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Hartlebury Castle’s future secured with help of Heritage Lottery Fund Exterior view of Hartlebury Castle 07/10/2014 The Hartlebury Castle Preservation Trust (HCPT), with partners Worcestershire County Council (WCC) and Museums Worcestershire (MW), have …

UK Parks at risk 26/06/2014 The future of UK parks is under serious threat according to a report published today by HLF. The UK has some of the world’s greatest public parks, visited by 34 million people each year.  Despite investing £700m in parks since …

Lottery grant to tell the heroic story of First World War nurse Edith Cavell Edith Cavell (2nd row from the front, 4th from the left) at the nurse training school she ran in Brussels around 1912 13/10/2014 A First World War nurse and pioneer of modern …

Reservoirs to be transformed into new wetlands for London 07/08/2014 The Walthamstow Reservoirs in north east London are one of London’s best kept secrets. A grant from HLF is hoping to transform them into Europe’s largest urban wetlands area. The vast …

River Nene’s ‘dragons’ boosted by HLF support 19/08/2014 The future of our native amphibians and reptiles are under threat. An HLF-funded initiative called Dragon Finder is looking to restore and conserve their dwindling habitats. A recent assessment of …

Facing the Dragons 03/10/2012 An exciting new event took place this week to challenge community groups across the UK to pitch their projects to the ‘Heritage Dragons’, a team of heritage experts looking to hand out professional advice. Four diverse …

Seven Stories benefits from Collecting Cultures funding School pupil taking in some of the Seven Stories collections 10/10/2014 Today HLF has announced a £5million funding package to a range of museums, libraries and archives across the UK. Under HLF’s …

Helping to tell the story of Edith Cavell 13/10/2014 Edith Cavell, the First World War nurse executed for her role in helping over 200 allied troops escape Belgium, was an inspiration at the time of her death in 1915. Her story continues to touch people …

New website to help our parks to prosper 25/10/2012 This week a new website was launched to help public parks and green spaces increase their funding opportunities. HLF,  The Land Trust  and  Big Lottery Fund have created this new website, called  …

UK Public Parks Summit 25/10/2012 The summit brought together key decision makers and international experts to explore innovative ways to support local authorities and Friends groups to generate income in a climate of diminishing budgets and growing …