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Uncovering Deaf stories in Northern Ireland

People sit on chairs in a circle watching someone give a presentation. In the foreground a video camera films them.
Video offers an accessible way of preserving Deaf heritage. Credit: British Deaf Association.

Projects

… the untold stories of Northern Ireland’s sign languages and Deaf communities. British Deaf Association, a Deaf-led … language users as they reflect on life in Northern Ireland and how Deaf culture has changed over time. Untold Deaf … the past. Thanks to The National Lottery Heritage Fund, we now have the tools and training to document stories in sign …

Shining a light on Arthur Wharton: the first black professional footballer

Behind the scenes at a film set: three actors act a scene in a living room while a camera films
Behind the scenes of filming A Light That Never Fades. Photo: Paul Robinson, PER Productions.

Stories

… visit him, prompting him to reflect on his legacy and the struggles he faced as a person of colour in Victorian … reaction has been great. People are eager to see more and talk about Arthur’s legacy.” Who was Arthur Wharton? … far too sweet. Arthur’s rejection of those apologies is now a powerful point in the film. It’s a moment of quiet …

Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery turns back time to original design

Pitzhanger Manor

News

… manor house in Ealing, 175 years’ worth of paint layers and unsympathetic renovations have been peeled back to reveal … the UK’s most influential architects. Soane’s house of art and entertainment Sir John Soane, architect of buildings … J.M.W Turner often joined him for walks in the grounds, now Walpole Park. Soane also used the manor as a "sort of …

People with learning disabilities tell their stories of friendship

Preswylydd â Syndrom Down yn cymryd rhan yn y prosiect Clywed y Cyn-Guddiedig
Preswylydd â Syndrom Down yn cymryd rhan yn y prosiect Clywed y Cyn-Guddiedig

News

… A project celebrating the real life stories of friendships and relationships experienced by people with learning … £400,000 of National Lottery funding. Led by Mencap Cymru and thanks to National Lottery Players, people with learning … of a previous National Lottery funded project, Hidden Now Heard, by telling the stories of sixty individuals with a …

How heritage helped John reconnect to the world

Man lying with artwork
John Durrant

Stories

… July 2022 I’ve lived nearby Burgh Castle for so many years and had never been. Now I don’t think I will ever stop going. John Durrant   … have emotional unstable personality disorder.  Since then I have been trying to understand my illness.  I don’t …

25 years: we share our memories

People in anoraks learning about Cairngorms

Stories

… National Lottery was visiting 10 Downing Street, where the-then prime minster, David Cameron launched The National … changed the way that I look at the world around me, and this is the memory I will keep with me. I now seek out the funders' logos at every place I visit, and …

Ballots for both: Britain celebrates centenary of women’s suffrage

PROCESSIONS gan Artichoke yn dathlu can mlynedd ers hawliau merched i bleidleisio
Mae PROCESSIONS gan Artichoke yn gwahodd merched ledled y DU i ddathlu can mlynedd ers i ferched allu pleidleisio, gyda chomisiynau gan mwy na 100 o artistiaid benywaidd. 14-18 NOW

News

… chomisiynau gan mwy na 100 o artistiaid benywaidd. 14-18 NOW 06/02/2018 Today marks 100 years since women over 30 and all men in Britain were given the right to vote under the … for both sexes. HLF has supported a number of creative and engaging centenary women’s suffrage projects which are …

Aberystwyth's university college given £10million lifeline

Prifysgol Aberystwyth
Prifysgol Aberystwyth

News

… 1867 using money donated by the local community. It will now be saved by the people for a second time, thanks to … to develop plans for the building as a performance and gallery space for artists, exhibitions and musicians, a centre for entrepreneurs and new businesses, …

How I Got Here - Journey to Fareham

An old photograph showing a car and three people in front of a house
An old family photograph from the project

Projects

… £15000 The project focused on the exploration of maps and local archive material to illustrate the … from different cultural backgrounds and communities, who now live in Fareham. The Cultural Journeys organisation was … living in Fareham. Volunteers conducted the interviews, then translated, transcribed and edited them to create …

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