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Exploring Childhoods

People in science fiction costumes

Projects

… adventurous, deepen relationships with community partners and seek out new audiences for more contemporary collections. … Childhoods was a five-year project run by Sudbury Hall and the National Trust Museum of Childhood, which aimed to … House, with more agile acquisitions procedures. The museum now has much clearer objectives on what to collect. A recent …

Celebrating 70 years of the NHS

Four nurses
Credit: NHS at 70: The Story of Our Lives

Stories

… we started work in 2017, little had been done to capture and preserve the human stories that lie at the heart of NHS … represented. "It's urgent as the first generations are now in their eighties and nineties." We are working across … and time, your name and some details about where you live. Then move on to talking about the areas you’d like to cover. …

Valley youngsters save their mining heritage

Roedd Dyffryn Ogwr yn cael ei adnabod fel cymuned fwyngloddio ar un adeg
Roedd Dyffryn Ogwr yn cael ei adnabod fel cymuned fwyngloddio ar un adeg

News

… the South Wales valleys. With this funding, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Wales (BGC Wales) will work with young people and the local community to preserve the history of the … formed for the sons of miners in South Wales in the 1920s. Now, 60 local volunteers will work on the project to preserve …

Oldest vehicle suspension bridge in the world reopens

A car crosses the Union Chain Bridge, a small restored suspension bridge over a river.
The Union Chain Bridge reopens to traffic following major restoration project. Credit: Northumberland County Council

News

… the iconic Union Chain Bridge that has connected England and Scotland for 202 years. The Union Chain Bridge has been restored to its former glory and has now reopened to traffic after its painstaking restoration. …

Museum of the Year 2019 finalists announced

HMS Caroline

News

… of Museum of the Year (previously the Art Fund Prize and Gulbenkin Prize) have been National Lottery-funded.  This … is the last remaining British light cruiser ship from WWI and the sole survivor of the Royal Navy from the Battle of … largest grant ever awarded by The Fund in Wales. St Fagans now boasts new galleries and workshop spaces that allow it to …

Sleaford’s historic drinking fountain to enter the fightback against plastic waste

People standing by water fountain

News

… was invented. Its purpose has largely been forgotten and in recent years it has been at risk of irreversible … free. Sleaford Water fountain   As well as being repaired and reconnected, the fountain’s stonework and covering plates … in Sleaford. It is fantastic that the fountain can now help us improve the health of the environment by reducing …

Herne Bay Clock Tower brought back to life

Herne Bay Clock Tower

News

… along with four webcams on the top of the Clock Tower and one inside showing the workings, with the pictures … created in a shop on the seafront as a visitor attraction and resource for schools. Other activities include publishing … Bay love their Clock Tower. It’s wonderful that we will now be able to fully restore it and create a new attraction …

Run-down UK parks and cemeteries in National Lottery windfall

A mother and child have fun in a park
A mother and child have fun in a park Pixdeluxe

News

… Run-down UK parks and cemeteries in National Lottery windfall A mother and … 100% to over 2million since the project began and the park now sits firmly within Cardiff’s top five attractions on … the development of the project. Detailed proposals are then considered by HLF at second-round and as long as plans …

Nine precious landscapes to be restored

News

… This investment will ensure a boost for rural areas and provide long-term social, economic and environmental benefits. The landscapes are: Coigach and … HLF’s Landscape Partnership (LP) programme – which has now been running for a decade – is the most significant grant …

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