{"id":32622,"date":"2022-02-25T17:43:57","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T17:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=32622"},"modified":"2022-02-25T17:43:57","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T17:43:57","slug":"he-new-25000-grants-to-celebrate-overlooked-working-class-histories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=32622","title":{"rendered":"HE: New \u00a325,000 grants to celebrate \u2018overlooked\u2019 working class histories"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-32623\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/People_walking_past_market_stalls_Ruert_St_Soho_HE_Archive_AA100164-283x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"283\" height=\"300\" \/>Historic England (HE) has announced that it is making grants available to fund community-led projects that will celebrate \u2018overlooked\u2019 working class histories.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image: People walking past market stalls in Rupert Street Soho c. Historic England Archive AA100164<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026 projects of less than \u00a310,000 and projects that provide volunteering opportunities\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><em>Localgov<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>The Everyday Heritage Grants of up to \u00a325,000 will fund projects that aim to celebrate the built or historic environment of working class communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The histories of castles and great houses and their inhabitants are well documented, but we know far less about our everyday heritage,\u2019 said Historic England chief executive Duncan Wilson.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018From council estates, pubs and clubs, to farms, factories and shipyards, these are the places where most people have lived, worked and played for hundreds of years.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We want to explore these untold stories and celebrate the people and places at the heart of our history.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Historic England is particularly interested in funding smaller grass roots projects of less than \u00a310,000 and projects that provide volunteering opportunities for young people or people facing loneliness or isolation.<\/p>\n<p>Nigel Huddleston, heritage minister, commented: \u2018Our heritage belongs to us all and should be accessible to everyone. I welcome plans for new community-led projects to tell the story of working people across the country, bringing our collective and shared history back to life.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.localgov.co.uk\/New-25000-grants-to-celebrate-overlooked-working-class-histories-\/53725\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Historic England (HE) has announced that it is making grants available to fund community-led projects that will celebrate \u2018overlooked\u2019 working class histories. image: People walking past market stalls in Rupert Street Soho c. Historic England Archive AA100164<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32622"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32624,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32622\/revisions\/32624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}