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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 …

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 …

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 …

Top tips for a successful Heritage Horizon Awards project

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… Louise Stewart, CEO of Alexandra Palace, discusses what she has learned from running an £18.8million National … out... We were so busy delivering the project." "I think what we did really well was we weren't afraid to ask others … be. The relationship that we've had with the Heritage Fund team has been strengthened because of that, because …

We’re supporting communities to secure the future of their churches

An interior view of a church altar with stained glass windows in the background
Interior view of St George’s Church in Jesmond.

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… Chief Executive of The National Lottery Heritage Fund In addition, we’ve awarded development grants (ahead of … for everyone, now and in the future. Find out more about what we can fund and explore examples of successful projects … for everyone, now and in the future. Find out more about what we can fund and explore examples of successful projects …

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, …

'Huge demand' for new Heritage Horizon Awards

Ros Kerslake

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… transformational projects. The National Lottery Heritage Fund asked for Expressions of Interest – a light-touch way of … group of major projects that will set a new benchmark for what can be achieved through investment in heritage." Ros … group of major projects that will set a new benchmark for what can be achieved through investment in heritage.” What …

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 …

UK Heritage Pulse – your voice heard

Tom Walters

Blogs

… 30/11/2021 Tom Walters, The National Lottery Heritage Fund Head of Research, Data & Insight Our Head of Research, … launched this project  just a few weeks ago.  Listening to what you have to say My profession might make me a little … the frontline of the sector to help us understand what it needs and how we should direct our funding and our …

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