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The National Lottery Awards are open! Who will you vote for?

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Gwna gwirfoddolwyr fel Hannah wahaniaeth enfawr

News

… players are making a huge difference across the UK. Now the search for the nation’s favorite has begun. Since … Awards celebrates the achievements of those projects and the incredible people behind them. You can vote for 49 projects across seven categories, from arts and heritage to sport and environment. Eleven of the …

Ickworth’s forgotten war stories

Oliver Crack, from Horringer, who served in the First World War
Oliver Crack, from Horringer, who served in the First World War

News

… who served in the First World War 29/01/2016 The Ickworth and the Great War project will examine the stories of local … the future of Ickworth, Suffolk and beyond."[/quote] Now, thanks to an HLF grant of £10,000, this exciting project … through HLF’s community grants programme First World War: then and now . £4million is available in 2016, as grants …

Is 2016 a bumper year for heritage anniversaries?

Carole Souter, Chief Executive of HLF
Carole Souter, Chief Executive of HLF

Blogs

… of HLF, Carole Souter, talks about what’s on in 2016 and whether or not this year sees a bumper crop of heritage … recognising what has brought people together in the past, then surely marking these events successfully must bring … Our funding programme includes First World War: Then and Now, which specifically aims to help communities explore, …

Sweet recollections of working at Rowntree

Vintage Rowntree Easter egg
An example of a vintage Rowntree Easter egg

News

… of chocolate – there was coffee, toffee mallow, orange – and if you wanted some more, you put the tin under the … some cardboard bedding, filing the other side with sweets, then putting the halves together, wrapping in foil, and tying … gym to have a proper bath… It’s funny to think about it now, but that’s what we did.” Listen to the full recording of …

Understanding your heritage

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Basic Page

… you will better understand its importance to place, people and communities, helping you to prepare your application for … why people value your heritage so you can make sensitive and appropriate decisions about how to look after it in the … heritage matter? Having established the facts you should now think about why your heritage is considered to be …

Sarah McLeod OBE

Sarah, wearing a pink shirt, smiles whilst leaning against a wood-clad column.

People

… writer, a course contributor at Cambridge University and has a successful career in heritage regeneration. Sarah … joined The Arkwright Society at Cromford Mills in 2002 and was there for 15 years – nine of which as CEO. She … three phased Emergency Capital Works programme and is now overseeing a further nine major capital projects.   … …

Digital good practice guidance

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Publications

… the conditions of our funding: availability, accessibility and openness. By reading this guidance you'll learn more about our funding requirements and how they vary depending on the size of your grant. These … to be freely and openly accessible to the public, now and in the future. We therefore require people who …

20 years of the Disability Discrimination Act

Liz Ellis, Policy Adviser Communities and Diversity
Liz Ellis, Policy Adviser Communities and Diversity

Blogs

… Discrimination Act Liz Ellis, Policy Adviser Communities and Diversity 19/10/2015 Liz Ellis, Policy Adviser … properly recognised in legislation. The Equality Act 2010 now makes very strong provisions for promoting equality and … by political rhetoric and general inertia. The idea back then was not to discriminate against us, both in law and in …

Changing lives: former tree surgeon Graeme branches out

Man in black shirt

Stories

… with the National Trust. After leaving school Graeme, now 46, wasn’t sure what he wanted to do as a career and fell into various jobs from pub work and fire alarm … while they got me back under control and I realised then, from that point on, I shouldn’t really be playing with …

Changing lives: Linda pays tribute to great-grandfather

Linda Wood on the Humber Heritage Boat

Stories

… relative Sidney Stratford. Beginning with a small black and white image of a gravestone passed down from her great … me more details including where the ship had been lost. So now I had an end to the story. Or so I thought.” says Linda. Finding the shipwreck Then, out of the blue, came more information. “One evening, …

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