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Filling the skills gap 20/06/2012 An exciting project that will help train young people in heritage conservation skills has been given a Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) grant of £302,900, it was announced today. Run by the North of England Civic Trust, …

Newly renovated Barking Park is officially open 12/06/2012 Barking Park has been transformed thanks to a £7.5m two-year project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and Barking and Dagenham Council. Work began in August 2010 and was finished earlier …

All Our Stories event at St. Fagans: National History Museum 16 June 2012 14/06/2012 The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) will be at the BBC’s The Great British Story event at St Fagans: National History Museum this weekend (16 June) to announce details of a …

Hexham Abbey secures £1.8m grant for exciting project 31/05/2012 The landmark announcement follows more than a year of public fundraising. Ivor Crowther, Head of the Heritage Lottery Fund North East, said: “Hexham Abbey has played a pivotal role in the …

Project Florence gains Heritage Lottery Fund support 29/05/2012 Project Florence will run alongside Operation Nightingale, an inspirational scheme in which injured soldiers have been working with archaeologists, using archaeology as a rehabilitation …

All Our Stories: find out how YOU could apply for a lottery grant at the BBC’s latest roadshow event 24/05/2012 The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) will be at the BBC’s The Great British Story event at Mount Stewart House and Gardens this weekend to announce …

London’s only urban beach opens 29/05/2012 In Edwardian times, families from across the capital descended on 'Margate Sands' in Bishops Park every summer.   Now, Hammersmith & Fulham (H&F) Council, with the help of the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and Big …

Time Tunnel project traces town's pop music past 29/05/2012 But all that is about to change thanks to the Hertfordshire Music Service and Youth Connexions backed up by a £7,300 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). In recent years a group of young …

Learning centre for new country park 16/05/2012 The project, at Newstead and Annesley Country Park, will help to train up volunteers who are vital to the park’s future success. Newstead Enterprise is a not-for-profit organisation and registered charity …

Heritage Lottery Fund supports Scotland’s designs on a new international museum 11/05/2012 The V&A at Dundee is an inspirational project which will showcase Scotland’s great design heritage to the world while inspiring and developing home-grown talent and …