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Environmental sustainability good practice guidance
The Heritage Fund is committed to supporting nature recovery and environmental sustainability across all our activity. We expect the projects we fund to help protect the environment.
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Intangible cultural heritage good practice guidance
Intangible cultural heritage is the knowledge and traditions inherited from previous generations and passed on to our descendants. It’s an important type of heritage that’s part of everyone’s life in some way.
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Oral history good practice guidance
Oral history is the recording and archiving of people’s memories, feelings and attitudes. It plays a crucial role in expanding the historic record to include a wider range of people and their experiences.
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Organisational sustainability and resilience good practice guidance
Organisations that are sustainable and resilient are better able to adapt to changing circumstances and take advantage of new opportunities, leading to greater impact and stronger legacies for heritage projects.
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Training and skills development good practice guidance
Whether it’s the entire focus of your project or one element within it, we want to ensure we’re funding high quality training that meets the needs and priorities of heritage, organisations and people and will make a long-term difference.
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Volunteers good practice guidance
A huge proportion of the projects we fund involve volunteers – we want to ensure they have a positive experience when working with your heritage project.
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Conservation planning good practice guidance
Conservation planning is a process that will help you understand your heritage and its importance and ensure it is valued, cared for and sustained for everyone, now and in the future.
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Working with open licences
This guide is designed to help heritage organisations meet The National Lottery Heritage Fund's open licencing requirement.
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Creating digital resources: GDPR, copyright and using open licences
A new toolkit to help heritage projects openly licence digital materials, in line with copyright and privacy rules.