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Museum of Zoology reopens thanks to mammoth volunteer effort!

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… Festival , a weekend of free activities on Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 June. We met some of the project volunteer … because what I did at Zoology is very similar to what I do now in my job." Charis, museum volunteer The museum has about … Museum in Cambridge after acting as a volunteer and then Museum Technician at the Museum of Zoology. “I think …

Remembering the sacrifices of the Somme

Dan Jarvis MP at the Somme
Dan Jarvis MP at the Somme

Blogs

… filled the air as men climbed from their trenches. And so began 141 days of the bloodiest battle of the FIrst … that sacrifice and reflect on how it changed our society then and shaped Britain today. In doing so we recognise it is … of the First World War. Our First World War: then and now  programme provides grants of £3,000–£10,000 for …

New £4m National Lottery investment in First World War Centenary

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… focus is perhaps a reflection of the War’s significance and lasting legacy, one that continues to be felt right … particularly the Small Arms factory in Small Heath. Now, we are making more money available for communities … £4million is now available through our First World War: then and now programme which offers grants from £3,000 to …

Digital Skills for Heritage Tranche 2 funding: Taking Digital Forward

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… skills development focused on innovation, enterprise and business planning to small heritage organisations. … The Digital Skills for Heritage Tranche 2 funding is now closed to new applications. Explore our available funding … account. From the pull-down menu select £10,000-£250,000. Then choose 'Start full application'. Please note there is no …

How Magna Carta still inspires us, 800 years on

Carole Souter, Chief Executive of the Heritage Lottery Fund
Carole Souter, Chief Executive of the Heritage Lottery Fund

Blogs

… great exhibition at the British Library, Julian Harrison; and by the Bishop of Lincoln (in the first sermon I’ve ever … they studied as part of their legal training – and then taking selfies with the perfect facsimile safely posted … video of what Magna Carta meant/s to people then and now produced. I would love to introduce those young people to …

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, …

£1m for First World War projects in the North East

Belgian refugees in Birtley, 1915
Belgian refugees in Birtley, 1915

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… 14/11/2016 Funding to explore Birtley’s Belgian connection and tell the story of Thomas Kenny VC has brought investment … East. Projects awarded through HLF’s First World War: Then and Now programme and made possible by National Lottery players, …

Activity plan good practice guidance

Publications

… of your National Lottery-supported project to engage, grow and diversify the audience for your heritage. By reading this … plan will help you understand: where your organisation is now (set benchmarks) where you want to get to (set your … the investment principles in our Heritage 2033 strategy. Then set out all the activity – in detail and properly costed …

Year of Young People evaluation: young people rise to the challenge

Children at Coalburn
Credit: Delvin Photo Ltd

Publications

… was the theme of Scotland’s Year of Young People 2018, and shine they did, our evaluation report found. Credit: … helped promote it and encourage applications, and then made decisions on where the money was spent. Grants … deprivation, on a site once dominated by high-rise flats, now plants and flowers flourish and community spirit has been …

Community to remember organic farming pioneer

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… one of England’s oldest organically-managed farms and the country’s first commercial yoghurt producer. After … to continue as a working farm and educational resource. Now a People’s Heritage project will train teams of … methods that are more widely accepted today but were then novel and experimental. Arthur’s work included …

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