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Future-proofing heritage

HMS Victory in Portsmouth
HMS Victory in Portsmouth

News

… annual investment programme that will help protect and sustain it for future generations. In a challenging and … our new Resilient Heritage programme, organisations can now apply for grants up to £250,000 to undertake tailored … help put an organisation on a more resilient footing, then we can help there too.  In fact, there are many ways in …

Strategic initiatives

A windmill with houses in the background set against a blue sky

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… Strategic initiatives We support and invest in heritage in multiple ways. Find out more about some of our planned interventions and how we’ll deliver them. We want to create the greatest … various initiatives. The ones we’re working on right now include: Heritage Places: £200m to help 20 places across …

Townscape Heritage Initiative evaluation

Publications

… up. It covers 17 case studies, across a wide mix of towns and cities in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. … baseline work, schemes were reviewed after five years, and then again after ten years. Both the five- and ten-year reports for this study are now available. They look at changes to the quality of the …

Happy Birthday, Southend-on-Sea!

Carnival Queen Denise and Court on a float at the Southend Carnival 1968
Carnival Queen Denise and Court on a float at the Southend Carnival 1968

News

… Happy Birthday, Southend-on-Sea! Carnival Queen Denise and Court on a float at the Southend Carnival 1968 19/08/2017 … some of the HLF-supported projects going on in the borough now. Southend Carnival A National Lottery grant has enabled … the link between live performance and heritage. Shoebury Then & Now Shoebury Then & Now will engage students and older …

Orange Hall receives initial support for restoration and diverse local history project

View of the outside of Derrygonnelly Orange Hall building
View of the outside of Derrygonnelly Orange Hall building

News

… Orange Hall receives initial support for restoration and diverse local history project View of the outside of … staircases. The Sillees River Social and Cultural Society now aims to restore the building and increase its use as a … the development of the project. Detailed proposals are then considered by HLF at second-round and as long as plans …

Cromford Mills – making industrial heritage safe

Arkwright Society chief executive Sarah McLeod
Arkwright Society Chief Executive Sarah McLeod

Blogs

… Executive Sarah McLeod reveals how her team battled paint and poisons to turn Cromford Mills into a cultural centre and … had been used as a brewery, laundry and cheese warehouse – then, from 1920 until its abandonment in 1979, it functioned … Phase one works were finally completed in June 2014. It is now hoped that the techniques used could be applied to other …

Applications now open for further recovery funding for heritage

Inside Exeter Cathedral
Exeter Cathedral. Photo: Emma Solley

News

… Applications now open for further recovery funding for heritage Exeter … pressure during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and we’re committed to doing everything we can to support it. … thousands of organisations across the country to survive and protected hundreds of thousands of jobs. Oliver Dowden, …

Changing lives: TOWIE helps Jessica bag a career

Jessica Starns stands outside the grand British Museum building, smiling

Stories

… funded project for young people gave Jessica the skills and confidence she needed to overcome setbacks and break into … still struggling to find employment in her chosen field. Then a National Lottery funded project for young people … meets once a month, and has been doing so for four years now. On top of running this group, she took on a number of …

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