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How do we involve young people in nature?

Lizzie Guntrip at our Heritage Ambassadors' induction. Jeff Gilbert

Blogs

17/08/2018

How do we involve young people in nature? Lizzie Guntrip at our Heritage Ambassadors' induction. Jeff Gilbert 17/08/2018 One of our young heritage ambassadors Lizzie Guntrip on how we can make our natural world more accessible. Lizzie is one of a group of …

Changing lives: Georgia breaks down barriers

Georgia at work at the National Disability Arts Collection & Archive (NDACA)

Stories

14/12/2016

Changing lives: Georgia breaks down barriers 14/12/2016 Bringing the work of the disability arts movement to the public (and peers of the realm) has transformed the job landscape for 22-year-old North Londoner Georgia Macqueen Black. Georgia, who has Type …

Changing lives: Rachel bags an award

Rachel Duffield at Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse museum

Stories

07/12/2016

Changing lives: Rachel bags an award 07/12/2016 Working with prisoners, a domestic abuse charity, young children and the elderly have all been aspects of Rachel Duffield’s job since she joined an HLF-supported project in Norfolk. The role as learning and …

East Belfast's Templemore Baths gets £5million National Lottery boost

Templemore Baths today

News

14/12/2018

East Belfast's Templemore Baths gets £5million National Lottery boost Templemore Baths today 14/12/2018 The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) confirmed the award in support of Belfast City Council’s plans to breathe new life into the last surviving Victorian …

£5million investment for Belfast's much-loved Templemore Baths

Templemore Baths is the last surviving Victorian baths in Ireland

News

14/12/2018

£5million investment for Belfast's much-loved Templemore Baths Templemore Baths is the last surviving Victorian baths in Ireland 14/12/2018 Templemore Baths in east Belfast is to be transformed into a modern leisure and fitness facility after securing …

River Rother to be reclaimed from industrial blight

Volunteers of the Don Catchment Rivers Trust

News

13/12/2018

River Rother to be reclaimed from industrial blight Volunteers of the Don Catchment Rivers Trust 13/12/2018 Thanks to a National Lottery grant of more than £450,000, two centuries worth of industrialisation are to be reversed around the River Rother in …

Changing lives: for Conor there’s no place like stone…

Conor Scullion posing next to some stonework

Stories

30/11/2016

Changing lives: for Conor there’s no place like stone… 30/11/2016 When Conor Scullion, 27, signed up for a Diploma in Conservation and Restoration he had no idea he was setting himself up for the adventure of a lifetime. The following year he was out in …

Changing lives: Ameha goes from pizzas to plaster to prizewinner

Stories

21/12/2016

Changing lives: Ameha goes from pizzas to plaster to prizewinner 21/12/2016 Thanks to a National Lottery-supported heritage construction programme, Ameha has swapped odd jobs for learning new skills, helping to restore historic buildings - and winning a …

Changing lives: theatre archive directs Matthew to a new career

Matthew with a play script in the Peter Brook archive

Stories

22/11/2016

Changing lives: theatre archive directs Matthew to a new career 22/11/2016 Matthew Waters was working as a pensions advisor when he spotted an opportunity that would set him up for a career much closer to his heart. A lover of history with a master’s in …

Changing lives: different faiths make connections through First World War stories

Stories

16/11/2016

Changing lives: different faiths make connections through First World War stories 16/11/2016 Leicester children of different religious faiths were given a unique opportunity to learn about a previously unknown shared history, thanks to a National …

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