It’s good to be asked to write this blog to coincide with the publication of the Space to Thrive report.

Our outgoing chair Sir Peter Luff looks back at five years at The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

From a total £3million investment we hope to fund: a UK-wide training programme to develop a stronger culture of successful enterprise in the heritage sector programmes across each of the four countries in the UK, focusing on business and leadership skills - including diversifying income, developing

Two disabled women leaders tell us what needs to change in heritage - and their top advice.

On #TakeoverDay, three volunteers tell us how they're shaking up the heritage world.

The exciting events of Welsh Museums Festival would not be possible without the hard work of museum staff and volunteers, plus crucial investment from The National Lottery.

It was losing my father Hermerde in September 2017 and the funeral of one of his closest friends exactly a year later that inspired the Eulogy project.

Working as a black person in the heritage sector can be isolating. Connecting with peers has been essential.

A few months into his new role, Nasir Adam explains what he's doing to bring the museum together with black communities across Wales.

Earlier this year we announced our intention to launch a digital campaign aimed at helping heritage organisations to achieve their own digital goals. The official launch is still a few months away, but we are busy readying for it by setting up various workstreams, or "tranches". Different tranches

Grade II* listed St Mary at the Quay reopened in 2016 as heritage and wellbeing centre Quay Place. We go behind the scenes.

Pawlet Brookes chooses her favourite songs and stories from the exhibition Archiving the Past: Reflecting the Future.

Indeed, 25 years ago was a time of great hope and greater belief as we saw the end of a violent and dark time in our history and the promise of better days emerging. It was against this backdrop that the relationship between The National Lottery Heritage Fund and this city began to take root. It is

Don't Settle Lunar Campfires provide a safe space for young people of colour to talk about their experiences. It was an honour to be involved in the first one.

The Historic Dockyard Chatham has always worked internationally, but on a relatively small scale. We stepped this up considerably in 2017 through our project commemorating the 350th anniversary of the Medway Raid. The Medway Raid - a history It was 1667, during the Second Anglo-Dutch War. The Dutch

As well as helping to bring young people into the museum, technology provides a new way for them to think about their place within it.

I have always loved learning - but museums haven't always felt welcoming to me. Many have improved, but the story's not over yet.

Our LGBTQ+ season this summer has highlighted how important it is that everyone gets a chance to tell stories of their own heritage.