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West Midlands launch Routes2Roots Campaign

Young Roots programme oral history
I-Land Life, a cross-generational, oral history project exploring the heritage of families who have migrated to Britain

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… who have migrated to Britain 24/06/2015 Heritage Lottery Fund West Midlands have launched a multi-media campaign … youth engagement, the Heritage Lottery Fund is questioning what heritage, identity and culture means to young people in … youth engagement, the Heritage Lottery Fund is questioning what heritage, identity and culture means to young people in …

Returning to a changed heritage world

Ros Kerslake

Blogs

… Ros Kerslake, CEO, The National Lottery Heritage Fund As our CEO Ros Kerslake returns to work after six months … reflects on the personal challenges she’s overcome, and what the heritage sector now faces. Today is my second day … your life. I’ve come out the other end of it feeling that what we as a sector do, and the work of The Fund is more …

Success for heritage projects in the National Lottery Awards

Four people play musical instruments including the drums and guitar in front of memorabilia from the Punk era
Punk: Rage & Revolution takes home the England Project of the Year Award. Credit: Alex Wilkinson Media.

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… young people who have shown so much enthusiasm for what we’re doing.” Celebrating heritage that’s making a difference Punk: Rage & Revolution joins fellow Heritage Fund-supported winners, Bangor Court House, Project SIARC, … you had in us to give us the funding, to enable us to do what we've done. I think you've inspired lots of other …

How we’re helping to save the heritage of community traditions and ways of life

A historic black and white photograph of a group of Traveller people with infants selling flowers
Traveller flower sellers in the New Forest in the late 1800s. Photo: New Forest Gypsy Traveller.

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… needs to be recorded and passed on to be sustained. We fund projects that help preserve and share this cultural … people, to film people from the Roma community sharing what heritage means to them. Read more about Ando Glaso's … heritage projects from £10,000 up to £10million. Find out what types of heritage we support, and what you can spend the …

The story of people's parks

Paul Rabbitts
Paul Rabbitts

Blogs

… Rabbitts, parks historian and writer As the Big Lottery Fund (BIG) announces it will continue investing in public … of research and evidence gathering by parks people and what they discovered mirrored what the Victorian reformers of the early part of the 19th …

How to engage young and diverse audiences with your archives

Shjodi Ison

Blogs

… Shjodi Ison shares her experiences of joining a Heritage Fund project as an apprentice, the positive impact of … felt truer to real working life, and I got a good idea of what the role would involve. Gaining a variety of experiences … been here, I’ve already gained so much! I’ve learned about what’s involved in developing and delivering performances, …

Places of worship in Scotland and Wales targeted for National Lottery support

A Heritage Fund member of staff talks with two people at a stall inside a large church
Members of the Heritage Fund's Scotland team attended an event at Paisley Abbey.

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… for National Lottery support Members of the Heritage Fund's Scotland team attended an event at Paisley Abbey. … facing historic religious heritage  For full details of what Heritage in Need: Places of Worship can fund go to our  … facing historic religious heritage  For full details of what Heritage in Need: Places of Worship can fund go to our  …

Rebel Curators: reclaiming narratives of slavery at Bristol’s M-Shed

Three black people take part in a workshop on black history. All three people have dark skin of various shades, the focus of the image is a woman holding a magazine with black people on the cover
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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… This work, supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, also includes events throughout Black History Month and … joy for me, it’s how we build bridges of understanding. What the Rebel Curators all have in common is wanting to be … their ideas, build their expectations and then disregard what they said they want. You might also be interested in... …

South East England focus on LGBT+ heritage – tell us your story!

A group of participants from the Out in Oxford project at the University of Oxford Museums
Participants from the University of Oxford Museums' Out in Oxford project Pitt Rivers Museum

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… Are you wondering how to build a strong project or unsure what programme might be best for you? The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) is committed to helping support projects that … Are you wondering how to build a strong project or unsure what programme might be best for you? … Would you like to …

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