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V&A acquires personal papers of Britain’s greatest living theatre director, Peter Brook Peter Brook 01/10/2014 Nicholas Hytner, Director of the National Theatre, has said of Peter Brook: “Everybody in the UK, not just the performance world, owes a debt of …

Toynbee Hall beacon will shine brighter thanks to Lottery grant Exterior of Toynbee Hall 09/10/2014 Aldgate-based Toynbee Hall is a social welfare charity whose purpose has always been to eradicate poverty and increase opportunities for people to fulfil …

Boost to Scottish textile and maritime collections Finishing room, James Templeton & Co. Ltd 08/10/2014 Today HLF announced grants to the Scottish Maritime Museum in Irvine and to the University of Glasgow’s textile industry collection to allow them to …

Into the Future at Saddleworth 10/10/2014 The museum, run as a registered charity, celebrated its 50th year in 2012 as an independent museum serving the local community. The overall aim of the project is to put the museum on a sound footing for the next …

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 …

Darlington theatre successful in £5million restoration bid Interior of Darlington Civic Theatre 09/10/2014 The stage is set for a show stopping future for Darlington’s Civic Theatre which has received initial support for a £5million bid from the Heritage …

Bomber Command Centre gets wings with £3.1million from Heritage Lottery Fund Bomber Command Lincolnshire Bomber Command Memorial Trust 14/10/2014 The Lincolnshire Bomber Command Memorial Trust (LBCM), in partnership with the University of Lincoln, has …

Securing the future of historic East Anglian churches 30/06/2014 Six historic churches in the East of England will now be preserved for future generations with the help of grants from HLF. The funding will allow vital repair works to be carried out to …

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 …

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 …