
£6million to nurture England’s woodlands, boost skills and wellbeing
The funding will support 12 projects to plant trees, create forestry jobs and improve access to nature across the country.
Blogs
The heritage project that helped me tackle my loneliness
When I closed my gardening business and moved town, I felt completely lost. Giving back as a volunteer helped me start again.