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Back on Track: Bowes Railway gets much-needed boost 17/01/2013 The project, led by the Bowes Railway Company, will transform the Bowes Railway in Sunderland into a top visitor attraction and training hub for the area. Focussing on the Springwell Colliery …

Vital £1.8m Lottery funding for Yorkshire and the Humber churches 28/01/2013 The grants are offering much needed funds to places of worship at risk across Yorkshire and Humber including St Leonard’s Church in Thrybergh, Rotherham; the Church of the …

Dig for Victory at Beningbrough Hall 08/02/2013 Beningbrough Hall has received over £42,000 from HLF for an exciting project, Beningbrough at War, at Beningbrough Hall and Gardens, 8 miles north of York. The project will show a series of displays and …

Britain's unique 8-sail windmill on the verge of an exciting new chapter 21/01/2013 The grant will enable the Heckington Windmill Trust to restore the wider mill site and create a world-class visitor attraction around the mill and its Victorian industrial …

Bell Restoration and Community History Project wins Heritage Lottery Fund support 07/02/2013 The project will remove and restore the six bells in the grade II* listed church. A new bell frame will be installed to replace the old oak frame dating from …

World’s oldest tube carriage rides again for 150th Anniversary of the London Underground 14/01/2013 Recently restored to full working order by the London Transport Museum with a £422,000 Heritage Lottery Fund grant, it's being hauled by the newly restored …

Completion of Chorley's major remembrance project 18/10/2011 'Chorley Remembers' will explore and commemorate the service of local men and women in conflicts throughout the 20th century. The project will culminate in the engraving the names of the fallen …

Village bells will sound once more thanks to Heritage Lottery grant 06/02/2013 A new generation of ringers will also be created as the restoration work gives a fresh lease of life to a parish bell-ringing tradition that dates back more than 550 years. The …

Young people’s history of Ladbroke Grove's 'urban village' 06/02/2013 Kensal House in Ladbroke Grove is a Grade II* listed building designed in 1936 by modernist architect Maxwell Fry working with social reformer Elizabeth Denby. Now SPID Theatre Company …

National Disability Arts Collection and Archive establishment secures Heritage Lottery Fund support 04/02/2013 Bringing together a number of disability led arts organisations, universities, galleries and museums from across the UK, the project aims to …