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Tony Butler

A person wearing a black and grey suit, standing in front of a red brick wall

People

… He sits on the UK National Museums Director’s Council and its executive group, he is also a member of the small … Tony was director of the Museum of East Anglian Life (now the Food Museum) for nine years. He repositioned the organisation as a social enterprise and led a major capital development programme involving the …

Andy Milne

A portrait photo of Andy Milne

People

… Regeneration Network for practitioners, policy makers and academics (SURF) from 2003 to 2021. SURF is primarily … concerned with shared efforts to tackle the causes and degenerative impacts of poverty and inequalities. Prior … Scotland. He retired from full time work in May 2021 and now spends more time pursuing his interests as an amateur …

Funding for vital project on community care

News

… the changes in society since the 1990 Community Care Act and the impact it has had on people’s lives since then. A recent survey by Mencap suggested that people with … will be running the project entitled We Live Here Now, to challenge perceptions and widen community …

Orange Hall receives initial support for restoration and diverse local history project

View of the outside of Derrygonnelly Orange Hall building
View of the outside of Derrygonnelly Orange Hall building

News

… Orange Hall receives initial support for restoration and diverse local history project View of the outside of … staircases. The Sillees River Social and Cultural Society now aims to restore the building and increase its use as a … the development of the project. Detailed proposals are then considered by HLF at second-round and as long as plans …

Changing lives: former tree surgeon Graeme branches out

Man in black shirt

Stories

… with the National Trust. After leaving school Graeme, now 46, wasn’t sure what he wanted to do as a career and fell into various jobs from pub work and fire alarm … while they got me back under control and I realised then, from that point on, I shouldn’t really be playing with …

American wartime history brought to life

News

… life 03/12/2012 The project will reach out to young people and community groups through school visits and at local … on the beaches of Normandy. Colonel Paul W. Thompson, then commandant, said: “If the battle of Waterloo was won on … were so far from home fighting a war for a freedom that we now all enjoy. This project will bring to life North Devon’s …

Meet our committees: Atul Patel

Atul Patel
Atul Patel, NHMF Trustee and Committee member for the East Midlands

Blogs

… Meet our committees: Atul Patel Atul Patel, NHMF Trustee and Committee member for the East Midlands 07/10/2016 Atul … child in my school in Portsmouth. If anybody had told me then that Indian soldiers fought in the two world wars it … to an art gallery before if I hadn’t been involved in HLF! Now I've started to introduce my friends and family, …

20 years of the Disability Discrimination Act

Liz Ellis, Policy Adviser Communities and Diversity
Liz Ellis, Policy Adviser Communities and Diversity

Blogs

… Discrimination Act Liz Ellis, Policy Adviser Communities and Diversity 19/10/2015 Liz Ellis, Policy Adviser … properly recognised in legislation. The Equality Act 2010 now makes very strong provisions for promoting equality and … by political rhetoric and general inertia. The idea back then was not to discriminate against us, both in law and in …

Green Recovery Challenge Fund round 1

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… fund to kick-start environmental renewal whilst creating and retaining a range of jobs in England. It is open to … partners. Important The Green Recovery Challenge Fund is now closed to new applications. Read more about how we are … projects to apply. If we invite you to apply, you will then have three weeks to submit the full application. This …

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