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UK Heritage Pulse – your voice heard

Tom Walters

Blogs

… 30/11/2021 Tom Walters, The National Lottery Heritage Fund Head of Research, Data & Insight Our Head of Research, … launched this project  just a few weeks ago.  Listening to what you have to say My profession might make me a little … the frontline of the sector to help us understand what it needs and how we should direct our funding and our …

'Huge demand' for new Heritage Horizon Awards

Ros Kerslake

News

… transformational projects. The National Lottery Heritage Fund asked for Expressions of Interest – a light-touch way of … group of major projects that will set a new benchmark for what can be achieved through investment in heritage." Ros … group of major projects that will set a new benchmark for what can be achieved through investment in heritage.” What …

Remembering the Peterloo Massacre – 200 years on

Radical Read

News

… freedom from oppression, young people are expressing what protest means to them today. In 1819, more than 60,000 … to discover more about the historic event and to explore what protest means to them today. Here are some of the … event was supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund and Arts Council England. It was organised by Read …

The Woodland Investment Grant (round 5)

Programme

… and enjoy, as part of the National Forest programme .   What is the National Forest for Wales? The National Forest … and other landowners across Wales. Expand All accordions What TWIG offers TWIG is for landowners and/or those with … by the Welsh Government and The National Lottery Heritage Fund.  This is mainly a fund to carry out capital works. A …

Welcome to my world: a week in the life of an HLF development officer

Sally Roberts, Swyddog Datblygu yn nhîm CDL Cymru
Sally Roberts, Swyddog Datblygu yn nhîm CDL Cymru

Blogs

… Officer This is Sally’s penultimate week with HLF, and what a week it’s been! Reckon you could pick up where she … week actually! I want to give you a flavour of exactly what my job is really like, so I thought: what better week to pick than this one? It happens that I’ve …

Divine Beauty: restoring Birmingham Cathedral's stained glass treasures

Detail from a Burne-Jones stained glass window at Birmingham Cathedral showing figures
Detail from a Burne-Jones stained glass window at Birmingham Cathedral. Credit: Birmingham Cathedral.

Projects

… the project, as Birmingham Cathedral are planning to share what they learned in the course of restoring their Victorian … the project, as Birmingham Cathedral are planning to share what they learned in the course of restoring their Victorian …

Childrens’ poetry offers moving insight into life during the First World War

One of the young poets reading at Yarm1914 festival
One of the young poets reading at Yarm1914 festival

News

… Young poets have released a book of their work exploring what life was like on the Home Front and the Western Front … also be interested in... YARM 1914 wins Heritage Lottery Fund support to commemorate the Centenary … Never Forget, a … … Young poets have released a book of their work exploring what life was like on the Home Front and the Western Front …

£1.9million to increase the resilience of places of worship

An outdoor scene of a person welcoming a group of people to a church
Welcoming visitors to St Tydecho Church in Gwynedd, Wales. Credit: National Churches Trust

News

… Chief Executive of the National Lottery Heritage Fund Our collaboration on Cherish is a sign of things to … our new ten-year strategy this week, we’ve listened to what the sector and the public want. This grant will direct … our new ten-year strategy this week, we’ve listened to what the sector and the public want. This grant will direct …

Lottery opens its doors to private business

HLF’s Historic Environment Advisor, Ben Greener
HLF’s Historic Environment Advisor, Ben Greener

Blogs

… Historic Environment Advisor, Ben Greener explains how the fund is making grants available to private businesses to … of how the UK’s historic buildings are used by businesses. What it revealed was remarkable and paved the way to a new … of how the UK’s historic buildings are used by businesses. What it revealed was remarkable and paved the way to a new …

How a Stonehenge project helped people's wellbeing

Stonehenge
Stonehenge English Heritage

News

… famous stone circle to improve their mental health share what it means to them. “People in the late Victorian period … at sunrise £10m investment from the Heritage Lottery Fund for Stonehenge Sunrise on the summer solstice at … famous stone circle to improve their mental health share what it means to them. … One hundred years since Stonehenge …

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