Cultures and memories
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Since 1994 we have awarded £460million to more than 24,100 community and cultural heritage projects across the UK.
What do we support?
We fund projects which help to explore, save and celebrate the traditions, customs, skills and knowledge of different communities.
This cultural heritage is sometimes referred to as intangible or living heritage. This is because it is constantly changing and kept alive when practiced or performed.
We also fund projects which document and share people’s memories. This often involves capturing oral histories and ensuring they are accessible now and in the future.
Project ideas
Our funding could help people:
- research and share oral traditions, such as storytelling or local dialects
- train others in traditional skills and crafts, from dry stone walling and blacksmithing to basket weaving and textile making
- research the origins of culture, such as music, theatre or dance, and create performances influenced by past styles
- share the history and fun of celebrations, festivals or rituals with new audiences, from games and cooking to carnivals and fayres
- capture accounts of traditional knowledge or pass it on, such as woodland management or home remedies
- record the stories of ordinary people through oral histories, for example about growing up, migration or work
- retell people’s memories about a place or event, such as a long-stay hospital, the miners' strikes or the punk movement
How to get funding
If you have an idea for a project, we would love to hear from you.
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Projects
The community legacy of Rowntree in York
The project built on the interest generated through the opening of a new chocolate attraction in York, and a successful pilot project that used postcards to collect memories from those who benefited from the Rowntree legacy.
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Stories
Changing lives: Scout learns about terror of the trenches
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Blogs
All shook up - creating a museum exhibition that rocks
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Blogs
Back to Black: celebrating heavy metal heritage
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From dung collecting to buying the world’s most expensive diamond
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Youngsters rediscover Port Talbot through Richard Burton’s teen diaries
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Learn more about Young Roots with HLF Wales on 14 September
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Three generations look back to the future at Welsh language education
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Keeping it in the family
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An 'Oasis' of music remembered at Rockfield
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