Digital

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Projects

Newington Green Meeting House - Revolutionary Ideas Since 1708

A hub of its London community, the Unitarian church relies on volunteers with digital skills to support and share its heritage.

07/03/2017

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Projects

Voices Through Time: The Story of Care

Hundreds of volunteers are helping children’s charity Coram digitise and share its historic archive online.

06/03/2018

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Projects

Volunteers vital at Wentworth Woodhouse

Out of the pandemic, volunteers have used digital to help Wentworth Woodhouse reach even more people.

08/03/2021

Credit: Bentley Priory Museum

News

Podcasts: how the heritage sector is embracing the trend

Podcasts are on the rise. As well as engaging audiences who cannot physically visit a site, they can be a great way to continue delivering a project.

25/03/2021

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Butterfly Conservation. Credit: Ben Hanson

News

Digital skills projects will support resilience and creativity in heritage sector

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has made digital skills more necessary than ever before. Over the last 12 months, The National Lottery Heritage Fund has been raising digital skills and confidence across the UK heritage sector through our National Lottery funded Digital Skills for Heritage

18/03/2021

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Credit: Elizabeth Gaskell House

News

Free virtual backgrounds show off England's stunning heritage

Free images of some of England's most beautiful venues are available to use as backdrops to video-calls as part of the government’s #HereforCulture campaign.

25/02/2021

Cold War Steve vs the RPG, Photomontage commissioned by Birmingham Museums Trust, Cold War Steve / Christopher Spencer CC0 1.0. Modified by Michael Gimenez to include the guide authors’ faces, CC0 1.0.

Publications

Working with open licences

This guide is designed to help heritage organisations meet The National Lottery Heritage Fund's open licencing requirement.

A graphic showing different types of heritage organisation feeding into the DASH survey, accompanied by the words "DASH Survey: Helping UK heritage learn more about their people's digital attitudes and skills"

All types of heritage organisation can take the DASH survey

News

Calling all heritage organisations: address your digital needs by taking the DASH survey

Taking the Digital Attitudes and Skills for Heritage (DASH) survey helps heritage organisations understand and address their digital needs – and helps us understand them too.

21/09/2021