📢Our Young Women in Mind grant programme is open for applications.
Find out more here tinyurl.com/yybhctdy

The SPAB Awards are open for entries.
Would your project fit in these categories? Best get nominating!

-Best Loved Award
-Sustainable Heritage Award
-John Betjeman Award (for places of worship)
-Building Craftsperson of the Year
-Philip Webb Award
spab.org.uk/get-involved/a…

Blue schools were named after the blue uniforms students wore – the colour was associated with charity and was the cheapest dye available. Girls aged from 7-12 yrs. were taught skills so they could become ‘useful’ servants. Fascinating stuff Sue Bowers English Heritage AIM

This week's All in the Mind podcast @bbcradio4 is all about the science behind why movement can benefit your mental health (and how annoying it can be to be told that exercise is the answer if you have depression). bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

As we wrap up the #FestivalOfLearning24 , we are very excited to launch the CollaborationCircle, brand new space for funders and civil society to design, learn and make funding decisions together🙌

We think this can be a gamechanger for how we fund, read more here➡️

📢 Reminder that we’re seeking to appoint at least 3 new Trustees to join our Board, including a Chair of our Audit & Risk Committee!

📅 The deadline for applications is 31st May at 5pm.

Find more details on these positions below. 👇

Heritage works for housing! 📣

Today, we're launching guidance to support developers in reusing historic buildings, delivering more homes and better outcomes for all. #UKREiiF

Read the publication and successful case studies below ⬇️

historicengland.org.uk/heritageworksf…

Thanks so much London Funders Great to be part of the #FestivalofLearning Young women’s mental health needs are gendered & services must be designed with that focus. It’s one of our priority funding areas but just 1.8% of charitable funding goes to the women's and girls' sector.

Great to take part in this London Funders
Thanks for hosting.

📢 Help us keep pushing the conversation around mental health further all year round.

Mental Health Awareness Week might be over, but we need to keep the conversation going, 365 days a year.

🔃 Retweet if you’re in.

Join us from 7 to 9 June at our Marquee of Endangered Crafts at the 20th Craft Festival in Bovey Tracey, featuring fan making, pigment making, marionette making, stave basket making, letterpress, maille making, willow furniture making and withy pot making. heritagecrafts.org.uk/events/marquee…

10th June is the deadline for applications towards our woodwork and wooden objects grant. The Radcliffe Trust and Pilgrim Trust have partnered with us to offer funding to eligible conservation projects for Anglican parish churches in England

churchofengland.org/resources/chur…

Featuring 18 months of evidence, #HeritageOnTheBrink provides a vital snapshot of the state of heritage in 2024.

Case studies, insights and data from the breadth of heritage set out a powerful case for investment in our sector.

Read the report here: bit.ly/HeritageCoL

We're looking for up to 10 young individuals and frontline practitioners to join our advisory group for our new Evidence into Action programme.

Training and meetings held via Zoom. £30ph compensation.

APPLY HERE: youthfuturesfoundation.org/our-work/inves…

Our grants for the conservation of textiles of historic, architectural, archaeological or artistic significance in Anglican parish churches in England close to applications on the 10th June . These are funded by The Radcliffe Trust and Pilgrim Trust

churchofengland.org/resources/chur…

Did you know churches provide around £55 billion of social value every year in the UK? This week is #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek , so we wanted to highlight some of the fantastic work churches are doing to help people’s wellbeing 👇

Our Young Women in Mind grant programme opened this week. Read more about fantastic charities we have already funded doing great work improving young women’s mental health.
tinyurl.com/2f8yxcjh

#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek

We want as many young people as possible to know that we are here for them this #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek . On our website we have advice, real stories from young people, and information on ways to get help. Please help us spread the word. youngminds.org.uk/young-person/f…

Very important Youth Futures Foundation call for research proposals looking at the rise in poor mental health among young people. Glad to see gender getting a mention as a predictor – so often overlooked.
YoungMinds Centre for Mental Health Children & Young People's Mental Health Coalition
#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek2024

Fantastic funding opportunity from Pilgrim Trust for members working with young mums in North East or North West England, Yorkshire and the Humber and Northern Ireland. Take a look 👇