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Making a splash at the opening of Pontypridd Lido

Pwll Nofio, Pontypridd
Mwynhau Lido Pontypridd Lido

News

… a quarter of a century since its last swimmer dried off and headed home. Today marks the official re-opening of … but by the early 1980s the complex sadly fell into decline and was eventually closed in 1991. Now, thanks to money raised by National Lottery players, the …

How the Great Place Scheme will help communities thrive

Barwnes Kay Andrews
Mae'r Farwnes Kay Andrews yn cyflwyno Cynllun Lle Arbennig yng Nghymru

Blogs

… Wales is launching the Great Place Scheme to put culture and heritage at the heart of local ambition. Baroness Kay … to get involved. Wales already has many great places, and a great sense of place – whether that is in the valleys … to invest in a series of place-based projects which now come under the name Fusion. From six in the first year, …

Discover fascinating heritage on display for first time

A crocodile skull in a display cabinet
160-million-year-old crocodile skull. Credit: Bath Royal

Stories

… by explorer David Livingstone when he was found in Africa and a mysterious Jurassic crocodile. Malmesbury Abbey by … by the side of Lough Erne near Riverside, Enniskillen, and has been in private ownership ever since. Bronze Age … to one of the most iconic seaside posters of all time, is now on permanent display at the new Tower Pavilion, Skegness …

London’s untold First World War stories uncovered

News

… 1914-18 conflict was far from being a ‘white man’s war’ and involved large numbers of troops from India and other parts of the then British Empire. Hackney-based HMDT Music has received a … the war broke out were rounded up and interned on what is now the London Olympic site. Stratford Little Germany 1914 is …

Newport Gun Girls and Girl Guides' film goes international

Aelodau o Geidiad De Cymru
Aelodau o Gymuned Geidiad Beechwood

News

… Newport Gun Girls and Girl Guides' film goes international Aelodau o Gymuned … the National Lottery in 2015.  Brownies, Rainbows, Guides and Rangers from the Beechwood Girl Guiding Community learned … studying history at school about the Gun Girls. It will now also screen at international film festivals in Dublin and …

Routes & Rhythm

Participants of the Routes and Rhythm project

Projects

… Caribbean Community Forum Award Given £25000 The Routes and Rhythm project was created by a group of young people who … Working in partnership with the Pitts Rivers Museum, WACCF and Amra, the project provided 20 young volunteers with an … records. Since being a part of this project, I am now proud of my heritage and know a lot more about how music …

£2.8million Lottery grant success for Hedd Wyn’s home

News

… by his bardic name, Hedd Wyn, was raised at Yr Ysgwrn and penned one of Wales’ best known war poems, Rhyfel (War), … looking to mark the centenary through the First World War: then and now programme. Hedd Wyn represents a generation of young men …

Inner Forth Landscape Initiative

Conservation volunteers at Kinneil lagoons
Conservation volunteers at Kinneil lagoons

Projects

… Given £1975900 This landscape-scale project is conserving and interpreting the valued habitats and active industrial heritage of the Inner Forth area. The … I’ve been shown practical ways of recording that up until now I hadn’t thought of and actually doing it on a real site …

Go with the Flow

Woman standing in river
Volunteers helped to clear the stream

Projects

… a local community project with outdoor activities, leisure and educational events. The four-kilometre stretch of the … a country house estate, Second World War military camps and temporary accommodation for refugees forced to leave … Portsmouth due to wartime bombing. Health activities are now being delivered to help encourage local people use the …

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