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Adult and baby in front of computer showing map of UK
Butterfly Conservation. Credit: Ben Hanson

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Digital skills projects will support resilience and creativity in heritage sector

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has made digital skills more necessary than ever before. Over the last 12 months, The National Lottery Heritage Fund has been raising digital skills and confidence across the UK heritage sector through our National Lottery funded Digital Skills for Heritage
Professor Uzo Iwobi stood outside

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Celebrating a heritage hero, Uzo Iwobi OBE

Page last updated: 13 July 2022 Swansea resident Uzo Iwobi has provided an outstanding contribution to heritage in her 30 years living in Wales. Among her many achievements, Uzo founded two charities: Race Council Cymru and the African Community Centre. She is the Specialists Advisor for Equality to
Community growing area with sheds, signpost, path and planting areas

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Local Places for Nature grant helping nature flourish in Burry Port

Pembrey and Burry Port Town Council have received a £50,000 Local Places for Nature grant from the Welsh Government and The National Lottery Heritage Fund. The funding will help create permanent wildlife refuges and encourage biodiversity to flourish in an urban, mainly residential area. “Nature is
Two school children learning outdoors, watched over by a teacher
My School, My Planet at Whinhill Primary, Inverclyde

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Nature restores hope for children disproportionately impacted by COVID-19

My School, My Planet worked with 49 school across the country from September to November 2020. It was delivered by Learning through Landscapes with a £275,000 grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund. The programme aimed to help children re-engage with learning after a significant period away
Anne Lister painting by Joshua Horner
©Shibden Hall

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Follow in the footsteps of ‘Gentleman Jack’ in Edinburgh

People will be able to explore the LGBT+ history and culture of Edinburgh through a new walking tour following in the footsteps of diarist and world traveller, Anne Lister - whose life was depicted in the popular BBC series, Gentleman Jack.
An aerial view of the crescent-shaped Cleveland Pools. A Georgian lido in Bath
The Georgian-era Cleveland Pools in Bath. Image credit: Cleveland Pools

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£13.5million to kickstart 22 heritage projects

The grants, awarded through our Heritage Capital Kickstart Fund, will help revive heritage sites impacted by coronavirus (COVID-19).

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