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Telling it like it was 23/10/2012 Interest in family trees and local history has never been higher, but the voices and stories of people with Learning Difficulties are rarely heard. This is set to change with a new project funded with a £94,300 grant from …

Peter Pan Trust celebrates lottery grant success for children's literature centre 01/10/2012 The development grant, of nearly £220,000, comes hot on the heels of last week’s Creative Scotland award of £45,000 to the project and, together, they will allow …

London’s first Archimedes Screw hydroelectric turbine to start turning at Morden Hall Park 05/11/2012 On Friday 2 November, the turbine will be turned on by Simon Jenkins, Chairman of the National Trust, in the presence of Rt Hon Ed Davey, Secretary of …

What did you do in the war, Mummy? 12/10/2012 The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has awarded a £16,710 Your Heritage grant to the Flintham Society to undertake a First World War centenary project in the Nottinghamshire village of Flintham. Volunteers will …

Painted Hall secures Heritage Lottery Fund support for west wall conservation 06/11/2012 The grant will also support the delivery of conservation skills training and a programme of associated public, community and learning events. Created in the early …

Barn raising benefits 28/09/2012 Traditional barns are found all over Cumbria, but local tithe barns with historical features and comprehensive documentation are harder to find. Which is why the old Musgrave ‘Tythe’ Barn, close to St Theobald’s Church on …

Move over Tower of London! 02/11/2012 The historic Tudor mansion, which took two years to refurbish, scooped the top prize at the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Awards just months after winning the North West regional heat.   Judges said …

Restoration of Royal Festival Hall Organ 02/02/2010 Southbank Centre has been given the green light* by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to work up plans for a grant of £950,000 to complete the refurbishment of the Royal Festival Hall’s organ. The first …

History flows through Havant estate 22/10/2012 Thanks to a £283,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), a 4km stretch of the Hermitage Stream will become the source of a three-year project run by Groundwork Solent. Go With The Flow will work …

National Memorial Arboretum receives £2.85million grant from Heritage Lottery Fund 16/10/2012 Passing the second stage of the HLF application process, for which detailed plans on all aspects of the proposed development were submitted, has meant a …