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Lottery boost for local heritage projects 10/06/2013 Ambitious plans by the friends of Portaferry Presbyterian Church to restore this building were recognised with the award of a £935,700 grant, while ArtsEkta’s project to explore and record the shared …

£3 million boost for Dorset’s spectacular countryside 18/06/2013 The South Dorset Ridgeway Landscape Partnership, made up of 14 local organisations led by the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), is an innovative mix of archaeologists, …

Purpose built Britten-Pears Archive opens at The Red House 14/06/2013 It has been built in the grounds of The Red House, Aldeburgh, the home which Benjamin Britten shared with Peter Pears from 1957 until his death in 1976. The new archive building is the …

Green light to over 100 heritage skills placements 04/06/2013 From digitising archives to identifying species, these work-based training opportunities have been designed to include more contemporary heritage skills, such as using social media and …

HLF website retains high accessibility standards 02/04/2013 The HLF website gained full accreditation from Shaw Trust back in 2011, but the hard work didn’t stop there. With the ever-changing online environment we have been committed to providing a …

Lavenham Guildhall wins lottery support 03/07/2013 The grant is part of a major project to update and redisplay how it tells its story, and how people locally can get involved with its work. The National Trust’s Grade 1 listed Guildhall of Corpus Christi …

Get set to Celebrate 03/07/2013 Today’s 11 grants worth £74,477 are the first from Celebrate, a National Lottery funding programme supporting events and projects which celebrate Glasgow 2014 or that are inspired by the 71 nations and territories which …

Nottingham City Council wins support for Highfields Park 02/07/2013 The project aims to fully restore the park, build upon its heritage and create a community facility for the 21st century.    Development funding of £280,500 has been awarded to help the …

Thornton: From the Ground Up – a new exhibition at South Square Centre 03/07/2013 A new exhibition opening in July at South Square Centre, Thornton, explores how the underlying geology of Thornton gave rise not just to quarrying but also to coal mining …

Heritage Lottery Fund success for Sheffield's Broomhall Centre 28/01/2013 Broomhall is such a fascinating neighbourhood with diverse and vibrant communities and a full and exciting history. Residents felt that with such a wealth of human experience and …