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Birmingham – a city in the making 20/11/2009 Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (BMAG) has been awarded £4.8m by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) towards the £9.7m ‘Birmingham – A City in the Making’ project. The money will go towards the development of an …

Heritage Lottery Fund to restore Elford’s ‘lost garden’ 19/01/2010 The walled kitchen garden and gardeners cottage is all that remains of the Georgian Elford Hall estate, built in approximately 1825 by Henry Bowes, Earl of Berkshire and Suffolk. Remaining …

More than £1.57m for West Midlands historic places of worship 17/02/2011 The grants were awarded under the organisations’ joint Repair Grants for Places of Worship scheme*. Nationally, since 2002, almost £140million of grants have been awarded for more …

Royal West of England Academy to be transformed thanks to £350,000 21/07/2010 The award will fund the restoration and transformation of the main galleries, including the introduction of new environmental controls so that the academy can display more of …

Kempley’s Heritage Goes Online 04/05/2010 The award of £30,700 will allow the Friends of Kempley Churches to create an internet portal using a cascade of maps, both archival and newly created, through which users can explore a virtual model of the 20th …

Stepping the Tinners Way 04/05/2010 Their project is called 'Stepping the Tinners Way' and will provide an exciting opportunity to highlight the importance of this ancient route through walks, talks, workshops and filmmaking.  The Tinners Way runs between …

Heritage Lottery Fund to help safeguard the tombs and memorials at West Littleton church 04/05/2010 The beautiful little church in the village of West Littleton has a collection of 18th and 19th-century wall memorials and tombs in urgent need of …

HLF to support the Conservation of Milton Road Cemetery Chapel 04/05/2010 The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has awarded Weston-super-Mare Town Council a grant of up to £50,000 to support the repair of the Church of England Chapel at its Milton Road Cemetery …

Heritage Lottery Fund bid success for CISPP. 14/03/2010 The Carnivals In Somerset Promotion Project (CISPP) is the brainchild of long-time carnivalites broadcaster John Dando and wife Doreen, Sue & Gordon Stockman, Bridgwater film-maker Geoff Sherring, …

Chedworth Roman Villa 23/03/2010 A £3 million scheme to conserve and improve one of the National Trust’s oldest properties is set to go ahead thanks to a £700,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). Chedworth Roman Villa is one of the most …