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Landscape conservation making a real difference to rural regeneration

Overlooking the Tomintoul and Glenlivet landscape
Overlooking the Tomintoul and Glenlivet landscape

News

… [quote=Colin McLean, Head HLF Scotland]Nature lies at what makes Scotland special and having funded over 300 … projects, HLF is committed to help people reconnect with what often lies overlooked on their doorstep.[/quote] Young … environment around them is in safe hands. “Nature lies at what makes Scotland special and having funded over 300 …

An insider's guide to being a Committee member

Stephen Welsh visiting a project

Stories

… within a Committee at The National Lottery Heritage Fund from one of our Committee members. We’re currently on … the team in the North of England. To get an insight into what it’s like to be a member of the Committee and some of … to some of the most common questions we get asked about what our Committee do in our FAQs below: Expand All …

Meet the multiple winners of the 2020 Museum of the Year Award

Gairloch Museum staff holding a Museum of the Year banner

Stories

… not one, but five museums were crowned winners of the Art Fund Museum of the Year Award. “Times have changed so much … this year, that Museums of the Year had to change too.” “What the award means to Gairloch Museum, is a recognition of … Museum The museum’s curator, Dr Karen Buchanan said: “What the award means to Gairloch Museum, is a recognition of …

Seeking innovators to pioneer new ways of working

People standing in front of a glass wall covered in Post-it notes

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… . How we work, who is part of the heritage workforce and what skills we need are essential considerations for meeting … advice and cohort collaboration, our Heritage Innovation Fund will help organisations nurture experimental new ideas … prototypes into practice and gathering evidence of what works. Grow: implementing findings more widely within …

Twelve pioneering projects shortlisted for Heritage Horizon Awards

Cairngorms National Park
Cairngorms National Park Credit: Mark Hamblin/2020VISION/CNPA

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… 27/02/2020 The National Lottery Heritage Fund is inviting 12 projects that have shown vision, ambition … too. The panel was really impressed and inspired by what it saw."   Eilish McGuinness, Executive Director and …  too. The panel was really impressed and inspired by what it saw.     “It was also really gratifying to see so …

Remembering the Peterloo Massacre – 200 years on

Radical Read

News

… freedom from oppression, young people are expressing what protest means to them today. In 1819, more than 60,000 … to discover more about the historic event and to explore what protest means to them today. Here are some of the … event was supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund and Arts Council England. It was organised by Read …

Telling the nation's stories

Sir Peter Luff

Blogs

… looks back at five years at The National Lottery Heritage Fund. After five years, I’ve really learned one thing about … United Kingdom and everywhere I’ve gone I’ve seen pride in what has been achieved. I’ve seen joy – whether at the … Manchester, Hull, Bristol, Liverpool and Walthamstow. What links all these heritage projects and so many more is …

Saving LGBTQ+ stories before they are lost forever

Pride march 1974
Pride march, 1974. Credit: Wikimedia

Stories

… march, 1974. Credit: Wikimedia 01/02/2022 A new Heritage Fund project might be the last chance to capture the … to Jez Dolan and David Dolan Martin from the project about what they hope to achieve.  Where did the idea come from? Jez … that the '67 Act was a significant historic moment [but what was] the actual impact that it made, particularly on gay …

Diverse community heritage - tell us your story

Photographs from the Oral History of Nigerian Immigrants from the 1940s-1960s project
Pictures from the Afristar Foundations project, which explored the oral history of Nigerian immigrants from the 1940s–1960s

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… heritage? Wondering how to build a strong project? Unsure what programme might be best for you? This week we kick off a … for groups exploring ideas for a project. The projects we fund help to celebrate the diverse heritage of the North … 1: 10.00am- 11.10am:  Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Education Trust: What makes a good heritage project? Workshop 2: …

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