Wor War: the First World War in North Tyneside
Intergenerational workshop at Rockcliffe First School
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… workshop at Rockcliffe First School First World War: Then and Now Date awarded 29/07/2013 Location Riverside Local …
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Hopetown: celebrating the North East’s railway heritage
Staff from Darlington Borough Council and Hopetown.Darlington at the new visitor attraction. Photo: Ellen Hunter.
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… railway heritage Staff from Darlington Borough Council and Hopetown.Darlington at the new visitor attraction. Photo: … Award Given £3264232 A state-of-the-art visitor attraction and community engagement scheme celebrates the historic … and Carriage Works buildings have been refurbished and now house a new exhibition space, archive and open store. A …
£34.5m Lottery investment in UK’s public parks
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… parks 07/07/2014 Today the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and Big Lottery Fund announced £34.5million of investment in … risk of decline unless innovative new ways of funding and maintaining them are found. Alongside restoration of … 2014: Renaissance to Risk? Report has revealed they are now at serious risk of rapid decline and even being sold off …
Creating Northern Ireland’s LGBTQ+ heritage archive
From left to right: Scott Cuthbertson, Director of The Rainbow Project, Mukesh Sharma, The National Lottery Heritage Fund Northern Ireland NI Committee Chair, Cara McCann, Director of HERe NI and Adam Murray, Community Development Manager at Cara-Friend.
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… NI Committee Chair, Cara McCann, Director of HERe NI and Adam Murray, Community Development Manager at … NI Award Given £390977 A collaborative effort will record and share Northern Ireland’s modern LGBTQ+ history. Personal … political history. We are proud that this heritage will now be preserved and shared, highlighting the local people …
Rebellious Sounds Archive: women and activism
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… Rebellious Sounds Archive: women and activism Our Heritage Date awarded 05/07/2017 Location Newtown and St Leonard's Local Authority Exeter Applicant Dreadnought … for their online Rebellious Sounds Archive . The archive now contains oral histories about women and their activism, …
Heritage Lottery Fund announces new £10million for anniversaries
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… a central part of our national history are commemorated and understood. Events such as the Diamond Jubilee, and the … based in the Jane Austen House Museum in Hampshire and then moved around sites in the UK as a travelling exhibition. … programme in 2012 entitled First World War: then and now , which aims to help communities explore, conserve and …
Priory House, Dunstable - Repair and Conservation
Work underway at Priory House. Photo: Dunstable Town Council.
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… Priory House, Dunstable - Repair and Conservation Work underway at Priory House. Photo: … with Historic England, we are supporting the repair and restoration of the Grade II* listed Priory House in … Heritage at Risk Surveyor, Historic England said: “We now understand all the issues which have been causing concern …
Celebrating Scotland’s Art: The Scottish National Gallery Project
Local children joined National Galleries of Scotland for the opening of the new Scottish galleries at the National. Credit Neil Hanna
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… commitment to improve their facilities so that existing and new audiences can engage with Scottish art. Visitors can enter the free and accessible galleries from the new main entrance on … Borders. The new Scottish galleries at the National are now open to the public. You might also be interested in... A …
Exploring the development of British Asian women's literature
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… especially those from South Asian communities. The Mummyji and the Asian Women Writers Collective (AWWC) is a … platform for young Asian women writers, many of who are now household names in the mainstream TV, film and theatre industries such as Meera Syal and Gurinder …
A Sense of the Past: a Social History of Blindness in Northern Ireland
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… Ireland Award Given £25400 A Sense of the Past researched and recorded the first social history of blindness in … 1800 to the present day. The project was managed by blind and partially sighted people to provide an accurate record of … people over the last 200 years. Once objects of pity, we now assert our rights to self-determination and full …