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Brighton & Hove successfully bids to bring Turner watercolour to the city 27/01/2012 The Royal Pavilion & Museums service – part of Brighton & Hove City Council – successfully bid for the watercolour, The Chain Pier at Brighton, at an auction at …

We all love to be beside the seaside! 30/01/2012 Local young people are set to uncover the history of the great British seaside thanks to the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), it is being announced today. The North Tyneside Voluntary Organisations Development …

New education spaces for Exeter Cathedral 01/02/2012 The grant will enable a dedicated education space to be created for the first time and employ specialist education and archives staff. Through the project, a former archive space will be transformed …

Peterborough Cathedral wins Heritage Lottery Fund support for Heritage & Education Centre 27/01/2012 The award includes development funding of £320,900 to help Peterborough Cathedral progress its plans to apply for a full grant at a later date. This …

Museum celebrates funding boost 31/01/2012 A confirmed grant of just over £249,000 has been awarded by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) following a successful bid by the Royal Borough’s libraries, arts and heritage team. The money means the recently opened …

Settle Stories archive gets funding 26/01/2012 But thanks to £50,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), a new archive being set up by Settle Stories will let students and fans of the Yorkshire Dales go on-line to hear stories about what life was like …

Investing in Success 05/03/2010 A new report published today, commissioned by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), reveals for the first time the scale of the heritage tourism industry in the UK, estimating its gross domestic product (GDP) contribution to be …

Dr Manon Williams appointed to Board of HLF and NHMF 11/01/2012 She takes over from Dan Clayton Jones who steps down after seven years.  Dr Williams will join the 15-strong Board of Trustees, which includes leading figures from the heritage sector, …

100 years of world-beating fighter aircraft will be marked 05/01/2012 But the fact that no other town in the country has contributed so much to the UK’s air forces has largely been overlooked. Now a group of former employees and aviation enthusiasts will …

RAF’s unsung heroes will have their story told 10/01/2012 That is now set to change with an interactive information point at the National Memorial Arboretum thanks to a £5,100 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). For much of the 20th century, …