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six people stand in a field with tall grass, with countryside fields and a lough in the background
Peter McEvoy, Director of Land Management at Ulster Wildlife stands far right. Also pictured visiting Fedian are, left to right, Sharon Archer, Senior Investment Manager at the Heritage Fund, John Witchell, Ulster Wildlife Chair, Dawn Miskelly, Ulster Wildlife Chief Executive Officer, Giles Knight, Environmental Farming Scheme Advisor and Nikki McVeigh, Northern Ireland Committee Member for the Heritage Fund.

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Grantee Q&A: the Heritage Fund’s flexibility in supporting natural heritage surprised me

Peter McEvoy from Ulster Wildlife shares reflections and advice on the different stages of the nature conservation charity’s project – from writing an application at speed to the surprising amount of nature recovery it’s already supported.
Two young people looking at collection items on display.
Victoria and Albert South Kensington is transforming its South Asia gallery for the first time since 1990. Credit: Victoria and Albert Museum.

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We’ve invested £25million to connect young people with heritage

From safeguarding sharks to performing Shakespeare, our latest grants are creating opportunities for young people to explore, learn about and develop in heritage.
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The Beyond Labels exhibition brings together stories and experiences of disabled people in Suffolk. Credit: Simon Lee Photography.

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Suffolk Archives’ inside guide to award-winning community co-creation

The Hold’s latest community engagement on disability history is the result of years of learning from projects and exhibitions that reflect and are driven by local people.
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Tours of Boston Lodge help visitors understand the site's heritage. Photo: Chris Parry.

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Grantee Q&A: setting out your project vision and adapting to succeed

We asked Ffestiniog Railway Company’s General Manager Paul Lewin and Project Manager Edwina Bell about how they delivered the restoration of Boston Lodge, the world’s oldest continuously operating railway engineering works.
wildflowers and long grass in a churchyard, with gravestones and a historic church in the background
Churchyards can be peaceful havens for nature and people. Photo: Caring for Gods Acre.

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Strategic support for places of worship: our impact two years in

We’ve funded innovative and collaborative projects tackling widespread challenges for synagogues, churches and chapels through our Heritage in Need: Places of Worship strategic initiative.
An ariel view of a wetland landscape
Freshwater Millennium wetlands, looking east with Heron’s Wing hide in foreground. Credit: WWT.

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Over £15million awarded to protect habitats in Wales

Twenty-eight projects have received grants up to £1m to restore and improve biodiversity across land and sea.
Shelves full of pamphlets and bookmarks highlighting significant LGBTQ+ writers
Lavender Menace in Edinburgh. Credit: Andrew Thompson.

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Five community spaces that made LGBTQ+ history

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
A person using drawing on paper with cut out images of a historical person.
Participants use historical archives to research and develop creative responses to the lives of patients from former psychiatric hospitals.

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New online hub helping partnerships promote wellbeing through archive exploration

Heritage can make a significant, positive contribution to how we feel about our lives. One of our funded projects is sharing a decade of its learnings with organisations across the UK.

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