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More training opportunities for biodiversity volunteers Participants in an entomology study 02/11/2015 The project will provide more taxonomic training for underrepresented species, especially those difficult to identify. It will support, signpost and …

Project to celebrate North East river secures National Lottery backing Heritage of the River Skerne will be celebrated Andrew Gill Aelphotography 02/11/2015 The money for the Bright Water Landscape Partnership will be used to develop a detailed action …

Citizen science project to care for ‘uncharismatic’ creatures Young people studying insects 02/11/2015 Today, we’re announcing £1.2m support for the Field Studies Council (FSC) to expand its biodiversity training work. The BioLinks project will provide …

Lough Erne to receive £2.9million National Lottery funding boost Carved stone figure on Boa Island Fermanagh and Omagh DC 02/11/2015 Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has granted over £2.9million to preserve and enhance one of Northern Ireland’s greatest …

Colman’s Connections Archive image of Colman’s Carrow Works factory workers 02/11/2015 Colman’s Connections, a project run by the Heritage Economic & Regeneration Trust, is exploring the history of Norwich during the First World War through the …

Million pound National Lottery win for the Gwent Levels The Gwent Levels 31/10/2015 The Living Levels project joins the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley, and the Elan Valley as recipients of this HLF funding. All are recognised as areas of great beauty – and …

St. Mary’s 3R’s Churchyard Project wins Heritage Lottery Fund support St Mary's churchyard has a wealth of heritage 31/10/2015 Led by local volunteers, the ‘3R’s Project’ will focus on the conservation and restoration of nine architecturally interesting …

Halloween funding boost for home of Pendle Witches! Pendle Hill at sunset Alastair Lee 31/10/2015 The area around Pendle Hill has long been associated with the story of 10 local people accused of witchcraft during the 17th century. However, the area has a …

Future of Northumbria’s frontier landscape secures National Lottery support Redesdale landscape is full of natural, built and cultural heritage 31/10/2015 From Julius Agricola, the first Governor of Britain to advance along Dere Street, to the thousands …

£7.5million to care for Scottish landscapes Loch Stroan, Dumfries and Galloway 31/10/2015 The North Isles in Orkney, Callander’s Pass on the eastern edge of the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park and the Galloway Glens will benefit from this …