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Changing lives: Hazel builds head of steam for boilersmith career 08/02/2017 A fascination for steam engines has been turned into a career opportunity for Hazel Pennack. “I've always wanted to be an engineer and I have always been interested in steam …

Changing lives: former tree surgeon Graeme branches out 01/02/2017 Former tree surgeon Graeme McGrath switched from managing trees to volunteers, thanks to HLF-supported traineeship scheme with the National Trust. After leaving school Graeme, now 46, …

Changing lives: research gives Tony a surprise Tony Gutteridge with the display about former dockyard workers Jeff Gilbert 24/01/2017 A former Chatham dockyard apprentice discovered that ancestors of his had worked in the same place two centuries earlier. …

Changing lives: inspired by art archive to become an artist 12/01/2017 Sixteen-year-old Channah took part in a National Lottery-supported youth heritage project and discovered the confidence to make her own artwork, lead a talk and present an exhibition. …

Changing lives: Sanna has designs on the world of costume-making 05/01/2017 An aspiring costume maker is looking to bigger stages after recreating her late grandmother’s wedding dress more than four decades on from the ceremony. Sanna Javid was bullied at …

Changing lives: Georgia breaks down barriers 14/12/2016 Bringing the work of the disability arts movement to the public (and peers of the realm) has transformed the job landscape for 22-year-old North Londoner Georgia Macqueen Black. Georgia, who has Type …