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Oakham Castle celebrates successful £2million bid Outside view of Oakham Castle, Rutland 01/08/2014 Oakham Castle has been awarded the money that will be used to carry out extensive restoration work, introduce a new and exciting events programme, as well …

Rock and roll – Lapworth staff celebrate historic redevelopment grant Professor Alice Roberts at Lapworth Museum Adrian Burrows 21/07/2014 The grant will provide funds for a large scale redevelopment project which will create innovative new exhibitions …

Illustrated London News launches First World War interactive archive website ILN's 'The Great Eight' illustrate life in the First World War 15/08/2014 The creative content agency was awarded £96,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) in April 2014 to …

Changing Tides explores Ramsgate's past and future Marjorie Woodward shared her memories of Ramsgate. Photo Kent Regional News and Media 15/08/2014 In partnership with The Ramsgate Society and Chatham and Clarendon Grammar School, the group will lead an …

Carole Souter writes Letter to an Unknown Soldier Statue of the unknown soldier at London's Paddington Station 01/08/2014 The site, which is creating 'a new kind of war memorial made entirely of words' to mark the First World War's centenary year. 14-18 …

Geffrye Museum receives funding for Writing Home project A picture of Private Arthur Webb during the First World War 13/08/2014 The museum has been awarded funding of £8,600 for a one-year learning project through the HLF’s First World War: then and now …

Volunteers in the theatre of war The surgical ward at St John Ambulance hospital in Etaples 11/08/2014 The moving testimonial of a St John Ambulance nurse who volunteered to save soldiers’ lives during the First World War is soon to be given a new life in …

Newcastle museum wins HLF funding to remember war Newcastle Remembers: workers at Enderley Mills in 1916 08/08/2014 The Borough Museum and Art Gallery has received the money from the Heritage Lottery Fund for a project called Newcastle Remembers. The …

Home Front Havering gains Heritage Lottery Fund support Havering Museum staff with First World War objects 01/08/2014 The project will run for two years and tell the story of local life during the First World War. The project will be launched at Havering …

New First World War Galleries at IWM London The Duke of Cambridge visiting the new First World War Galleries 16/07/2014 To mark the start of the Centenary of the First World War, Imperial War Museum (IWM) London is opening new, permanent First World War …