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Postal Museum and Mail Rail open to the public

New mail rail carriages
New mail rail carriages

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… Postal Museum and Mail Rail open to the public New mail rail carriages … narrow gauge, driverless railway, before closing in 2003. Now, following the National Lottery-funded redevelopment of … Once visitors have taken in the museum, their ticket will then grant them access to a subterranean world that – up …

Changing lives: TOWIE helps Jessica bag a career

Jessica Starns stands outside the grand British Museum building, smiling

Stories

… funded project for young people gave Jessica the skills and confidence she needed to overcome setbacks and break into … still struggling to find employment in her chosen field. Then a National Lottery funded project for young people … meets once a month, and has been doing so for four years now. On top of running this group, she took on a number of …

Future-proofing heritage

HMS Victory in Portsmouth
HMS Victory in Portsmouth

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… annual investment programme that will help protect and sustain it for future generations. In a challenging and … our new Resilient Heritage programme, organisations can now apply for grants up to £250,000 to undertake tailored … help put an organisation on a more resilient footing, then we can help there too.  In fact, there are many ways in …

Cromford Mills – making industrial heritage safe

Arkwright Society chief executive Sarah McLeod
Arkwright Society Chief Executive Sarah McLeod

Blogs

… Executive Sarah McLeod reveals how her team battled paint and poisons to turn Cromford Mills into a cultural centre and … had been used as a brewery, laundry and cheese warehouse – then, from 1920 until its abandonment in 1979, it functioned … Phase one works were finally completed in June 2014. It is now hoped that the techniques used could be applied to other …

Applications now open for further recovery funding for heritage

Inside Exeter Cathedral
Exeter Cathedral. Photo: Emma Solley

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… Applications now open for further recovery funding for heritage Exeter … pressure during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and we’re committed to doing everything we can to support it. … thousands of organisations across the country to survive and protected hundreds of thousands of jobs. Oliver Dowden, …

How to protect bees, butterflies and bugs this summer

Mary Jackson, project manager
Mary Jackson, PolliProject Manager

Blogs

… How to protect bees, butterflies and bugs this summer Mary Jackson, PolliProject Manager … honey bees and other insects they could spot. They then uploaded this information to the OPAL website where it was analysed. This information can now be found on the Polli:Nation website . [quote]“This …

Bells and pipes at St Andrew's, Epworth

The 1937 Coronation Bell (tenor) at St Andrew's Church, Epworth
The 1937 Coronation Bell (tenor) at St Andrew's Church, Epworth

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… Bells and pipes at St Andrew's, Epworth The 1937 Coronation Bell … were installed approximately 80 years ago and they are now showing signs of distress as work on the wheels is an … condition when a major restoration was undertaken. It will then be in a sound condition for many years to come and will …

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… to support projects across the UK that connect people and communities to their heritage. We also distribute heritage funding on behalf of the UK and devolved governments. Heritage can be anything from the … to be valued, cared for and sustained for everyone, now and in the future. We believe in the power of heritage to …

Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage, first round

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… Important The Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage is now closed to new applications. Explore our available funding … announced by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) to safeguard cultural and heritage organisations across the UK from the economic …

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