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Success for Vindolanda 03/05/2013 Independent charity, the Vindolanda Trust, has been successful in securing a £525,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, which will support a development project costing just over £1m. Adding to the Vindolanda Trust’s …

Win for Silverstone 09/05/2013 The British Racing Drivers’ Club (BRDC) and Silverstone Circuits Limited are delighted to have been awarded a first-round pass for a £9.1million bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for their project Silverstone Heritage …

Story of a Royal childhood will be told 25/03/2013 The project will look at what a royal childhood  was like at Victoria and Albert’s family home, Osborne on the Isle of Wight, and has been made possible thanks to a grant of more than £766,000 from the …

Support for Scottish natural heritage projects reaches over £50million 02/04/2013 It is one of five major natural heritage projects to benefit from HLF funding announced today, bringing HLF’s total support for Scotland’s natural environment to over …

Brixton's in for a Lottery boost 02/04/2013 The award of the Townscape Heritage Initiative grant was announced on Thursday 28 March. The money will be used to work up a second bid with the local community and other partners for a further £1.95million that …

London's First World War ‘battlebus’ leads capital’s grant windfall 16/04/2013 The anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War is rapidly approaching and now an historic B-type bus – one of over a thousand driven from the streets of London to the …

Oakham Castle improvements move one step closer 03/04/2013 The council has now received £114,000 from the HLF for further preparation work during 2013 with a view to submitting a full and final bid later this year. A successful bid to the Heritage Lottery …

Larry Lamb makes surprise announcement of grant to former Brixham sailing trawler 07/10/2011 The surprise announcement, made by EastEnders actor Larry Lamb, will be shown as part of The National Lottery: Secret Fortune on Saturday evening on BBC 1. Larry …

That’s the way to do it! 27/01/2012 Timed to coincide with the 350th anniversary of Mr Punch and the forthcoming 2012 Cultural Olympiad, the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has awarded £240,000 for an exciting new project that will tour the UK this summer. To …

South Cliff Victorian rose garden to be restored 07/05/2013 The refurbishment of the Victorian Rose Garden, created by George Lord Beeforth in 1883, emerged as a top priority among people canvassed during a consultation exercise carried out by the …