A talk from Heeley Trust.

A talk from The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Tours of Heeley Trust's buildings.

Tours of Heeley Trust's buildings.

It was nice to reunite the #HeritageDevelopmentTrusts again today for a gathering in Sheffield, featuring interesting talks and a tour of Heeley Trust's buildings.

Many thanks to The National Lottery Heritage Fund for making our Heritage Development Trusts programme possible. (1/2)

Middleport Pottery. Credit- Re-Form Heritage.

Harper Street. Credit - Jenny Harper.

Bethesda Methodist Chapel. Credit - Re-Form Heritage.

HDT representatives gathered inside Bethesda Methodist Chapel. Credit - Re-Form Heritage.

🔎🏚 #HeritageDevelopmentTrusts Spotlight – Re-Form Heritage.
 
@re-formheritage.bsky.social transforms historic buildings at risk into places that inspire, educate & connect people with their past, benefitting the local and wider community in Stoke-on-Trent.
 
Read more:
ahfund.org.uk/projects/re-...

We’re proud to fund this HDT Programme alongside The National Lottery Heritage Fund to help drive these projects forward. @heritagefunduk.bsky.social

#StokeOnTrent #HeritageDevelopmentTrusts #Regeneration #AHF #HeritageFund #Potteries (3/3)

It was an energising few days, partly fuelled by the delicious Staffordshire oatcakes and appreciation of the shrine to Lemmy! Plenty of learning to inform the action plans of each Trust. (6/6)

#HeritageDevelopmentTrusts
#StokeRegeneration #PlaceMaking #BuiltEnvironment #HeritagePlaces

People gathered in front of a statue of Lemmy.

People sitting at tables inside a room at Middleport Pottery.

What an exceptional two days exploring the future of heritage and regeneration in Stoke-on-Trent with #HeritageDevelopmentTrusts from around the UK. We extend our gratitude to every delegate who joined us at Jubilee Hall, Hanley, Burslem, and the incredible @middleportpottery.bsky.social. (1/6) 👇

AHF staff and trustee doing the Crossed Finger pose to celebrate Crossed Finger Selfie Day.

Heritage Development Trust representatives posing on some steps next to an old building on Portsoy Harbour.

Heritage Development Trust representatives gathered in Leicester for a workshop.

Heritage Development Trust representatives gathered in Glasgow for a walking tour of the city.

It’s Crossed Finger Selfie Day and we’re joining @heritagefunduk.bsky.social to celebrate the difference made by #NationalLottery players.

#BecauseOfYou we’re able to support inspiring #HeritageDevelopmentTrusts across the UK to reimagine, repair and reuse historic buildings in their communities.

Temperance Hall, Haverfordwest. Image courtesy of Haverfordwest Heritage.

🔎🏚 #HeritageDevelopmentTrusts Spotlight – Haverfordwest Heritage.

@haverfordwestheritage.org.uk aims to revive key neglected heritage buildings in Haverfordwest & bring them back into use for community benefit, creating a better place to live, work, learn & visit.

Read more:
👉 bit.ly/3LDmasr

Saved from demolition and restored by Re-Form Heritage, one of our #HeritageDevelopmentTrusts, the Harper Street terrace has now been open to the public for three years. (3/5)

Concept proposal for the Old Market Store and Fair Meadow Car Park, Redruth. People can be seen walking and sitting down outside the building as children run around and play on the newly landscaped path. One person walks past the building with their bicycle. Credit: Redruth Revival CIC and SEED Landscape Design.

🔔 Funding announcement - a new life ahead for the Old Store!

We have awarded a grant to Redruth Revival CIC, one of our #HeritageDevelopmentTrusts, to support plans to repurpose the Old Market Store on Fair Meadow in Redruth as a new community-facing cycle hub.

Learn more:
➡️ bit.ly/4pZJ2SB

Our #HeritageDevelopmentTrusts programme is made possible with support from @heritagefunduk.bsky.social.

The exterior of Bishop’s Gate Hotel. Credit - Tony Monaghan.

AHF visit to Derry in 2024 to see 17-20 Magazine Street under development. Credit - Tony Monaghan.

The view of the completed 17-20 Magazine Street from the city walls. Credit - Jim McCafferty for Inner City Trust.

🔎🏚 #HeritageDevelopmentTrusts Spotlight – Inner City Trust.

The Inner City Trust restores heritage buildings, supports communities, and enables job creation, advancing the physical, social and economic regeneration of Derry-Londonderry.

Learn more: 👇
ahfund.org.uk/projects/inn...

National Lottery funding for seven Derry heritage projects - BBC News The projects include the regeneration of the former Austins deprtment store and St Columb's Hall.

Amazing news for one of our #HeritageDevelopmentTrusts, Inner City Trust! They have been awarded funding from @heritagefunduk.bsky.social to begin work to rescue, restore and reimagine the iconic former Austins department store. Congratulations. 🎉
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

HDT representatives posing up a staircase at the listed marble workshop buildings at Portsoy old harbour.

The series of historic A-listed buildings now owned by NESPT.

Inside the Salmon Bothy, Portsoy, as Gavin Richards, HDT Programme Manager, introduces the afternoons programme.

Looking across the bay to the Sail Loft, converted from ruinous structures to a vibrant bunkhouse accommodation by NESPT.

We welcomed #HeritageDevelopmentTrusts from across the UK to Portsoy today for a chance to compare notes, share updates & hear from host North East Scotland Preservation Trust celebrating 40 years regenerating historic buildings - including Sail Loft & current projects at the Cat. A-listed harbour.

It's fantastic to see that The Buttermarket in Redruth has been shortlisted for the Heritage Award at the RICS UK Awards 2025! Congratulations to Redruth Revival, one of our #HeritageDevelopmentTrusts. 👏
www.rics.org/training-eve...

We're proud to have supported this project. Find out more below.

We are pleased to have supported this project with three #TransformingPlaces grants since 2022.

Heritage Lab Ramsgate is also one of the AHF’s 19 #HeritageDevelopmentTrusts across the UK, supported by a strategic partnership with @heritagefunduk.bsky.social. (2/2)

Heading south and westwards today on long journey to meet @archhfund.org.uk's #HeritageDevelopmentTrusts in Redruth. We'll be touring some local sites, incl revitalised historic Buttermarket, & catching up on challenges faced & solutions found. There will be pictures!

📣 It’s National Lottery Open Week.

As a way of saying #ThanksToYou, Re-Form Heritage - one of the #HeritageDevelopmentTrusts supported by our partnership with The National Lottery Heritage Fund – is offering free access to the Middleport Pottery Heritage Trail from today until Sunday 23 March. ⬇️

Our #HeritageDevelopmentTrusts programme is made possible with support from @heritagefunduk.bsky.social.

Minister announces £1.2m investment for regeneration project within Londonderry’s historic walled city Communities Minister Gordon Lyons today announced a grant of £1.2million for the purchase of the former ‘Austins’ department store in the heart of Londonderry’s historic city centre. Austins is a land...

Fantastic news for Inner City Trust, one of our #HeritageDevelopmentTrusts. 🎉

Department for Communities Minister Gordon Lyons has today announced a £1.2m grant to the Trust, enabling the purchase of the former 'Austins' department store. 👇
www.communities-ni.gov.uk/news/ministe...

The restored facade of the former Mining Exchange, which is part of the Buttermarket.

The dining hall inside the Buttermarket. People are sitting down at tables to eat and socialise.

The base of the St Piran Cycle Team inside the Buttermarket. There is a bike on display as one person talks to a group of people.

The Buttermarket courtyard in the evening.

Happy #StPiransDay!

We’re starting the day by sharing some more photos from the official launch of #AHFsupported Buttermarket.

ICYMI: Redruth Revival has brought this complex of derelict buildings back into use as a vibrant cultural and community hub.
👉 bit.ly/4jyIfot

#HeritageDevelopmentTrusts

The group of Heritage Development Trusts from across the UK standing outside some buildings in Leicester.

The group of Heritage Development Trusts are sitting around tables for a workshop.

The group of Heritage Development Trusts watching a presentation by Sir Peter Soulsby, Mayor of Leicester.

What a lovely two days we've had in Leicester - it was great to gather with #HeritageDevelopmentTrusts from across the UK once again. A huge thank you to Leicester City Council for hosting!

The exterior of Chatham Unitarian Church in Kent. Courtesy of Intra Community Trust.

The exterior of the Marble Warehouse in Portsoy. Credit - North East Scotland Preservation Trust.

The exterior of the Marble Workshop in Portsoy. Credit - North East Scotland Preservation Trust.

🚨 Funding news!

Made possible by our partnership with @heritagefunduk.bsky.social, we have awarded new grants to support projects by two of our #HeritageDevelopmentTrusts, Intra Community Trust and North East Scotland Preservation Trust.

Find out more:
👉 bit.ly/4gVaVW1

Fantastic news for @re-formheritage.bsky.social! They are taking on the ownership of Bethesda Methodist Chapel in Hanley. 🎉

Future plans will see the little-used former place of worship transformed into a thriving centre for education and events. #HeritageDevelopmentTrusts

The restored facade of the Buttermarket in Redruth.

People gathered for the official opening of the Buttermarket. They are standing in the restored courtyard.

AHF CEO, Matthew Mckeague, giving a speech at the launch of the Buttermarket.

People gathered in the Buttermarket dining hall, where they are enjoying food and socialising.

Thanks to Redruth Revival CIC, one of our #HeritageDevelopmentTrusts, for having us at the official launch of the Buttermarket last week.

This important cluster of Grade II listed buildings has been given a new lease of life as a thriving cultural & community hub.

Find out more:
👉 bit.ly/4jyIfot

A large group of people smiling in front of the Waterworks in Medway, as they celebrate the announcement of the Heritage Development Trusts programme back in December 2023. Credit - Chris Gorman.

Job alert! Here's an opportunity to join the team of one of our #HeritageDevelopmentTrusts.

Intra Community Trust is seeking an Executive Director to lead the way in revitalising the Old High Street Intra conservation area & the wider Medway area.

More info: ⬇️
bit.ly/4hgD6QB

Re-Form Heritage is one of the organisations supported by our #HeritageDevelopmentTrusts programme, which is made possible with funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

The exterior of Roslyn Works in Stoke-on-Trent. Credit - Re-Form Heritage.

The exterior of CoRE in Stoke-on-Trent. Credit - Re-Form Heritage.

Great news - Stoke-on-Trent City Council has announced that it will transfer two council-owned, listed heritage sites to Re-Form Heritage, one of our #HeritageDevelopmentTrusts, on a leasehold basis.

Learn more:
➡️ bit.ly/3ZQWixX

This is supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) and #HeritageDevelopmentTrusts

This is supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) and #HeritageDevelopmentTrusts

See below for exciting news on the proposed transfer of two listed heritage buildings in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, from the city council to ourselves.

Many thanks to @archhfund.org.uk and The National Lottery Heritage Fund for their ongoing support for the #HeritageDevelopmentTrusts programme.