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The British Deaf Association secures Heritage Lottery Fund investment
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… The three-year project aims to digitise this collection and put it at the heart of a wide-ranging education and outreach programme that will address the significant lack … rare footage of the 1935 World Games for the Deaf (now called Deaflympics) held in London. The films cover a …
‘Boston’ Manuscript of the Laws of Hywel Dda arrives home at NLW
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… into the care of the Library’s conservators to be rebound and digitised. The manuscript was bought by the National … and in the National Library of Wales, where experts can now study and interpret it ensuring it is better understood … staff , conserved and a facsimile copy made and it will then be digitised so it can be exhibited on the Library’s …
Meet our committees: Megan de Silva
Megan de Silva, Aelod Pwyllgor Cymru
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… the hurdles she overcame to join the committee for Wales - and why she's glad she did. Why did you want to join an HLF … at work. I thought: “I’m passionate about heritage, people and communities and I really care about the environment. I’ve … as possible and they always arrive with plenty of time. I now look forward to the days when they arrive. What would you …
£3.2million for the Natural History Museum’s Urban Nature Project
Design visual of the Natural History Museum garden. Credit: Feilden Fowles and J & L Gibbons
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… the Natural History Museum garden. Credit: Feilden Fowles and J & L Gibbons 12/08/2021 A major project will support … natural world faces unprecedented declines and needs help now more than ever. Thanks to money raised by National … involve piloting new technology. These innovations can then be shared with partners around the country to build up a …
Let's celebrate
Noson agoriadol yn y Whitworth. 'Blakean Abstract' gan Cornelia Parker 'Blakean Cemegol' - tân gwyllt gyda meteor y tu mewn (a osodwyd i ffwrdd gan Breath of a Physicist).
/ Llun: David Levene
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… the UK. In Manchester, Maria Balshaw’s inspired leadership and vision has taken the Whitworth Gallery to a new point and … will come for the celebration, drawn by the media hype and then return for the buzz of the place, as much as for the art … Christmas in Wales’. These young people and their families now know beyond doubt that this centre of excellence is a …
Inclusion isn't a 'challenge', it's a chance for exciting possibilities
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… Morris, director of Disability Collaborative Network, and Zoe Partington, artist and consultant Two disabled women … excuse. For example, if all your staff use sign language then communication is improved and you don't need to buy in … as possible. The Disability Collaborative Network is now part of EMBED , which is a way of sharing things we have …
Christmas cash boost secures future for seven historic churches
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… 20/12/2013 The money will make vital repair work possible and help to ensure they remain at the heart of the … to its roof. With woodpeckers chipping away at the spire and crows nesting in the bell chamber it is sadly … today and has been described as a ‘sieve’ by experts. Now, the Grade I listed church will be made watertight so …
Plans for new long distance path unveiled
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… edge of Loch Lomond to Kilmahog. A range of other paths and loops suitable for all abilities that link from the Great Trossachs Path will be promoted to visitors. Writer and broadcaster Cameron McNeish said: “The Trossachs is … woods and trees. Established in 1972, the Woodland Trust now has over 1,000 sites in its care covering approximately …
Chief Executive awarded CBE in Queen’s Birthday Honours
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… important – it creates jobs, supports wellbeing, tourism and local economies and makes our towns, cities and rural areas better places to … care from NHS staff at The Royal Marsden, I am thankfully now cancer free. Having faced these considerable challenges, …