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Parks Alliance takes major step forward thanks to National Lottery grant View of Bute Park, one of the many parks funded under the Parks for People programme 12/09/2015 The project, called ‘Creating A National Voice for Parks’, will provide the basis for …

£1.2m National Lottery grant to protect UK’s red squirrels The red squirrel 11/09/2015 The much-loved, endangered native red squirrel and its habitat will be protected and promoted through Red Squirrels United, a new four year programme bringing together …

Saving the red squirrel A red squirrel in Scotland Jon Hawkins Surrey Hills Photography 11/09/2015 The plight of the red squirrel is perhaps one of the most well-known conservation issues that the UK has faced. Since the 1870s the number of the once …

Uncovering secrets of North Yorkshire family archive A sample of documents from the Norton Conyers Collection North Yorkshire County Record Office 10/09/2015 The house is said to have inspired Charlotte Bronté in her creation of Thornfield Hall and the …

Big Lottery Fund commits £20m further funding to revive public parks The Level, Brighton after its National Lottery-funded restoration 10/09/2015 Combined with HLF’s commitment of £20m per year under the Parks for People programme in England, this takes …

England’s largest chapel reopens after £2.7m restoration St Nicholas' Chapel, King's Lynn Andy Marshall 10/09/2015 The country’s largest chapel of ease, St Nicholas’ Chapel in King’s Lynn, has reopened, revealing its host of wooden roof angels to the …

Ed Milliband witnesses Doncaster park’s return to glory Ed Miliband walking through Bentley Park 09/09/2015 Last week, Ed Miliband visited Bentley Park in his constituency of Doncaster North, to see how a £2.5million HLF grant has revived this community …

Heritage Open Days Oakham Castle 09/09/2015 This weekend is the biggest in England’s heritage calendar. Across the country over 1,500 organisations will throw open their doors free-of-charge and welcome more than 3million visitors to celebrate Heritage …

£5million additional National Lottery funding for First World War Centenary announced with new Dazzle It app Dazzle It app enables people to apply modern First World War-style dazzle camouflage to their pictures 08/09/2015 Dazzle It is commissioned by …

#Dazzleit - apply modern First World War-style dazzle camouflage to your pictures Dazzle It app enables people to apply modern First World War-style dazzle camouflage to their pictures 08/09/2015 Do you Dazzle? Today sees the launch of Dazzle It, a new …