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

Caroline Clark on showing Rebecca Pow MP the impact funding can have - and how collaborative working is the future.

In 2016 The National Lottery Heritage Fund launched a £10million investment to make heritage relevant to the lives of young people aged 11-25.

This year marks the 25th Birthday of The National Lottery. At The National Lottery Heritage Fund, we have a long history of funding heritage projects with children and young people. Since 2002 t hrough Young Roots, and more recently Kick the Dust, an ambitious £10million programme to transform how

Holly Morgan-Davies from National Museum Wales' Hands on Heritage project writes about the fascinating stories she's discovered from Wales' LGBT+ past.

On 1 May 2019, the Royal Air Force Museum London added an event marker to its RAF History Timeline. It was to celebrate the achievements of Flight Lieutenant (Retired) Caroline Paige. Twenty years ago, Caroline became the first transgender officer to serve openly in the British Armed Forces. This

Today is the Kids in Museums Teen Digital Takeover: when young people take over the social media accounts of museums, galleries and heritage sites across the UK. The 2018 Audience Agency Museums Audience Report identifies 16-24 year-olds as one of four key museum audiences. However, it also

Julie from Fairhaven Lake, Lancashire, reveals how taking part in the Thanks To You campaign was more than just a fun day out.

Lesley, Chief Executive of New Writing South, and David, Co-Artistic Director of Marlborough Theatre, are collaborating on the project, Building Brighton LGBTQ+ Heritage. The project involves: skills development for volunteers establishing a youth board building capacity strengthening partnerships

UNESCO has recognised the Isle of Wight as a Biosphere Reserve. Thanks in big part to The National Lottery, we can prove that nature and people can co-exist.

These significant and inclusive events raise the profile of all sorts of LGBT+ lived experiences, celebrate activism and build stronger alliances. They increasingly involve people of all ages, cultures and faiths in publicly sharing differing identities. Alongside Stonewall’s 50th anniversary this

We believe involving young people in heritage projects is vital - but it can be tricky. Here are some ideas.

Fifty years after the Stonewall riots, remembering our pasts is a crucial part of championing inclusion today.

A year after the launch of the government's Culture is Digital report, here's an update on our plans to help build digital skills in the heritage sector.

Here are some of the things we discovered: In the era of fake news, the heritage sector must be a place of trust and expertise In her keynote, Professor of Digital Cultural Heritage, University of Edinburgh, Melissa Terras, said that memory institutions have an important digital role to play in this

Recording our oral history is a vital part of documenting, understanding and sharing the heritage of ordinary people. Rob Perks from the Oral History Society offers his expert advice.

The UK's insect population is under threat. Jamie Robins from charity Buglife suggests five simple ways we can all help to look after our bug friends.

The Open Data movement is growing, and more and more government departments, charities and funders are signing up to it.