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Credit: East Belfast Mission. 19 December 2024 Northern Ireland A place to call home - AHF supports affordable housing in historic building for people affected by homelessness Café volunteers at Poltimore House. Credit - Poltimore House Trust. 17 December 2024 England The Poltimore Phoenix Roslyn Works and CoRE. Credit - Re-Form Heritage. 13 December 2024 England Re-Form Heritage partner with Stoke-on-Trent City Council to help regenerate historic buildings and conserve the city’s heritage The Silverstone Museum. Credit - Silverstone Heritage Limited. 11 December 2024 UK Investing in the Future of Heritage Launch event for the '6 Park Street: Where Recovery is Possible' project. Credit - Recovery Scotland. 28 November 2024 Scotland Former School to Provide a New Home for Recovery Scotland’s Vital Support Services 4 November 2024 England AHF Grants Support for Community Arts Venue in Vacant High Street Building High street entrance to Cardigan Market Hall. Credit - Cardigan Building Preservation Trust. 29 October 2024 Wales Iconic Welsh Market Hall Reopens Following Full Repair and Refurbishment Old Yew Tree Cottage post conservation work. Credit - Farnham Building Preservation Trust. 23 October 2024 England A New Start for Old Yew Tree Cottage The exterior of Leith Custom House. Credit - Dave Morris. 10 October 2024 Scotland Creating new custom community spaces for historic Leith Custom House A  workshop run by Heart n Soul, a creative community and arts charity that works in partnership with Lewisham Arthouse. Credit - Richard Phoenix. 8 October 2024 England Securing a Long-term Future for the Old Deptford Library The exterior of Liskeard Library. Credit - Sean Hurlock. 4 October 2024 England Booked and Busy – Liskeard Library Thriving with Community Activity One Year After Reopening In Your Space Circus at the Old Cathedral School, Derry. Credit - Lorcan Doherty. 2 October 2024 Northern Ireland Grant Funding for Community-led Heritage Regeneration Projects in Northern Ireland 23 September 2024 UK Introducing the AHF’s New Head of Grants, Riona McMorrow Autism Together at The Enterprise Centre in Bromborough Pool Village, England. Credit - Autism Together. 20 September 2024 UK AHF Publishes its 2023/24 Impact Report Stanley Arts, London. Credit - Jan Koblanski. 17 September 2024 England Celebrating the AHF’s Transforming Places through Heritage Programme The launch of Kerrera Old School, now a community hub. Credit - Kevin McGlynn. 10 September 2024 Scotland “Small amounts of money very carefully targeted… that grows all this really big scale impact.” AHF Publishes Scotland Programmes Evaluation Report 3 September 2024 Wales Further Funding Awarded for Project to Save Former Church for Community Use Drapers Hall Concert - credit: Eugene McLaughlin 23 August 2024 UK Case Study Report Informs new Heritage Development Trust Programme Credit - Justin Lycett. 22 August 2024 England Read All About It! The Regeneration of the Observer Building, Hastings The Cellar Coffee Bar at Bridgwater Baptist Church. Credit - Bridgwater Baptist Church. 20 August 2024 England One Year On – The Bridgwater Energise Project Circus performers on stage at the Gorleston Pavilion Theatre. Credit - Gorleston Pavilion Trust. 15 August 2024 England The stage is set for a new era at Gorleston Pavilion Theatre Old School Thornhill. Credit - Laura Sparrow Photography. 12 August 2024 Scotland From Burnt-out Shell to Community Workspace and Youth Hub: Old School Thornhill Reopens Following Transformation Ingrams Yard Market. Credit - Julian Winslow. 7 August 2024 England Ingrams Yard - A New Creative and Community Hub for Ventnor Portsoy harbour, Aberdeenshire. Credit Paul Higson 31 July 2024 Scotland Six historic buildings in Portsoy, Aberdeenshire pass into community ownership protecting and revitalising historic harbour for future generations The Drewe Arms. Credit - Drewsteignton Community Society Limited. 22 July 2024 UK New Trustees Join The Architectural Heritage Fund 16 July 2024 England Work Begins on Project to Create the UK’s First Community-Run Shopping Centre Credit - Steve Brock of Newcastle City Council. 9 July 2024 England Iconic Keelmen’s Hospital set for new future Key handover ceremony at Inverness East Church. Photo courtesy of Cultarlann Inbhir Nis. 2 July 2024 Scotland From Church to Cultarlann: AHF supports creation of Scotland’s first Gaelic Cultural Centre 26 June 2024 Wales Affordable Housing in Beloved Historic Chapel 5 June 2024 Wales Adnewyddu Neuadd Ddirwest eiconig i adfywio Stryd Fawr Hwlffordd 5 June 2024 Wales Restoration of iconic Temperance Hall set to bring new lease of life to Haverfordwest High Street Sheerness Dockyard Church. Credit - Dirk Lindner. 3 June 2024 UK Vacancy - Head of Grants 21 May 2024 Northern Ireland AHF Grant Grist to the Mill for Belfast Cooperatives Image: Exhibition space inside Alfred House in Nottingham. Credit - BACKLIT. 13 May 2024 England ACEd it! Seven AHF-supported Projects Secure Funding from Arts Council England Tarlair Pool in Macduff, Aberdeenshire. Credit - Friends of Tarlair Community Group. 29 April 2024 Scotland Splashing News! AHF Grants Support for the Restoration of Tarlair Pool and Changing Rooms 25 April 2024 UK AHF is seeking a Chair for its Audit and Risk Committee and new trustees The Tudor Courtyard at Fulham Palace. Credit - Graham Lacdao. 16 April 2024 England Making Full Use of Fulham Palace Image: Keelmen's Hospital, Newcastle. Credit - Steve Brock of Newcastle City Council. 11 April 2024 England New Grants Awarded to Transform Historic High Streets in England In Your Space Circus at the Old Cathedral School in Derry. Credit - Lorcan Doherty. 25 March 2024 UK Eleven AHF-supported Projects Celebrate Community Ownership Fund Success Image: The exterior of Hay Castle. 19 March 2024 Wales The Final Puzzle Piece! Bringing Vacant Spaces at Hay Castle Back into Productive Use 13 March 2024 England Bourne Town Hall - A Place for the Whole Community Image: The Bandstand in Girvan. Credit - Adventure Centre for Education. 6 March 2024 Scotland Getting the Band Back Together! AHF Supports New Plans for the Regeneration of Girvan Bandstand Credit - Srburke, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. 3 March 2024 UK When Wildlife Meets Heritage! The Importance of Factoring Bat Surveys into Project Planning Image: Carluke High Mill. Credit - Jo Robertson. 6 February 2024 Scotland From Mills to Mansions: AHF investment helps projects come to life! 25 January 2024 Northern Ireland Vacancy - Support Officer Northern Ireland 25 January 2024 UK Vacancy - Investment and Programmes Assistant 22 January 2024 England Shaping a Golden Future for a Disused 500-year-old Building 8 January 2024 England Leigh Spinners Mill Secures Support From the Thrive Together Fund