Digital heritage projects share awards worth £1m
The National Lottery Heritage Fund has awarded £1 million to 17 digital volunteering projects. The projects include Museum and Heritage Access 2022, which will train 30–50 volunteers from deaf, disabled and neurodivergent communities to ensure heritage websites are digitally accessible; CollabArchive, which will train volunteers at the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland in digital archive processing; and Ripon 1350, which will offer volunteering opportunities to mark the 1,350th anniversary of Ripon Cathedral.