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How we’re using data to understand the impact of Heritage 2033
Our Chief Executive shares an update on how we’re measuring progress towards our vision for heritage and putting evidence at the heart of our grant making.
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We’re looking for the heritage leaders of tomorrow to help inform our grant making today
Our Chief Executive encourages young people to apply for our new Future Heritage Leadership programme and have a say in how we fund heritage.
William Dobson, Self-Portrait c. 1635-40. Image courtesy of Tate and the National Portrait Gallery.
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How our new acquisitions approach is saving exceptional heritage at risk
Vanessa Wells, who leads on our acquisition projects, explores the earliest known work of William Dobson, one of Britain’s first great portrait painters.
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Recognising the impact you are creating with our heritage funding
Our Chief Executive celebrates the work of communities protecting, sharing and reimagining our diverse heritage across the UK.
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Looking back on our 30th year and towards the opportunities for heritage ahead
Our Chief Executive marks the end of the year by revisiting some of the wonderful projects we've funded and reminding us of the difference heritage makes to people and communities across the UK.
A Rebel Curators workshop at M Shed in October 2024. Andreann Asibey (left), Jazz Thompson (middle) and Bandele Iyapo (right). Photo: Julz Davis.
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Rebel Curators: reclaiming narratives of slavery at Bristol’s M-Shed
Co-creation with the African-Caribbean community, made possible with £70,000 in National Lottery funding, is another step towards including their perspectives in telling Bristol’s history.
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How to engage young and diverse audiences with your archives
Shjodi Ison shares her experiences of joining a Heritage Fund project as an apprentice, the positive impact of inclusive recruitment and how it has given clarity to her future.
Performers at the Global Roots Festival organised by Knowsley Young Producers. Photo: Knowsley Council.
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How targeted support has helped Knowsley's heritage thrive
As Knowsley celebrates its 50th birthday, our Engagement Manager, Shanna Lennon, highlights how heritage is thriving in the borough.
David Sheppeard. Photo: Rosie Powell.
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Queer Heritage South: what we’ve learned about running LGBTQ+ heritage projects
Artist and producer David Sheppeard shares reflections and advice from his experiences working with heritage.
Reimagine, Remake, Replay is a Kick the Dust programme that ran in Northern Ireland.
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Techniques for supporting young people's wellbeing during heritage projects
How Kick the Dust projects worked to create high quality environments for participants.
Helen Featherstone.
Photo: Roth Reed.
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A year as Director of England, North: resilience and saving heritage
Our Director of England, North Helen Featherstone reflects on her first year in the role, the needs of heritage organisations in the North and our commitment to supporting resilience.
A 1991 group photo of disability arts practitioners. David Hevey is standing fifth from the right in the second row.
Photo: NDACA.
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Sharing radical heritage demands a radical approach
Shape Arts’ passionate director, David Hevey, is taking a disruptive, digital approach to sharing disabled people’s voices with the world.
Gopika Jayasree.
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How becoming a Digital Hero transformed my career and my confidence
Hear from Gopika about how taking part in the Heritage Trust Network’s Digital Heroes project transformed her future.
Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust is exploring challenges around recruitment, retention and diversity of the conservation sector workforce.
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Creating space to innovate: celebrating our first cohort of Heritage Innovation Fund explorers
Innovation can be uncomfortable, and it takes the tenacity of intrepid explorers, says Kathryn Holland, who is working with our grantees to tackle heritage workforce challenges.
Learning Through Landscapes delivered the My School My Planet project. Photo: Simon Hadley.
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How Walsall’s heritage is thriving
Our Engagement Manager, Natalie Osborne, shares the successful heritage work of Walsall – one of our 13 Areas of Focus.
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Simplicity, flexibility and heritage projects rooted in communities
Our Chief Executive, Eilish McGuinness, reflects on the latest milestones along the 10-year journey of our new strategy, Heritage 2033.
Naveed Bakhsh. Photo: Lawrence Scott
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‘Heritage is a bridge that connects me to my South Asian and Scottish identities’
South Asian Heritage Month grounds Naveed to his community’s past. It also makes space to talk about how to engage British South Asians with the UK’s cultural and natural heritage.
The Flight of the Little Golden Swallow, inspired by Oscar Wilde’s The Happy Prince, is an installation of 150 gold leaf swallows on retail stores, community buildings and schools in and around Enniskillen centre. The swallows were created by Fermanagh artists Simon Carman and Helen Sharp. Credit: Brian Morrison.
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Inspiring pride in place through a volunteer-supported festival
Heritage Innovation Fund grantee Paul Sternberg shares how cohort working has given him new ideas, and how that’s helping him measure impact and strengthen pride in place.