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Exploring Manchester’s links to the West African textiles industry

Blogs

06/02/2017

Exploring Manchester’s links to the West African textiles industry 06/02/2017 Michelle Ayavoro, Creative Development Manager, Creative Hands Foundation Michelle Ayavoro reveals how she found the inspiration for her project in the surprising links between …

Celebrate Heritage Treasures day with our 15 fun facts

In the Armada Portrait, Elizabeth I's pearls are symbols of chastity and the moon

News

11/01/2019

Celebrate Heritage Treasures day with our 15 fun facts In the Armada Portrait, Elizabeth I's pearls are symbols of chastity and the moon 11/01/2019 Happy #HeritageTreasures day! In celebration, here are 15 of our favourite facts from just some of the …

Changing lives: how seeing into the past shaped Victoria’s future

Stories

05/06/2017

Changing lives: how seeing into the past shaped Victoria’s future 05/06/2017 Victoria overcame personal challenges to go from intern to employment, thanks to this National Lottery funded project. A chance meeting in a busy charity office was to determine …

Music to Bristol’s ears! Historic music hall given the go-ahead for restoration project

Bristol Music Trust has secured nearly £5m to redevelop Colston Music Hall

Colston Hall is run by Bristol Music Trust Bristol Music Trust

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01/05/2018

Music to Bristol’s ears! Historic music hall given the go-ahead for restoration project Colston Hall is run by Bristol Music Trust Bristol Music Trust 01/05/2018 It’s the site of a famous Beatles flour-bombing incident, and suffragettes Vera Holme and …

Is evaluation the secret to a successful HLF project?

Project helpers next to a National Lottery funded sign

There’s a correlation between the quality of the evaluation and the quality of the project

News

12/09/2018

Is evaluation the secret to a successful HLF project? There’s a correlation between the quality of the evaluation and the quality of the project 12/09/2018 Newly published review reveals what makes a good project evaluation. A comprehensive review of the …

Remembering the stories of the Windrush generation

Blogs

01/12/2016

Remembering the stories of the Windrush generation 01/12/2016 Marcus Hercules, Artistic Director, Hercules Productions Marcus Hercules describes how running an HLF-supported oral history-based project encouraged elders from the Manchester Windrush …

Secrets of the archives

A rather young-looking Johnny Vegas, winner of the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year competition in 1997. Leicester Folks Telling Jokes

Blogs

16/11/2018

Secrets of the archives A rather young-looking Johnny Vegas, winner of the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year competition in 1997. Leicester Folks Telling Jokes 16/11/2018 Amy Freeborn, Online Communities Manager The UK’s archives are full of …

Rescued Medieval house to star in TV documentary

Bydd Llwyn Celyn yn rhan o raglen ddogfen ddwy ran y mis yma

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16/01/2019

Rescued Medieval house to star in TV documentary Bydd Llwyn Celyn yn rhan o raglen ddogfen ddwy ran y mis yma 16/01/2019 A Grade I listed medieval house in Wales’ Black Mountains, brought back to life thanks to National Lottery players, is the subject of …

Jane Austen’s much loved park to be revitalised as a 21st Century pleasure garden

Sydney Gardens historic labyrinth

News

15/01/2019

Jane Austen’s much loved park to be revitalised as a 21st Century pleasure garden Sydney Gardens historic labyrinth 15/01/2019 In need of urgent repairs, the Grade II registered Sydney Gardens - one of the UK’s only surviving Georgian Pleasure Gardens and …

Superlative museum specimens

Blogs

18/05/2018

Superlative museum specimens 18/05/2018 It's International Museum Day on 18 May. To celebrate, we got in touch with some of the 1,100+ National Lottery Heritage Fund-supported museums to find out about their most weird, wonderful and significant objects. …

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