Search results

Content type
Sector
Regions/nations

Knowsley’s Archive secures Heritage Lottery Fund investment

Items from Knowsley's archive
Items from Knowsley's archive

News

… Knowsley’s Archive secures Heritage Lottery Fund investment Items from Knowsley's archive 22/08/2014 The … is bursting with stories and pictures that shed light on what life was once like and how that has shaped local people … is bursting with stories and pictures that shed light on what life was once like and how that has shaped local people …

Share and discover views on heritage sector challenges and opportunities

Woman looking into a glass case displaying Barry Sheene's racing leathers and helmet

News

… are a quick way to tell us your thoughts and instantly see what the rest of the sector thinks too. Today we’re launching … Head of Research, Data and Insight at the Heritage Fund How it works Starting today , each Wednesday we’ll pose … rest of the sector has answered. We look forward to seeing what you think about some key heritage challenges and …

Finalists revealed for Museum of the Year 2017

Professor Alice Roberts at Lapworth Museum
Professor Alice Roberts at Lapworth Museum Adrian Burrows

News

… Burrows 28/04/2017 The finalists vying to be named Art Fund Museum of the Year have been announced. Four of the five … of the Year 2017 . Small museum, big impact  However what we are particularly proud of is the smaller, local … of the Year 2017 . Small museum, big impact  However what we are particularly proud of is the smaller, local …

How to engage young and diverse audiences with your archives

Shjodi Ison

Blogs

… Shjodi Ison shares her experiences of joining a Heritage Fund project as an apprentice, the positive impact of … felt truer to real working life, and I got a good idea of what the role would involve. Gaining a variety of experiences … been here, I’ve already gained so much! I’ve learned about what’s involved in developing and delivering performances, …

Five tips for more robust and innovative heritage organisations

Three people are looking at worksheets and smiling.
Participants at the residential event in June 2023, as part of Heritage Trade Up. Photo: School for Social Entrepreneurs.

Stories

… Top five tips One size doesn’t fit all Think about what makes your organisation unique. Go back to basics and ask yourself questions like: What are your core aims? What is your staff and voluntary infrastructure like? What …

The untapped stories of disability and the First World War

Wounded soldiers convalescing outside a First World War hospital
Wounded soldiers convalescing outside a First World War hospital

Blogs

… of the First World War progresses, Heritage Lottery Fund London Committee member Rachel Hasted, reflects on the … the Science Museum’s History of Medicine collection but what was the wider impact on life in Britain? For the many … - mainly young with most of their lives before them - what was the future?  Where were they to live and how could …

£30million awarded to 15 heritage projects ahead of our 30th birthday

A couple of school children holding large flags in an empty building, accompanied by a giant puppet
Former dock worker Leslie Morgan (centre) and children from the Gateway Learning Academy schools (waving flags representing the Windrush generation), alongside Tilbury port's 16ft docker puppet, celebrate the Tilbury Riverside Station grant in the building that will be transformed into a creative community hub.

News

… Chief Executive of The National Lottery Heritage Fund The newly funded projects are: Crystal Palace Park , … to pass onto future generations. “I cannot wait to see what the future brings as we work together to deliver our … to pass onto future generations. “I cannot wait to see what the future brings as we work together to deliver our …

Free funding event in Newcastle-under-Lyme

Young child making traditional bread in historic oven
Young child making traditional bread in historic oven B-Arts

News

… (10.00-13.30) at Newcastle-under-Lyme Library. Discover what funding and support are available to turn ideas into … out about HLF grants from £3,000 upwards Get top tips on what makes a good application Hear from a successful project … . This event is delivered by the Heritage Lottery Fund, Newcastle-Under-Lyme Borough Council and VAST. You …

How we’re helping to save the heritage of community traditions and ways of life

A historic black and white photograph of a group of Traveller people with infants selling flowers
Traveller flower sellers in the New Forest in the late 1800s. Photo: New Forest Gypsy Traveller.

News

… needs to be recorded and passed on to be sustained. We fund projects that help preserve and share this cultural … people, to film people from the Roma community sharing what heritage means to them. Read more about Ando Glaso's … heritage projects from £10,000 up to £10million. Find out what types of heritage we support, and what you can spend the …

Surrey First World War project wins £460,000 from Heritage Lottery Fund

Letters and pictures relating to Private Teddy Cutt
Private Teddy Cutt - a member of the Surrey regiment who was killed at the battle of Loos - surrounded by the correspondence to and from his sweetheart, who tried to find out what had happened to him.

News

… World War project wins £460,000 from Heritage Lottery Fund Private Teddy Cutt - a member of the Surrey regiment who … to and from his sweetheart, who tried to find out what had happened to him. 06/01/2015 Surrey Heritage, which … council, has received the money from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for the project called Surrey in the Great War: A …

Will you spare a few minutes to share your thoughts and experiences on using our website?

Take part in the survey