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Young filmmakers honoured with award 15/07/2010 The 40-minute documentary competed against more than 80 other entries to become a winner of the ‘ Positive Images Awards’ . This national scheme celebrates projects which show young people in fair and …

North Yorkshire celebrates lottery win for Staveley Nature Reserve extension 01/09/2010 The money will be used by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust (YWT), which has owned and managed the 40 hectare site near Harrogate and Knaresborough since 2002, to buy …

New Holocaust project wins initial lottery backing 26/01/2011 The announcement comes just as the world prepares to mark Holocaust Memorial Day (27 January)*. HSFA is a Leeds-based charity set up in 1996 to protect the legacy of survivors who settled in …

New 'app' for 2014 Commonwealth Games 05/10/2010 Engineering and computing academics and student mentors from Glasgow Caledonian University joined with children from schools in Glasgow’s East End on 23 June 2010 to launch an initiative that documents the …

Voting opens to find the UK’s best lottery-funded heritage project 02/09/2011 The National Lottery Awards are an annual search to find the UK’s favourite Lottery-funded projects and celebrate the difference that these organisations make to local …

Coffin Works restoration to bring 100 years of funeral fashion alive 21/07/2011 Just under £1million has now been confirmed from Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) so that the Birmingham Conservation Trust (BCT) (previously responsible for restoring top …

Keats love letter to return to Keats House following successful City of London Corporation bid 30/03/2011 The letter was bought at auction in London for £80,000. With fees the amount paid was £96,000.   The City of London Corporation which manages Keats …

Journeys of Discovery 02/02/2012 Three groups of young people from across the North East will have the chance to curate their own exhibitions as part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad thanks to an HLF grant of £150,000. Over 100 young people have been …

Work to begin on Merthyr Tydfil's Old Town Hall 20/03/2012 Merthyr Tydfil Housing Association is leading the £8m project to restore the 112 year old building so it can be used as a cultural and creative industries centre for the local community and as a …

Steamship SS Shieldhall returns to service and wins Heritage Lottery Fund award 14/06/2012 A development grant of £143,600 will enable essential work to take place and a dry dock inspection at A & P's facilities in Falmouth in preparation for a submission …