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From castles to composers: Heritage Lottery Fund invests £10.2m into four heritage projects 25/07/2011 These are: restoring Belfast’s SS Nomadic, famed for its Titanic link; imaginative plans for the ‘Red House’ to mark the centenary of Benjamin Britten; …

Dudley Zoo gets go ahead for £1.15m Tecton restoration 04/07/2011 The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has awarded development funding of just over £123,000 for the three year project. The first-round pass* means that DZG have up to two years to submit more …

Volunteers wanted for nature reserve re-vamp 01/09/2010 The three-year project will enable the Hodge Lane Conservation Group to build on work undertaken by volunteers during the past six years to restore and protect the various habitats to be found in the …

Major Autumn lottery boost confirmed for Telford Town Park 01/10/2010 The scheme for the popular 150-hectare Telford Town Park (created in the 1970s at the centre of the ‘new town’) will focus on making the park welcoming for visitors and improving …

Kent Set to Celebrate its Woody Heritage 23/11/2010 Announced to coincide with National Tree Week (27 November – 5 December), the five year scheme has been awarded a confirmed grant of just over £650,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF)*. Set to …

£1.6m for Bromsgrove Townscape Heritage Initiative 17/05/2011  An award of £50,000 in development funding, plus £16,700 of match funding from Bromsgrove District Council, has been secured to work up the application that will access a further £1.2m under …

Scottish Opera Wins British Composer Award 15/12/2010 James Watt: A Head of Steam was developed in partnership with Inverclyde Council, Riverside Inverclyde, James Watt College, Youth Music Initiative and The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) The production, …

The restoration of Knockando Woolmill 01/04/2009 Knockando Woolmill in the Spey Valley has been awarded a grant of £1.3million from the Heritage Lottery Fund to conserve it as a sustainable working mill, tourist attraction and centre for training in …

Diamond War Memorial 20/01/2009 The website is part of Holywell Trust’s Diamond War Memorial Project which is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund. The project involves the investigation of the stories of the lives and deaths of the many people …

£1.5million to Co-operative Museum 20/07/2010 Thanks to this award, the museum will be transformed and updated, creating new visitor facilities and learning spaces. New displays will be designed incorporating images and objects from the National …