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Northern Ireland project needs your vote! 05/09/2011 A Northern Ireland project is competing to win the title of the UK’s Best Heritage Project as part of this year’s National Lottery Awards . Three projects have made the final with the winner to be …

Dorset Youth Association gains Heritage Lottery Fund support, youth club's history to become the present 01/09/2011 Mapping the history of voluntary youth services in Dorset the project will be led by a dedicated team of young volunteers, youth club …

Landmark romantic grotto wins Heritage Lottery Fund support 16/08/2011 The project, to be run by the Painshill Park Trust, will complete the latest phase of restoration works at the park, which is regarded as one of the most important eighteenth century …

Unique collection saved 31/08/2011 Some 60 years later, thanks to a Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) grant of £45,000, the Friends of Horsham Museum are embarking on an ambitious project to make these posters about everything from the theft of a fat sheep to …

Seals returning to the North East benefit from Heritage Lottery Fund investment 15/08/2011 The project, ‘A Date with Seals’ focuses on a colony of harbour seals (a BAP species*) living on the Tees Estuary, close to the RSPB’s wildlife reserve and …

£1million lottery grant to restore picturesque Portaferry 10/08/2011 Last year HLF endorsed Portaferry Regeneration Limited’s initial proposals to transform the conservation area, and following 12 months of detailed planning and development the full award …

Community to tell story Beyond the Brickworks 25/07/2011 The project, which includes filmmaking and dramatic reconstructions, has been made possible by a grant of £9,800 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). The Butterfly Fx are working with local …

Middlesbrough's footballing heritage celebrated 23/08/2011 'Middlesbrough 86', awarded a Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) grant of £42,900, brings together the whole of the Teesside community and enables people to collect and share their memories of the …

Tower Hamlets youth uncover historical impact of boxing 11/08/2011 The funding will allow them to pilot a young people led project that will explore the hugely influential historic social impact of boxing on the local community of East London. The East …

Dame Cleo Laine announces £346,300 for National Jazz Archive 26/07/2011 The National Jazz Archive tells the story of Jazz and Blues in the UK through photographs, printed articles, memorabilia, artworks and personal papers donated by leading musicians …