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Recovery and resilience: advice from a heritage project improving skills and wellbeing

Two Skylark IX volunteers work on building a wooden rowing boat

Two Skylark IX volunteers honing their boatbuilding skills

Stories

17/05/2023

Recovery and resilience: advice from a heritage project improving skills and wellbeing Two Skylark IX volunteers honing their boatbuilding skills 17/05/2023 In Dumbarton, Scotland, The Skylark IX Recovery Trust is preserving a Second World War rescue ship …

From facing collapse to welcoming visitors: the UK’s oldest windmill reopens

A group of people including children turn Bourn Windmill

Visitors turning Bourn Windmill. Photo: Cambridgeshire ACRE

News

16/05/2023

From facing collapse to welcoming visitors: the UK’s oldest windmill reopens Visitors turning Bourn Windmill. Photo: Cambridgeshire ACRE 16/05/2023 Bourn Mill in Cambridgeshire - which dates from the reign of King Henry VIII - reopened to the public on …

Eurovision fever in full swing across Liverpool City Region

Children stand next to pysanka egg display for Eurovision celebrations

Children with the pysanka egg display for Eurovision. Credit: Pete Carr

News

11/05/2023

Eurovision fever in full swing across Liverpool City Region Children with the pysanka egg display for Eurovision. Credit: Pete Carr 11/05/2023 Thanks to £250,000 of National Lottery funding, we're supporting a host of activities as part of the Eurovision …

The plight of the bumblebees and how we can save them

A close up of a bumblebee on an orange gerbera flower head

A bumblebee on a flower head. Credit: The Bumblebee Conservation Trust

Stories

05/05/2023

The plight of the bumblebees and how we can save them A bumblebee on a flower head. Credit: The Bumblebee Conservation Trust 05/05/2023 Bees help to provide us with a third of our food globally but are in rapid decline. Our New to Nature trainee Aydan …

Smaller grants making a big difference for Scottish communities

Culture Asia performance

News

28/10/2022

Smaller grants making a big difference for Scottish communities Culture Asia performance 28/10/2022 Six exciting projects in Scotland have secured £378,640 National Lottery funding to make a difference for people and heritage. With grants ranging from …

How the Heritage Trust Network is bringing the sector together to learn and develop

A group of 13 people standing outside a building listening to a tour guide as part of a community walking tour

A walking tour delivered as part of the Heritage Trust Network's National Lottery funded project.

Stories

06/06/2023

How the Heritage Trust Network is bringing the sector together to learn and develop A walking tour delivered as part of the Heritage Trust Network's National Lottery funded project. 06/06/2023 Its mix of peer support, events and online resources is …

Nominate your heritage project and people for a £5,000 award

Clive Gray from Blyth Tall Ships accepts a National Lottery Award from historian David Olusoga

News

05/04/2023

Nominate your heritage project and people for a £5,000 award Clive Gray from Blyth Tall Ships accepts a National Lottery Award from historian David Olusoga 05/04/2023 The National Lottery Awards recognise outstanding National Lottery funded projects and …

New funding available to create tiny forests in Wales

News

03/04/2023

New funding available to create tiny forests in Wales 03/04/2023 Get a grant of up to £40,000 to develop new patches of native woodland through our Coetiroedd Bach / Tiny Forests in Wales programme. Over the next two years, we’re aiming to distribute …

Become one of our consultants and support heritage across the UK

A group of people on their knees, digging in a trench in the grass

News

09/05/2023

Become one of our consultants and support heritage across the UK 09/05/2023 We're seeking expert consultants to apply to our new Register of Support Services (RoSS) Framework from April 2024. Our RoSS consultants play an important role in our work, …

Final weeks to apply for Dynamic Collections grants

The inside of the PItt Rivers Museum, a large open indoor space with exhibition cases

The Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford

Blogs

17/03/2023

Final weeks to apply for Dynamic Collections grants Dynamic Collections The Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford 17/03/2023 Alistair Brown, Head of Museums Libraries and Archives Policy at The National Lottery Heritage Fund Our lead on museums, libraries and …

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