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Nature: we can all make a difference

Hands holding seeds

Blogs

… Rangers, our work involves looking after both urban and rural green spaces, from chalk streams to woodlands and … Rangers It's really important that the woodland we have now is properly looked after. Often this means cutting trees … is the most dangerous myth. If everyone does what they can then yes, we can make a difference. Why not: plant a pot on …

How we are changing the way we work

Heritage across the UK

Blogs

… Heritage Fund is evolving the way we work across the UK and internally to better enable us to look after the nation’s … UK’s heritage over the next five years. We have a new name and a new corporate identity . Later this year we will be … heritage projects is as simple and accessible as possible. Now and in the future Twenty-five years on from the first …

Canadian Pacific - engineering a future from the past

Conserving our transport heritage at the Watercress Line in Hampshire

News

… out mainly in the railway’s workshops at Ropley, Hampshire and its offices at Alresford, with some of the work carried … this year. If the second round application is successful, then work should commence early in 2015 and be complete by … Line and will be run with a third similar carriage now nearing the end of an extensive overhaul in the workshops …

Beamish Museum looking forward to the 1950s

Beamish Museum celebrating thanks to major HLF grant

News

… the North East. The centrepiece will be a ‘new’ 1950s Town and Farm, filled with objects and buildings donated by local … by extensive consultation with local people. The HLF will then consider a final application from the museum towards the … – and I am so proud of what they have achieved together. Now the hard work begins of course – working with local …

£1million Winckley Square project

Winckley Square in Preston

News

… Square project 09/01/2014 Groundwork Lancashire West and Wigan, in partnership with Winckley Square Community … a group helping to spearhead the revival of the Square, and Preston City Council, has received initial support* from … to the people of Preston and visitors alike. We are now working to work up a detailed second round application to …

Unlocking the Loch

Part of the Loch Leven Heritage Trail

News

… on a trail which links a wide range of cultural and historical sites.  The path was officially ‘unlocked’ by … Dame Seona Reid, Deputy Chair of the Heritage Lottery Fund and Chair of the Scotland Committee. The opening ceremony, … Scott. The Heritage Trail is a safe off-road trail that now runs for a total distance of 21km (13miles) around the …

Lifeline for species on verge of extinction

Butterflies fluttering in hedgerow

News

… of eight species of moth, native oysters, Twinflowers and Surrey’s hedgerow wildlife can now go ahead thanks to the funding.  "Urgent action is needed … for species under threat." Drew Bennellick, Head of Land and Nature Policy Drew Bennellick, Head of Land and Nature …

Dr Sheree Mack: passion projects and empowering women

Dr Sheree Mack swimming

Blogs

… Dr Sheree Mack: passion projects and empowering women 08/03/2022 Dr Sheree Mack Dr Sheree … being with and in nature that brought me back to myself. Then I looked around and saw women like me suffering and … SHEROES programme has also been going for about four years now, it focuses on a group of inner city Muslim girls aged …

Great War Aerodrome staves off ruin thanks to emergency funding

Plane flying
S.E.5e biplane

News

… 113-acre site, which includes 24 Grade II listed buildings and played a key role in the Battle for Britain (First World … Executive of the aerodrome, explains: “It was devastating, and put us at risk of ruin. The work of over 160 active and … from our  Heritage Emergency Fund  means that they are now on the road to recovery, with a strong chance of …

Case study: Queering Spires - a history of LGBTIQA+ spaces in Oxford

Museum of Oxford's Queering Spires exhibiton. Display post it notes with comments and memories from visitors.

Stories

… of Oxford  is dedicated to telling the story of Oxford and its people. The project The temporary exhibition, … wanted to focus on the principles of a circular economy and to counter the fact that temporary exhibitions tend to … said the award was validation of the museum’s efforts. “We now know it’s possible to have sustainability at the heart of …

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