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… Look, touch, listen and smell at the Tyne & Wear Archives and Museums A visitor accompanied by her guide dog uses the … with disabled visitors. People with sensory impairments now have much more engaging and meaningful visits to the …

… volunteers are helping children’s charity Coram digitise and share its historic archive online. Coram, the UK’s oldest … year of its creation. Taking part in a transcribathon   Now fragile and deteriorating, National Lottery funding is helping Coram …

… from an LGBT+ perspective. Beyond the Binary: Queering and questioning collections and displays at the Pitt Rivers Museum  questions existing … from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, LGBT+ heritage is now permanently visible at the Pitt Rivers Museum. You might …

… services it does to enable people to live an independent and fulfilling life. The charity’s heritage is focused on archival material and objects, which have been accumulated over the decades … and stories about Henshaws from the early 1950s to now will record oral histories. … Henshaws Society for Blind …

… Date awarded 11/03/2015 Location Kirklees, Yorkshire and The Humber Local Authority Kirklees Applicant Friends of … of their historic park. The pavilion is to be re-built and a grant of nearly £100,000 will inject new life into the … a feeling of ownership and pride in the park. Their aim now is to appeal to others in the surrounding area to visit …

… Caribbean takeaway and oral histories shared Heritage Grants Date awarded … generation, who arrived in the UK between the 1940s and 1960s, have been recorded and shared for the first time. … “proud that a man, who wouldn’t learn British history, is now history". The full recordings have been deposited with …

… Location Derry, Northern Ireland Local Authority Derry and Strabane Applicant Inner City Building Preservation Trust … The Northern Counties Club building has been restored, and transformed into the four star Bishop's Gate Hotel for … and extended the building into a four-star boutique hotel, now known as the Bishop's Gate Hotel. The development of this …

… heritage attraction using sustainable materials and traditional craftsmanship. Shetland Amenity Trust was established in 1983. The charity works to preserve and enhance everything that is distinctive about Shetland's … and traditional crafts sustained. Local people now have a highly valued attraction and learning resource at …

… Shaper/Caper is exploring the LGBTQ+ heritage and culture of Dundee in an oral history project, Here Me Out. Launched during Dundee Pride 2019, and in partnership with McManus Galleries, the young people … was delivered by OurStory Scotland. Shaper/Caper is now developing a permanent LGBTQ+ strand of work and a new …