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Two south asian people stand next to a banner with text: Club Kali Where East Meets West made possible with Heritage Fund

In-person and online activities will bring people together to share memories of the club’s past. Photo: Club Kali Network.

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Where East meets West: Celebrating South-Asian LGBTQ+ Heritage through Club Kali Network

We’re helping the UK’s first safe space for LGBTQ+ people of South Asian heritage to preserve and showcase their history dating back to 1995.

08/05/2024

Isle of Wight Pride. Photo: Héctor Manchego.

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Pride In Self, Pride In Place: the NHS and LGBTQ+ culture on the Isle of Wight

StoneCrabs Theatre is gathering oral histories to uncover the role of the NHS in the Isle of Wight’s LGBTQ+ culture between 1980 and 2000.

24/03/2023

Leaders of the project pose for a group photo

From left to right: Scott Cuthbertson, Director of The Rainbow Project, Mukesh Sharma, The National Lottery Heritage Fund Northern Ireland NI Committee Chair, Cara McCann, Director of HERe NI and Adam Murray, Community Development Manager at Cara-Friend.

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Creating Northern Ireland’s LGBTQ+ heritage archive

A collaborative effort will record and share Northern Ireland’s modern LGBTQ+ history.

06/09/2022

Two people look at an overgrown pond, one person is wearing waders

Restoring a green space in Brighton. Photo: The Wild Mind Project.

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Wild Mind LGBTQ+ natural heritage wellbeing workshops

The Wild Mind Project is restoring a neglected green space in Brighton through nature programmes for the young LGBTQ+ community.

02/08/2023

Queer Looks exhibition at Brighton Museum. Credit: Tessa Hallmann

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Wear it out: The culture and heritage of LGBTQ+ dress in Sussex, 1917-2017

This cultural heritage project explored how some people from LGBTQ+ communities have historically used clothing to express identity. It focused on Sussex in the time period 1917-2017.

20/12/2016

Three young people making a film, one person is holding a microphone, another a clapperboard, and one person is waiting to be interviewed

Young people making a film as part of the I Me Us Boundless project. Photo: Pride In North Cumbria.

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I Me Us Boundless: sharing stories of transgender, non-binary and gender non-conforming people in Cumbria

Through the collection of stories, this project will document the lived experiences of transgender, non-binary and gender non-conforming people in Cumbria.

12/01/2023

Looking up at a red brick windmill with large white sails, as the sun sets to the right.

John Webb's windmill at Thaxted, Essex. Credit: Acabashi, Wikimedia Commons.

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Thaxted Windmill - Conserved for its Community

27/01/2025

Together with Historic England, we have awarded a total of £1.6million to bring the last remaining windmill in Thaxted, Essex back into working order.

08/06/2022

Four young musicians stand together in a large room within Canada House, prior to the restoration.

Young musicians in Canada House, Sheffield. Credit: Vox Media.

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Creating a music hub for Sheffield's next generation

27/01/2025

We have awarded £4.7million to transform Canada House, a Grade II* listed Sheffield landmark, into an innovative centre for music education and performance.

08/03/2023

Three people standing at a gate. Behind them are white farm buildings. They are holding a blues circular The NAtional Lottery Heritage FUnd sign

Heritage Fund support for Saving the Home of Auld Lang Syne. Photo: Ian Findlay/Robert Burns Ellisland Trust.

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Saving the Home of Auld Lang Syne

10/10/2024

Around the world people come together singing Auld Lang Syne. National Lottery funding is helping to secure the future of the Scottish farm where Robert Burns wrote it.

10/09/2024

A suspended skeleton of a sea dinosaur hangs in the centre of a museum gallery. A number of people are chatting and looking at exhibits

Visitors in the main gallery of The Hunterian Museum. Image: The Hunterian/Glasgow University.

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Unlocking the Potential of The Hunterian: The Changing Museum

People will be at the heart of plans for the future of Scotland's oldest public museum.

25/09/2024

The art deco facade of the Strand Arts Centre with cinema lettering reading 'Closed for refurbishment. We'll be back"

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Strand Sequel: Redeveloping the Last Picture House

14/01/2025

Nearly 90 years after first opening during the golden age of cinema, work is now underway to redevelop the Strand Arts Centre, Northern Ireland’s last remaining art deco picture house on east Belfast’s Holywood Road.

08/03/2022