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First Base Day Centre celebrates grant to restore home and help homeless 15/11/2010 This exciting five year project will give service users, together with local schools and the wider community, the opportunity to get involved in an education and activity …

The Girls who kept the Few flying 28/09/2010 Now, thanks to a £50,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), a permanent exhibition and study centre will be created. Grandma Flew Spitfires! is the project that will provide a lasting memorial to the …

Major Autumn lottery boost confirmed for Mote Park 01/10/2010 The 180-hectare park, originally a country estate and now one of the largest public parks in Kent, was converted into a landscaped park at the end of the 18th-century and now serves the …

HLF South East Committee welcomes new members 02/06/2010 He will be joined by another newly appointed committee member Alastair Fairley, it was announced today. Their first meeting will take place later this month. The HLF Committee for the South East is …

Church’s history seen through young eyes 09/05/2010 Recently, St Mary in the Castle has enjoyed a new lease of life as a temporary arts centre and the young people involved are hoping to develop this usage into the future. The research project, run by …

Beach volunteers to help rescue Hayling’s habitat 08/06/2010 The Sinah Common Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) at Hayling Island will have its fragile ecosystem improved and conserved in a project that mobilises the local community, under the …

Heritage Lottery Award for New Theatre Royal, Portsmouth. 05/08/2010 The Heritage Lottery Fund has given the theatre, a terrific public endorsement and recognition of the value of their project by awarding it a first round pass and a development grant of …

Future of Buriton Chalk Pits secure thanks to Heritage Lottery Fund grant 24/05/2010 The money will be put towards conserving the ecologically valuable chalk pits in Buriton, a well-loved Local Nature Reserve and Site of Importance for Nature …

Old Man River ready to roll along 07/07/2010 The Old Man River project, run by Big Fish Arts, will uncover stories from Sheppey and Gravesend associated with the Thames, the Medway and the Swale from 1660 to 1960. Yarns involving hulk family dwellers, …

Getting close to nature at Wildwood 22/06/2010 Spotting the shy water vole and building hedgehog homes are just a few of the natural pursuits that local volunteers will be able to turn their hands to thanks to an HLF grant of £46,300. The Trust has also …