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School children take part in the Bradford Book Project

Stories

Bradford’s diverse community heritage celebrated and shared thanks to local knowledge

£100,000 National Lottery funding was shared across eight local projects, helping them delve into the upcoming City of Culture’s fascinating heritage.

A man kneeling in a garden, tending to plants

Ben, a New to Nature trainee at The Ecology Centre in Kinghorn, in Scotland. Image by Neil Hanna.

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£1million to create new jobs in natural heritage – apply now

This support builds on £2m already invested in paid work placements to help people from diverse and disadvantaged backgrounds kickstart their career in the environment sector.

12/04/2023

Clive Gray from Blyth Tall Ships accepts a National Lottery Award from historian David Olusoga

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Nominate your heritage project and people for a £5,000 award

The National Lottery Awards recognise outstanding National Lottery funded projects and the inspirational people that make those projects happen across the UK.

05/04/2023

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New funding available to create tiny forests in Wales

Get a grant of up to £40,000 to develop new patches of native woodland through our Coetiroedd Bach / Tiny Forests in Wales programme.

03/04/2023

Two people dressed in colourful dresses walk towards a fountain outside a historic house

Videos

Young people tell us why heritage is important

Five young people from our Kick the Dust programme tell us what heritage means to them and why it is important to include young people in heritage projects.

An arial view of Crystal Palace Park, including the dinosaurs

Crystal Palace Park Photo: Chris Gorman.

News

More than £24million awarded to heritage projects across the UK

From John O’Groats to Penzance, across Wales and Northern Ireland, we’re supporting the protection and conservation of parks, built heritage, memories and more.

28/03/2023

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Funding still available as additional £660,000 invested in Welsh woodlands

Three new projects to create or improve woodlands for local communities are the latest to receive funding from The Woodland Investment Grant (TWIG).

24/03/2023

The inside of the PItt Rivers Museum, a large open indoor space with exhibition cases

The Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford

Blogs

Final weeks to apply for Dynamic Collections grants

Our lead on museums, libraries and archives reflects on our Dynamic Collections campaign as it comes to an end, and our long-term commitment to supporting heritage collections.

17/03/2023

Four young people chatting and looking at a display of a small historical model settlement

Curating for Change Fellows at the Museum of London. Credit: Museum of London

Stories

How to make recruitment fair and open to all

Curating for Change – the National Lottery-funded work placement programme for D/deaf, disabled and neurodivergent curators in museums – is challenging the heritage sector to consider equitable recruitment.

Children and adults take part in traditional heritage crafts

Ulster Folk Museum is offering free entry on 25 and 26 March

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Free entry and special offers at hundreds of heritage places this spring

From 18-26 March, for National Lottery Open Week, heritage venues across the UK are running special offers for anyone with a National Lottery ticket or scratchcard.

13/03/2023

Tickets to the Museums + Heritage awards ceremony

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Shortlist announced for Sustainable Project of the Year

Six projects have been shortlisted for the Museums + Heritage award, which recognises outstanding environmentally sustainable projects or exhibitions.

09/03/2023

A black man waering headphones, looking at a laptop computer and taking notes in a notebook

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Join our free events to build digital skills and influence policy

Sign up now to learn more about planning and delivering digital projects, and shape digital priorities for governments and funders.

07/03/2023

Black and white studio photo from 1923 of three women posing in a 'frieze'

Frieze, 1923

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Pioneering portrait photographer Dorothy Wilding celebrated in new exhibition

Works by the photographer – who took the iconic portrait of the young Queen Elizabeth II featured on UK stamps – go on show in Gloucester thanks to National Lottery funding.

08/03/2023