Wellbeing

Ardal O’Hanlon presents the An Tobar team with their National Lottery Award. Credit: Bill Smyth Photography.

News

An Tobar is Northern Ireland’s National Lottery Project of the Year

The wellness centre and social farm in Silverbridge, south Armagh has won a National Lottery award for helping young people explore the natural and cultural heritage of Brian’s Wood.

07/12/2022

A group of children and adults doing outdoor activities by a river

Children take part in outdoor activities in Stour Valley Nature Reserve. Credit: BCP Council/ Mark Holloway.

Stories

How to create sustainable urban green space in your area

We celebrated the end of our three-year Future Parks Accelerator (FPA) programme in October 2022 with the Naturally Thriving online conference, sharing learnings from the projects. The FPA programme, launched in 2019, has successfully shown the value of investing in parks and urban green spaces and

Publications

How our pioneering programme showed what a vital public resource parks are

Explore the evaluation of our three-year initiative to help towns and cities across the UK transform their use and management of green space.

Two people smiling and standing in front of a museum entrance

Heritage Fund colleagues Mwiche and Alisha at the David Livingstone Birthplace

Stories

A brave new tribute to a famous Victorian explorer

How an independent museum in Scotland is preserving and re-examining the legacy of the nation’s most renowned explorer and anti-slavery campaigner

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

Two people carrying three cut tree trunks through a woodland.

Credit: National Forest Company

News

£6million to nurture England’s woodlands, boost skills and wellbeing

The funding will support 12 projects to plant trees, create forestry jobs and improve access to nature across the country.

30/05/2022

Videos

George the Poet: "celebrate nature in our day-to-day"

The award-winning spoken word performer’s poem – written for our Nextdoor Nature community rewilding initiative – urges us to appreciate and cultivate green spaces around us.

Blogs

The heritage project that helped me tackle my loneliness

When I closed my gardening business and moved town, I felt completely lost. Giving back as a volunteer helped me start again.

09/05/2022

News

£2.7million funding for Grimsby Youth Zone

Young people are at the "heart" of a project which will help regenerate the under-served area of North East Lincolnshire

28/01/2022

Uncovering the Second World War pillbox in Pontypridd

News

£193,502 awarded to local heritage projects across Wales

Second World War Pontypridd pillbox and park in Britton Ferry among 24 projects receiving a 15-Minute Heritage grant.

17/12/2021

Wickham Market community holding up a banner to save The George pub.

Wickham Market's community saving The George Community Pub. Credit: Julian Evans

News

A new lease of life for Wickham Market’s community pub

A grant of £988,200 has been awarded to The George pub in Wickham Market, Suffolk ⁠– a Grade II listed building which will serve as a thriving community hub.

20/12/2021