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Inclusive Heritage: Pathways to heritage careers

Project trainee Adebimpe Ademosu
Project trainee Adebimpe Ademosu

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… offers a huge range of opportunities to develop new skills and experiences – from event management and communications to … on how to celebrate, protect and enhance that heritage. Then visit other similar projects to learn more about how … information that I can pass to people of my community now and in the future. Also I wanted to have opportunities …

Seaton Jurassic’s Lottery bonus

Aerial view of Seaton Jurassic
Aerial view of Seaton Jurassic

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… in time to experience the story of evolution, wildlife and geology. People of all ages will then find themselves the size of a shrimp as they enter a … with the centre opening late in 2015. Seaton Jurassic has now secured almost £4million of funding with contributions …

Vital Lottery funding for North East churches

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… in Roker, Sunderland; St Matthew’s Church in Newcastle; and St Andrew’s Church in Winston, County Durham. This money … In order to create a sustainable future, the church is now working in partnership with the NE Circus Development … 2010, the scheme was jointly funded by HLF and EH. Since then, HLF had provided the majority of the funding to ensure …

Plans progress for Llancaiach Fawr Manor

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… quarters, increasing access for visitors with disabilities and creating a more authentic interior for day visitors and … means that the project team at Llancaiach Fawr Manor can now progress to the second stage of the HLF application … attraction which opened to the public in 1991. Since then the building has been enjoyed by hundreds of thousands …

West Yorkshire’s mills

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… West Yorkshire’s mills were world leaders in innovation and design during the industrial revolution and for many … that lived around them and supplied the workforce? Now, thanks to a £38,200 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund … that will go on display, first at the University and then in each of the mills taking part. The first exhibition …

Wanted: young people to root for heritage in the West Midlands!

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… exploring a wide range of topics from social history and the built and natural environment, to archaeology and … in funding available to groups. Young people’s groups are now able to apply for grants up to £50,000 – double the … to the city from around the world. The youngsters then produced a drama performance and an exhibition featuring …

Enterprising solutions for heritage at risk

Ashton Old Baths

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… including historic houses, civic spaces, former factories and places of worship, joining the list of beleaguered … at the centre of a vision to transform the building. Now, where swimmers used to practice their sport sits an … usable commercial spaces. We launched it in 2013 and since then we have invested more than £100m and are seeing derelict …

Cherishing our churchyards as wildlife havens

Harriet Carty, Caring for God’s Acre National Project Manager
Harriet Carty, Caring for God’s Acre National Project Manager

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… What are your thoughts on entering a burial ground? Death and grieving perhaps? We at Caring for God’s Acre have … three quarters of the UK's ancient or veteran yews are now found in the churchyards of England and Wales. These are … churchyard. Lichens If you are interested in lichens, then look in your local burial ground. Boundary walls, …

Waterwheel hoisted into Woodbridge Tide Mill

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… foundations of the mill with a new concrete breakwater, and the creation of a new wheelhouse to provide more space … some six years ago is beginning to take shape and we can now see tangible evidence of its successful completion. … mills that remain of around 70 in the 19th century. Since then, time and tide, with the constantly changing River Deben …