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England, Midlands & East: delegated decisions February 2024

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… To hold community engagement events to help research and inform a book summarising the history of Scouting in … Award grant of £120,022 (62%) Sickle Cell Stories – Then and Now Applicant: Plasma of Hope Project description: This …

Hopetown: celebrating the North East’s railway heritage

A group of people outside a heritage building featuring a clock tower at Hopetown Darlington.
Staff from Darlington Borough Council and Hopetown.Darlington at the new visitor attraction. Photo: Ellen Hunter.

Projects

… railway heritage Staff from Darlington Borough Council and Hopetown.Darlington at the new visitor attraction. Photo: … Award Given £3264232 A state-of-the-art visitor attraction and community engagement scheme celebrates the historic … and Carriage Works buildings have been refurbished and now house a new exhibition space, archive and open store. A …

How I Got Here - Journey to Fareham

An old photograph showing a car and three people in front of a house
An old family photograph from the project

Projects

… £15000 The project focused on the exploration of maps and local archive material to illustrate the … from different cultural backgrounds and communities, who now live in Fareham. The Cultural Journeys organisation was … living in Fareham. Volunteers conducted the interviews, then translated, transcribed and edited them to create …

£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

… 30th birthday Former dock worker Leslie Morgan (centre) and children from the Gateway Learning Academy schools … of freshwater pearl mussels, save a pub, revitalise a park and more. We’re just over a month away from celebrating our – … to be valued, cared for and sustained for everyone, now and in the future.” Since 1994, we’ve awarded more than …

The doors of Boston Manor House have reopened following a £5.7m investment

The front of Boston Manor House, a Jacobean building set within parkland
The facade of Boston Manor House. Credit: Sadia Barlow Photography

Projects

… overlooks a beautiful lake along with ancient cedar trees. Now open to the public, the house offers year-round free entry, a new community programme of learning and public events, exhibition rooms, a modern café and a stunning wedding venue.    Inside the Jacobean building …

A new life for Wentworth Woodhouse’s Grade II* listed Camellia House

A Georgian stone building with glass roof and large windows. A lawn and stone fountain are in front of the building
Camellia House at Wentworth Woodhouse. Photo: James Mulkeen.

Projects

… has restored The Camellia House to its former glory and transformed it into a global tea house. The Georgian … Lady Rockingham, wife of the 1st Marquess, to entertain and impress her guests.  Along with the rest of Wentworth … Woodhouse. Sarah McLeod, CEO of the Preservation Trust Now the global tea house has a brand-new roof, a complete set …

Pennine Horizons

On Top of the World - Bride Stones, Todmorden
On Top of the World - Bride Stones, Todmorden

Projects

… are known as the 'hills that shaped the modern world' and with their 1,000-year history of rural and industrial heritage, their story has now been documented and preserved forever through a £573,400 …

Secrets of the archives

Comedian Johnny Vegas
A rather young-looking Johnny Vegas, winner of the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year competition in 1997. Leicester Folks Telling Jokes

Blogs

… The UK’s archives are full of astonishing artefacts and thought-provoking finds. We asked National … It's one of 80,000 previously unseen images by Deakins, now an Oscar-winning cinematographer, and photographer James … new wives. A letter from Frances Bankes to her son Henry (then aged nine) at boarding school, incorporating pictogram …

Revitalizing Lowestoft's Town Hall: illuminating heritage through digital experiences

Several picture frames with images related to the sea and naval history on a blue background
Lowestoft and the Sea exhibition at Lowestoft Town Hall

Projects

… heritage through digital experiences Lowestoft and the Sea exhibition at Lowestoft Town Hall National … hub, Lowestoft Town Council aims to ignite community pride and economic growth. Lowestoft's Town Hall has been unused … great to have this road map to a revitalised Town Hall and now it's time to move forward." … Transforming a Grade II …

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