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Celebrating a Norfolk museum’s Punjabi roots

Two people bending down to look at a museum display about Duleep Singh
Visitors viewing the museum's new displays on Duleep Singh and his family. Credit: Norfolk Museums Service (Ancient House).

Stories

… Visitors viewing the museum's new displays on Duleep Singh and his family. Credit: Norfolk Museums Service (Ancient … our £198,059 grant, Prince Frederick's Thetford Museum is now halfway through a three-year project to bring the Duleep … have grown up hearing this story in a particular way and then there’s a younger generation getting a lot of this …

Secrets of the archives

Comedian Johnny Vegas
A rather young-looking Johnny Vegas, winner of the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year competition in 1997. Leicester Folks Telling Jokes

Blogs

… The UK’s archives are full of astonishing artefacts and thought-provoking finds. We asked National … It's one of 80,000 previously unseen images by Deakins, now an Oscar-winning cinematographer, and photographer James … new wives. A letter from Frances Bankes to her son Henry (then aged nine) at boarding school, incorporating pictogram …

Home of First World War poet marks double celebration

Hedd Wyn's Welsh cottage

News

… Nestled in Snowdonia National Park, Yr Ysgwrn farmhouse and land was home to poet Hedd Wyn until his untimely death … by Belgian First World War refugee Eugeen Vanfleteren, and is now on display in the house which has been completely …

Coetiroedd Bach: Tiny Forests in Wales (round 3)

a field with tree saplings

Programme

… Page updated on 8 May 2024. Important This programme is now closed to new applications.  Explore our available … Can you involve the community with the creation and management of your woodland site? Do you require a grant … multiple sites? If you answered yes to these questions, then the Coetiroedd Bach /Tiny Forests in Wales scheme is for …

What heritage means to me: Anne Lundon

Anne Lundon, Chief Executive of the Florrie, smiles in front of campaign artworks
Anne Lundon, Chief Executive of The Florrie The Florence Institute

Blogs

… word 'heritage'? For me, heritage is our sense of place, and our community and our sense of being: it’s about giving … shut down in the 1980s, and fell into disrepair. But then a local campaign was started to reopen it as a community … music sessions The Florence Institute The Florrie now has an exhibition space The Florence Institute … What's …

Rare self-portrait by William Dobson saved for the UK

Self portrait by William Dobson, c. 1635-1640
William Dobson, Self-Portrait c.1635-40. Image courtesy of Tate and the National Portrait Gallery

Projects

… Dobson, Self-Portrait c.1635-40. Image courtesy of Tate and the National Portrait Gallery National Lottery Heritage … work has been saved for audiences across the UK to enjoy, now and in the future. The self-portrait will go on free … with Dobson’s portrait of his wife. The painting will then tour the UK, sharing this hugely significant painting …

Competition: enter your creative Heritage Fund grant acknowledgement

A round plaque of our acknowledgment stamp affixed to an iron fence. A building can be seen in the background.

News

… innovative ways projects have acknowledged their funding and win the chance to have a social media film made about … toolkit’. If the photo includes an identifiable person, then that person must have agreed to its submission to this … to be valued, cared for and sustained for everyone, now and in the future. Explore what we fund , and if you need …

Over £25million awarded to projects creating and restoring natural habitats in England

People doing restoration work in wetlands
Wetlands are an important part of our natural environment, providing essential protection against climate change. Credit: Rod Cole/The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT).

News

… Over £25million awarded to projects creating and restoring natural habitats in England 15/03/2024 Wetlands … Fund, a partnership with Defra to boost the quality and quantity of wildlife-rich habitats. Together the projects … to be valued, cared for and sustained for everyone, now and in the future.”  Explore the successful projects …

Local Places for Nature Capital Fund

A group of people standing in and looking at a garden with grass and flowers in an urban neighbourhood

Programme

… scheme intended to enable communities in Wales to restore and enhance nature. Last updated: 22 July 2024. See all updates . Important This programme is now closed to new applications.  Explore our available … ethnic community If you answered yes to these questions then the Local Places for Nature Capital Fund is for you. …

Saving Abney Park

A person walking their dog on a path surrounded by greenery

Projects

… Award Given £4725500 Stoke Newington’s historic cemetery and chapel have been restored and are now a thriving community green space and venue. Abney …

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