The Digital Skills for Heritage’s end of programme evaluation report reveals thousands of people and organisations took part in and benefited from The National Lottery Heritage Fund’s investment. The full report, which includes recommendations for the future, can be downloaded below and is available in English and Welsh. You can also watch a video recording of the Digital Skills for Heritage Initiative Evaluation webinar briefing that took place on 8 March 2024.

To accompany the publication of the report: Evaluation of the Digital Skills for Heritage initiative, a webinar was hosted by The National Lottery Heritage Fund on 8 March 2024. The speakers included Tom Keyte, Co-founder and Senior Consultant at inFocus and co-author of this report, and Josie Fraser, Head of Digital Policy at The National Lottery Heritage Fund. This webinar discussed the impact and legacy of the Digital Skills for Heritage initiative including recommendations for the future.

The National Lottery Heritage Fund commissioned Dr Mathilde Pavis to produce a snapshot of what innovation in Artificial Intelligence (AI) looks like across the UK heritage sector. This guide can help you decide whether to, how and when to use AI within your heritage organisation.

To accompany the release of the Artificial Intelligence: a digital heritage leadership briefing, a webinar was hosted by The National Lottery Heritage Fund on 16 November 2023. The speakers included Dr Mathilde Pavis, the author of this briefing and an expert in intellectual property law, ethics and new technologies, and Josie Fraser, Head of Digital Policy at The National Lottery Heritage Fund. This webinar discussed Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the context of the UK heritage sector – the use of AI and its impact on the sector.

Digitisation can include making copies of physical originals in digital form, such as by scanning or photographing collections. It can also include projects that improve the quality or management of your existing digital collections. This guide was produced with the aim of sparking creative thinking on how your own digitisation project can use or adapt strategies that have been tried and tested by others.

Use this project planner and handbook to help you develop your digitisation project idea into a comprehensive plan. This resource is designed to help you to: define your project goals; assess what resources you have available; identify the scope of your project and create a budget; create a plan to find the resources you need; and make a business case or prepare a funding application.

This digital guide includes information on data protection and copyright, along with a range of tools, templates, checklists and frequently asked questions to help you take the right steps in open licencing and meeting GDPR requirements. It is aimed at The National Lottery Heritage Fund applicants and grantees and provides guidance on the default CC BY 4.0 licence requirements for your project outputs. It includes a downloadable toolkit.

The National Lottery Heritage Fund’s licensing requirement supports open access to the rich heritage in the UK and the exciting possibilities of digital transformation in the cultural sector. All materials created or digitised with grant funding are subject to this requirement. This guide explains open licensing and provides a step-by-step approach to the open licensing requirement for each stage of your project. It is aimed at The National Lottery Heritage Fund applicants and grantees but contains useful information for anyone who supports open access to cultural heritage.

Heritage can provide children and young people with exciting and innovative ways to unleash their imaginations and the internet is a fantastic tool for teaching and harnessing this creativity. All online activities carry a level of risk and it is key that you have considered children’s and young people’s online safety whether your organisation is youth-facing or not.

This digital guide is designed to help heritage organisations make their online content accessible to all. It outlines how people with a range of disabilities use online content. It offers advice and resources to help heritage organisations make their digital content accessible to all.

To accompany the release of the Digital Skills for Heritage’s Digital guide: an introduction to online accessibility, webinar hosted by The National Lottery Heritage Fund took place on 13 August 2020. The speakers: Josie Fraser, Head of Digital Policy at The National Lottery Heritage Fund, Alistair McNaught, McNaught Consulting and Harriet Hall, Campaigns Project Manager at The National Lottery Heritage Fund discuss key online accessibility principles.

To accompany the release of the Digital guide: online privacy and security, a webinar was hosted by The National Lottery Heritage Fund on 16 July 2020. The speakers: Josie Fraser, Head of Digital Policy at The National Lottery Heritage Fund and Naomi Korn, Managing Director at Naomi Korn Associates, discuss key data security and privacy issues facing heritage organisations.

Safeguarding the privacy of people in and across the heritage sector and keeping information secure is important. This guide includes checklists, practical advice and resources to help understand and manage online activity, and help you, and the communities you support, stay safe.