Volunteering

A community growing area in Burry Port.

Projects

Creating local green spaces in Pembrey and Burry Port, Carmarthenshire

Dilapidated playgrounds and open urban land was transformed into community spaces to create local places for nature and people.

03/08/2020

Donaghadee Harbour with a lighthouse and a number of boats.

Donaghadee Harbour. Credit Bernie Brown bbphotographic for Tourism Ireland

Projects

Sir Samuel Kelly Lifeboat commemorated with exhibition space in Donaghadee

Donaghadee Heritage has secured £90,000 to bring the story of the lifeboat and the town's history to life.

26/06/2023

St James' Aslackby

Projects

St James Aslackby: Preserving Heritage, Fostering Community, and Bringing History to Life

The Parochial Church Council (PCC) of St James Aslackby are using the building’s heritage to make it a vibrant space for the community.

22/10/2021

A young girl holds a cut out of a golden bird above her head. In the background are two adults working on a ladder.

The Flight of the Little Golden Swallow, inspired by Oscar Wilde’s The Happy Prince, is an installation of 150 gold leaf swallows on retail stores, community buildings and schools in and around Enniskillen centre. The swallows were created by Fermanagh artists Simon Carman and Helen Sharp. Credit: Brian Morrison.

Blogs

Inspiring pride in place through a volunteer-supported festival

Heritage Innovation Fund grantee Paul Sternberg shares how cohort working has given him new ideas, and how that’s helping him measure impact and strengthen pride in place.

31/07/2023

News

New funding available to create tiny forests in Wales

Get a grant of up to £40,000 to develop new patches of native woodland through our Coetiroedd Bach / Tiny Forests in Wales programme.

03/04/2023

News

Five ways museums can improve mental health and wellbeing

We talked to Director of charity Arts and Minds, Lucy Oliver-Harrison, about the Arts on Prescription – Heritage for Health project.

23/05/2019

Calverley Old Hall in Leeds The Landmark Trust

News

Restoration for Yorkshire medieval manor house and its Tudor treasures

Calverley Old Hall in Leeds, the site of once-hidden wall paintings, will undergo ambitious restoration thanks to £1.6million of National Lottery funding.

19/05/2022

Newham family being photographed during Newham Heritage Month

Projects

London Borough of Newham

Newham Heritage Month is an annual heritage festival that celebrates the borough’s local heritage, led by the community for the community.

24/08/2020

An outdoors sculpture of five coloured rings

Olympic rings at the Olympic Park, Newham. Credit: Rebecca Hussein

Projects

Being There: memories of the London 2012 Opening and Closing Ceremonies

Newham based arts company Parrabbola will share some of the memories of the estimated 70,000 volunteers at the heart of London 2012.

09/02/2022

A person demonstrates dry stone wall construction techniques to two people in an outdoor setting

Projects

Hurst Farm Heritage Trail project restoring woodland landscape

Ambitious regeneration at Derbyshire’s largest housing estate is improving the local landscape, conserving nature and boosting community wellbeing.

03/09/2019

Heritage Trust Network trustee Minder Kaur Athwal. Credit: Sarah Hayes

News

'Trailblazing' projects to boost digital volunteering and leadership

National Lottery funding awarded to 17 volunteering projects as digital leadership programme returns.

25/11/2021

Volunteers in ‘The Wilderness’ garden. Credit: MHA

Projects

The Wilderness: Saving nature’s heritage to improve wellbeing

Despite challenges during the pandemic, The Wilderness project shows how older people’s wellbeing can be improved by actively restoring and engaging with natural heritage.

28/11/2017

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