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Heritage 2033: our impact in year one, 2024–2025
Exploring the difference our funding is making for the heritage sector after the first full year of grant making under our 10-year strategy.
Belfast Historic Waterfront at sunset. Photo: Maritime Belfast Trust.
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We're investing in places to bring communities together and unlock the potential of heritage
Explore how our Heritage Places strategic initiative is supporting adaptive, collaborative approaches that meet unique local needs.
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How the Species Survival Fund is supporting nature projects across England
Our interim evaluation report explores findings from the programme’s first year of delivery, creating and restoring habitats that reverse the decline of species.
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The impact and legacy of our Digital Skills for Heritage initiative
The end of programme evaluation reveals thousands of people and organisations took part in and benefitted from our investment and includes recommendations for the future.
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The lasting legacy of our investment in place
We take a look at the ongoing impact of our Great Place Scheme in England, a year on from our original end of project evaluation.
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How the learnings from our endowment programme can help your fundraising
The final evaluation of Heritage Endowments shows how endowment schemes can help protect heritage and strengthen organisational resilience.
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How collaboration can help deliver better heritage projects
Our guide will help you learn more about cohort working and when to use it as part of your delivery programme.
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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.
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Heritage sector is concerned about financial outlook but committed to the environment
We surveyed organisations that manage and support all types of heritage across the UK. Explore what their responses reveal about current attitudes in our sector.
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Understanding how we can be a more inclusive and equitable funder
Explore the findings from our independent research examining perspectives on heritage, inclusion and barriers to accessing our funding.
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Heritage sector is resilient to the pandemic, despite economic challenges
Organisations have a positive financial and strategic outlook, but concerns remain over staffing and the uncertainty of the economic climate.
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Placing heritage at the heart of communities
We compare the findings of our two £22m Great Place Schemes to learn how culture and heritage can drive positive change locally.
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A review of green finance in the UK
Exploring new approaches to investment in natural heritage and support for nature’s recovery.
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Driving long-term positive change through place-based funding
We investigate the impact of our funding for placemaking and explore how our we can better support people and places to thrive across the UK.
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Increased investment levels in under-served areas
We look at the key learnings and recommendations from the first 24 months of our Areas of Focus initiative.
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A growing confidence in digital: from pandemic survival to future planning
The second Digital Attitudes and Skills for Heritage (DASH) survey report offers a unique insight into how the UK heritage sector's use of digital has evolved during the pandemic.
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Making real changes in collections development
Understanding the impact of our Collecting Cultures programme, and a look ahead to our new campaign, Dynamic Collections.
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Advice on fundraising in a time of crisis
Researcher and evaluator Henrietta Hopkins, Director of Hopkins Van Mil, introduces a new report which finds that heritage endowments are a cornerstone of resilience in challenging times.