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Growing community connections with natural heritage

A group of Trees for Cities volunteers pose for the camera during a tree-planting session
Volunteers planting trees. Photo: Saoirse Clohessy.

Stories

… in the North of England are celebrating local nature and putting people at the heart of plans to protect and restore it. Through a range of activities, the projects … However, the criss-crossing rivers, bogs and wetlands have now been replaced by a densely populated urban area. Sow the …

Celebrating the Cascade: restoring Chatsworth’s iconic water feature

Visitors enjoy playing in the Chatsworth Cascade. Chatsworth House is in view in the distance.
Many visitors have fond memories of the Cascade, but in recent years the flow of water has stopped to prevent further structural decline. Credit: Simon Broadhead.

Projects

… 1600s, the Cascade is a rare example of early engineering and nature-inspired design. It has delighted generations of visitors but is now in urgent need of repair due to water damage and structural decline. By restoring the Cascade, the Trust …

England, London & South: delegated decisions January 2025

Publications

… The Iris Project Project description: To develop a new and permanent exhibition area within the Rumble Museum at Cheney School. Curated by students and the wider community, it will tell the stories of local … and usable by the local community and its visitors, now and for the future. Decision: Award grant of £58,213   …

Meet the future game changers of heritage

A large group of young people cheering outdoors
Participants in the New to Nature programme including future Game Changer, Lisa Manning.

News

… people who’ve ‘changed the game’ across heritage, land and nature. Now we’re highlighting the next generation of Game Changers and spotlighting the vital role young adults play in shaping …

Volunteers good practice guidance

Publications

… learn about the types of activities volunteers can do and how to plan and develop volunteering opportunities. It also includes … Council for Voluntary Action Northern Ireland’s Volunteer Now The UK government and devolved administrations also …

England, London & South: delegated decisions December 2024

Publications

… ‘Iguanodon’. A festival map is to detail an art trail and mark the national #Iguanodon200 events and museums where … excite conversations about history, identity and belonging now and into the future. Decision: Award grant of £249,590 … and the site transferred into that charity. The focus is then to conserve the heritage at the cemetery, care for the …

Childhood at Osborne

Children on balcony of wooden playhouse

Projects

… English Heritage Award Given £808100 Families are now able to step back into the world of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s children at Osborne on the Isle of Wight. … the nine royal siblings, accompanied new interpretation and displays of artefacts. English Heritage used the …

HLF celebrates 15 years of funding heritage in the capital

News

… of funding heritage in the capital 12/05/2009 Heritage and community groups in boroughs across the capital are … reflect the thousands of other hidden histories of people now in the seventies and eighties who in the early 20th … memories of the older people in their community. They will then work with a professional script writer to devise a …

Sharing Barrow's past, present and future

Banners and historic photographs inside the Shipbuilders Gallery.
Inside the new shipbuilding gallery which is showcasing the area's rich heritage. Credit: The Dock Museum.

Projects

… Sharing Barrow's past, present and future 27/09/2024 Inside the new shipbuilding gallery … Grants Date awarded 21/06/2018 Location Old Barrow and Hindpool Local Authority Westmorland and Furness … ensuring that the heritage is shared with visitors now and in the future. The shipbuilding gallery and museum …

History of Chinese People in Reading

Part of the display at Reading Museum
Part of the display at Reading Museum

Projects

… of Chinese migrants in Reading, so far undocumented, is now available to all thanks to a heritage project spanning … Chinese people settled in the Berkshire town to work and study from the early 20th century, but their achievements and the barriers they faced were untold until this project …

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