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£3.2million for the Natural History Museum’s Urban Nature Project

Design visual of people enjoying a garden with trees and pond, outside the Natural History Museum
Design visual of the Natural History Museum garden. Credit: Feilden Fowles and J & L Gibbons

News

… to nature and experience, understand and nurture wildlife, we know they might never feel connected to nature and could … that is needed to protect it.” Supporting natural heritage We want all our projects to do their very best to help … out more about our commitment to landscapes and nature and what steps your project could take to protect our natural …

Horniman gets the green light for transformational nature project

Image showing the Clock Tower at the Horniman
Clock Tower at the Horniman. Credit: Horniman Museum and Gardens / Andrew Lee

Projects

… to provide a space for community and learning programmes We can   look forward to creating three new and exciting … of Content at the Horniman Museum and Gardens An image of what the Nature Explorer Zone could look like. Credit: … Horniman Museum and Gardens said: "Thanks to the Heritage Fund, we can   look forward to creating three new and …

Sir Samuel Kelly Lifeboat commemorated with exhibition space in Donaghadee

Donaghadee Harbour with a lighthouse and a number of boats.
Donaghadee Harbour. Credit Bernie Brown bbphotographic for Tourism Ireland

Projects

… of a permanent heritage and visitor centre for Donaghadee. We will use the experience of the next two years to learn what works, to inform the design of the eventual Centre and … We will use the experience of the next two years to learn what works, to inform the design of the eventual Centre and …

Wor War: the First World War in North Tyneside

Intergenerational workshop at Rockcliffe First School
Intergenerational workshop at Rockcliffe First School

Projects

… Tynemouth WW1 Commemoration project and Age UK to explore what life was like for young people during the First World … Knott - a local philanthropist during the First World War. We awarded them further funding to bring this idea to life. A … Tynemouth WW1 Commemoration project and Age UK to explore what life was like for young people during the First World …

Improving community wellbeing through heritage-based learning

Trevor Swinburne talks to a group of the community.
Retired professional football goalkeeper Trevor Swinburne previously played for Sunderland. Credit: Foundation of Light.

Projects

… Association Football Club (AFC), is on the site of what was once Sunderland's largest mine. Wearmouth Colliery … capturing people’s memories of the mines as well as what it meant to have supported Sunderland AFC over the … social aspect is very important for participants and is what keeps them coming along. Make the activities age group …

Sharing the stories of the RAF’s black servicemen and women

Donald Campbell and two of his fellow veterans stand together in front of a decommissioned RAF plane.
RAF veterans (L-R) Bryan Hughes-Scott, Donald Campbell and John Winston Clarke gather to share their testimony at RAF Museum Cosford.

Projects

… them was institutional and deliberately offensive”. Lest We Forget – organised by heritage group The Forgotten … had asked him where his medals were, and he goes ‘Medal? What medal?’. “I was able to meet him, and we’ve now been all … and project researcher Andrew Wrenn explored the Heritage Fund’s oral history guidance . “It gave us a deep …

Creating local green spaces in Pembrey and Burry Port, Carmarthenshire

A community growing area in Burry Port, a green space where people are growing food
A community growing area in Burry Port.

Projects

… community and schoolchildren contributed their ideas of what they wanted the green spaces to be used for, and local … community and schoolchildren contributed their ideas of what they wanted the green spaces to be used for, and local …

Skye Ecomuseum: Druim nan Linntean

A person standing on a grassy mountainside, looking out to mountains in the distance
Photo credit: Michael MacDonald Ruanaich

Projects

… received £470,364.96 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to develop the project between 2017 and 2020. This was … the understanding of Staffin’s heritage, its people and what they value. Having a close connection with the local … numbers of visitors, while adding to their experience. What was once a quick stop photo opportunity has now become a …

Creating Northern Ireland’s LGBTQ+ heritage archive

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.

Projects

… Project, Mukesh Sharma, The National Lottery Heritage Fund Northern Ireland NI Committee Chair, Cara McCann, … and sharing LGBTQ+   experiences is essential to show what progress has been made and make this heritage more … addresses a gap in our social and political history. We are proud that this heritage will now be preserved and …

Human Henge: historic landscapes and mental health at Stonehenge

Human Henge: historic landscapes and mental health at Stonehenge

Projects

… landscape of Stonehenge and its surrounding areas. If we can really prove that this model of a project works for … and wellbeing. The funding The National Lottery Heritage Fund awarded the Restoration Trust £53,400. The grant was … communications, the language you use. Make sure you know what to do if you are worried about someone’s health. Take …

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