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Lottery investment boosts key Dry Stone Walling skills in the North West Herdwick sheep on a dry stone wall 27/03/2015 The project aims to increase career prospects in dry stone walling by providing five training bursaries throughout the North West and …

Major town hall project to be taken forward 27/03/2015 The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has today given a £3.7million grant to transform the town’s iconic Grade II* listed building – already one of the region’s premier cultural and live entertainment …

Blyth Tall Ship charity secures £777,000 Lottery investment to buy and restore a tall ship Trainee at work at Blyth Tall Ship project 27/03/2015 The project will buy and restore a 100 year-old wooden tall ship, that will be on show to the public at the …

The future’s bright for wildlife volunteering CWT staff and volunteers Tom Marshall 27/03/2015 If you have ever wanted to help save and protect the wildlife right on your doorstep there has never been a better time as Cheshire Wildlife Trust announces its …

Harrow Museum secures £3.6m HLF grant Headstone Manor London Borough of Harrow 27/03/2015 The funding will be used to restore the medieval Headstone Manor building, the 16th century small barn, the 18th century Granary and build a new welcome centre. The …

Heritage Lottery Fund grant for Capability Brown Festival The East Lawn at Compton Verney Compton Verney 27/03/2015 The 300th anniversary of the birth of Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown will be marked with a nationwide festival, thanks to a grant from the …

Celebrating the father of the English garden The East Lawn at Compton Verney Compton Verney 27/03/2015 You’ve probably walked through a landscape created or inspired by him, but how much do you know about the strangely named man known as England’s most …

Celebrating Scotland’s Art – Scottish National Gallery Artist's impression of the National Galleries of Scotland redevelopment project, Edinburgh The National Galleries of Scotland (NGS) 26/03/2015 The £15.3million renovation, entitled Celebrating …

The show will go on, thanks to HLF Interior of the Georgian Theatre Royal, Richmond 26/03/2015 An impressive array of historic British theatres are able to keep the curtain rising and the audience coming back for more thanks to the support they have …

Bromyard Downs secures a bright future thanks to National Lottery grant A young visitor with an elephant hawk moth E. Bowen-Jones 26/03/2015 Spanning 114 hectares and reaching 700 feet, the Downs is a key landmark and home to an incredible array of …