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Light and Life For All

Projects

Light and Life For All National Lottery Heritage Grants £250,000 to £10 million Date awarded 27/11/2024 Location Holt Local Authority North Norfolk Applicant Holt Methodist Church Award Given £47018 … Light and Life For …

40 Years On: LGBTQ+ activism and life in Wales 1985-2025

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40 Years On: LGBTQ+ activism and life in Wales 1985-2025 National Lottery Heritage Grants £10,000 to £250,000 Date awarded 03/12/2024 Location St Augustine's Local Authority Vale of Glamorgan Applicant Cardiff Wales Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Mardi …

Routes to Roots: Sharing Thurrock’s Heritage with Communities New and Old

Projects

Routes to Roots: Sharing Thurrock’s Heritage with Communities New and Old National Lottery Heritage Grants £10,000 to £250,000 Date awarded 10/12/2024 Location Grays Thurrock Local Authority Thurrock Applicant Thurrock Council Award Given £144531 … Routes …

Young people tell us why heritage is important

Two people dressed in colourful dresses walk towards a fountain outside a historic house

Videos

29/03/2022

Young people tell us why heritage is important Five young people from our Kick the Dust programme tell us what heritage means to them and why it is important to include young people in heritage projects. Between 2017 and 2023, we invested £10million into …

The power of heritage

A young boy opening a box at a museum with a 'wow' expression on his face

Videos

02/03/2023

The power of heritage Our inspiring short film celebrates the positive, uplifting impact of heritage. Heritage is everywhere, and we want everyone across the UK to have access to it, to explore it and celebrate it. Because we know how powerful heritage is …

Meet seven people who’ve ‘changed the game’ across heritage, land and nature

A group of seven men and women standing in front of the ruins of Whitby Abbey

News

01/10/2024

Meet seven people who’ve ‘changed the game’ across heritage, land and nature 01/10/2024 From founders to activists and trailblazers, we’re celebrating those who you nominated as having extraordinary impact across 30 years of National Lottery funding for …

Apply for heritage grants in Neath Port Talbot and Rhondda Cynon Taf

Four people stand in a woodland holding gardening tools

Volunteers improve access to ancient woodlands. Craig Gwladus project in Cilfrew.

Videos

01/12/2022

Apply for heritage grants in Neath Port Talbot and Rhondda Cynon Taf Heritage organisations, groups and projects in Neath Port Talbot and Rhondda Cynon Taf – we want to hear from you. The National Lottery Heritage Fund is one of Wales’ largest funders of …

The 130-year-old ship with a contemporary mission

A lifebouy with Leader, Newry written on it, attached to the ship

Videos

20/10/2022

The 130-year-old ship with a contemporary mission Leader – a tall ship built in 1892 – will provide hands-on heritage boat experience while studying the impact of micro plastics in the local waters. It is a survivor of the fleets that once fished the …

Clive Gray is the National Lottery Awards Heritage Winner for 2022

Person smiling at camera with boat in the background

Videos

14/10/2022

Clive Gray is the National Lottery Awards Heritage Winner for 2022 Clive Gray’s National Lottery Award recognises his incredible leadership of Blyth Tall Ship, which changes lives through maritime heritage skills training, volunteering and experiences. …

Dynamic Collections: behind the scenes at Pitt Rivers

Videos

13/10/2022

Dynamic Collections: behind the scenes at Pitt Rivers How the historic Oxford museum "queered its collections" and changed the way it worked, forever. Pitt Rivers Museum enlisted community curators with LGBTQ+ lived experiences on its Beyond the Binary …

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