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Why working with communities can be 'transformational' for museums

Stories

14/08/2019

Why working with communities can be 'transformational' for museums 14/08/2019 Through including LGBT+ people in conversations about their heritage, one National Lottery-funded project has helped improve representation in Glasgow's museums. The queer …

Helping all young people get hands on with nature

Stories

08/08/2019

Helping all young people get hands on with nature 08/08/2019 We spent a day in Sydenham Hill Wood, south London, where theories about wellbeing are guiding young people's interactions with our wild places. London Wildlife Trust’s Keeping it Wild programme …

Heritage Lottery Fund first major grantgiver to require carbon footprints in funding applications

News

05/07/2012

Heritage Lottery Fund first major grantgiver to require carbon footprints in funding applications 05/07/2012 Announced as HLF sets out its new strategic framework for 2013 – 2018, HLF will now ask all applicants requesting funding above £2m to measure the …

Telling the nation's stories

Blogs

20/12/2019

Telling the nation's stories 20/12/2019 Sir Peter Luff Our outgoing chair Sir Peter Luff looks back at five years at The National Lottery Heritage Fund. After five years, I’ve really learned one thing about the work of The National Lottery Heritage Fund – …

The role of heritage in uncertain times

Blogs

07/06/2019

The role of heritage in uncertain times 07/06/2019 Katie Allen, The National Lottery Heritage Fund Senior Content Designer The inaugural HeritageDot conference, which looked at the relationships between digital and heritage, addressed some of the …

Join our Committees for Wales and Northern Ireland

News

20/12/2019

Join our Committees for Wales and Northern Ireland 20/12/2019 Two new members each are sought for our Committee for Wales and Committee for Northern Ireland. Apply by Friday 31 January 2020. “It is a real privilege to be supporting work which makes such a …

Surgeons’ Hall Museum to be transformed with help of £2.7million Heritage Lottery Fund grant

Artists impression of the planned redevelopment of Surgeon's Hall in Edinburgh

News

02/12/2013

Surgeons’ Hall Museum to be transformed with help of £2.7million Heritage Lottery Fund grant Artists impression of the planned redevelopment of Surgeon's Hall in Edinburgh 02/12/2013 The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd), the UK’s oldest …

Pontypridd church celebrates 180th birthday

News

19/12/2019

Pontypridd church celebrates 180th birthday 19/12/2019 National Lottery funding is to help a local community come together to celebrate its oldest surviving church. 180 years of St Mary’s Church in Glyntaff Hawthorn High School pupils, church members and …

£2.6million Heritage Lottery grants for Wales’ churches, wildlife and wells

Gerddi Aberglasney, Sir Gaerfyrddin.

News

30/06/2015

£2.6million Heritage Lottery grants for Wales’ churches, wildlife and wells Gerddi Aberglasney, Sir Gaerfyrddin. 30/06/2015 Richard Bellamy, the new Head of the Heritage Lottery Fund in Wales said: " We at HLF understand that heritage means many things …

A missing voice - the young person in the museum

Blogs

17/09/2019

A missing voice - the young person in the museum 17/09/2019 Niamh Kelly, Digital Maker Club participant As well as helping to bring young people into the museum, technology provides a new way for them to think about their place within it. I have thought a …

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