News
National Lottery support keeps memories of Tiger Bay burning bright
Thanks to National Lottery funding, a new project will look at the history of Tiger Bay through the eyes of people who came from across the world to work in Cardiff.
Training
News
Breathing new life into Swansea’s old copperworks
Swansea's former Hafod Morfa Copperworks site will be transformed thanks to £3.5million from the National Lottery.
Projects
RENEWAL: reviving River Lambourn
West Berkshire Council and Newbury Community Resource Centre worked with local people to revive the fortunes of a neglected river.
Hoverfly identified as part of the Invertebrate Challenge project. Credit: Field Studies Council
Projects
Invertebrate Challenge
Do you know your annelids from your arachnids? This training project aimed to increase the number of people skilled in recording invertebrates across Shropshire.
Participants in period dress welcoming people to Painshill Park, Cobham
Projects
Grotto Restoration - Education Project
Painshill Park Trust returned a breathtaking crystal cave to its 18th-century glory.
Project volunteers at a gilding techniques workshop
Projects
First Base Heritage & History Project
Transforming a historic building and giving new hope, skills and self-confidence to homeless participants.
Projects
Get Into Dry Stone Walling
Disadvantaged 16-25 year olds took part in a successful training programme in dry stone walling across the North East.
A boat undergoing repair
Projects
Across the Minch: Traditional Boatbuilding in Uist & Wester Ross
The Grimsay Boatshed and Am Bàta received a Skills for the Future grant to provide traditional boatbuilding workshops to local schools.
Children exploring their local natural heritage
Projects
Rose of the Shires
People learned about, recorded and became actively involved in caring for the fascinating built and natural heritage on their doorstep.
Archive image from the Hadhari Oral History Project
Projects
Hadhari Oral History Project
The Hadhari project recorded memories from a local African-Caribbean care group in Derby, which were at risk of being lost forever.
Green Reflections participants learn traditional craft skills
Projects
Green Reflections
Young people from Lincolnshire explored their area's rich built heritage and gained an insight into traditional building skills.
Young people showing off their food growing skills
Projects
Green Giants
The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) joined forces with independent school Building Young People's Potential (BYPP) to help 103 young people in alternative education learn accredited skills and become ‘Green Giants.’