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Rectory Park Gone Wild

Local school children have a go at pond dipping
Local school children have a go at pond dipping

Projects

… Park worked with local people to investigate, protect and encourage the local wildlife and plant species. Having … and protect different habitats. Four local schools were then able to take part in pond dipping activities to identify … good management and ownership by local people. It is now a lot clearer to people how they can help the volunteers …

Saving Middleport Pottery

Volunteers at Middleport Pottery
Volunteers tidying the canal at Middleport Pottery

Projects

… Pottery saved traditional skills in danger of being lost and is sparking regeneration of the local area. Middleport … world-famous pottery using traditional methods and buildings. High capital repair costs had prompted owners … the unique Potteries built environment. Visitors can now enjoy exhibitions about the history of Middleport …

Receiving a grant guidance – £3,000 to £10,000

Publications

… It also explains what we expect of you before, during and after receiving it. Page last updated:  13 April 2023. … your project is subject to Public Procurement legislation, then you must follow the relevant legislation. Procedures to … of our new grant management system. The old system has now closed. These updates include: removal of text related to …

£27million awarded to save seven lesser-known UK heritage treasures

A view from above of the water tower in Colchester, standing high above other buildings
Sun rising on Jumbo in Colchester. Photo: Chris Gorman.

News

… newly funded projects span the UK from Bristol to Belfast and Edinburgh to Essex, saving exceptional and much-loved heritage buildings at risk. An £8m grant will … Harmony Works. Ninety years after first opening, work is now underway to redevelop the Strand in Belfast , Northern …

Rebellious Sounds Archive: women and activism

Display with headphones to access the Rebellious Sound Archive

Projects

… Rebellious Sounds Archive: women and activism Our Heritage Date awarded 05/07/2017 Location Newtown and St Leonard's Local Authority Exeter Applicant Dreadnought … for their online Rebellious Sounds Archive . The archive now contains oral histories about women and their activism, …

Exploring the development of British Asian women's literature

A women giving a interview for the project

Projects

… especially those from South Asian communities. The Mummyji and the Asian Women Writers Collective (AWWC) is a … platform for young Asian women writers, many of who are now household names in the mainstream TV, film and theatre industries such as Meera Syal and Gurinder …

A Sense of the Past: a Social History of Blindness in Northern Ireland

A talking book machine from the 1960s

Projects

… Ireland Award Given £25400 A Sense of the Past researched and recorded the first social history of blindness in … 1800 to the present day. The project was managed by blind and partially sighted people to provide an accurate record of … people over the last 200 years. Once objects of pity, we now assert our rights to self-determination and full …

'Go Toads!' Community Project

Volunteers collect toads in buckets to carry safely across roads
Volunteers collect toads in buckets to carry safely across roads Paul Cooper

Projects

… £9400 Volunteers helped migrating toads cross busy roads and raised awareness of declining toad numbers. Common toads … 68% over the past 30 years, largely due to loss of habitat and crossing dangerous roads during migration to their … a national citizen science survey. The toad patrols are now run by the local community, self-sufficient with …

Building wildlife career opportunities in south west England

Keeley at Wiltshire Wildlife Trust site, The Firs
Keeley at Wiltshire Wildlife Trust site, The Firs

Projects

… Trusts. A collaboration between Devon, Dorset, Wiltshire and Somerset Wildlife Trusts, the three-year project … West conservation sector. Targeting 16 to 25 year olds and people facing challenges like unemployment, redundancy or … Keeley Hampton, a former Community Engagement Trainee who now works as Wellbeing Project Officer at Wiltshire Wildlife …

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