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Oh Happy Day! Black gospel music’s UK roots preserved 13/05/2011 Newham-based Zoe Gospel Promotions will be tracing the effect of post World War II immigration on black gospel music in London. With virtually no archives in existence the project will tap …

Orchard project gets back to London’s core values 11/05/2011 Now, with the aid of a £50,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) The London Orchard Project will be working with volunteers from across the capital to map the surviving trees and …

Mary Stevens Park transformation moves closer 20/12/2010 Dudley Council’s £1.9m Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and the BIG Lottery Fund (BIG) bid has been given a first round pass* and the funding body has granted £116,100 development funding for the …

New exhibition in former hospital ward will celebrate history of medicine 19/01/2011 A new permanent exhibition, celebrating the history of medicine, is being created in a ward of the former Worcester Royal Infirmary, to be called Museum@WRI. The British …

Regal Cinema celebrates Christmas with funding win 22/12/2010 The news will be warmly welcomed by Tenbury Town Council and the cinema volunteers, who have campaigned passionately to see the Grade II listed Art Deco building restored and conserved. Unlike …

The Sky's The Limit 18/01/2011 The Real Ideas Organisation (RIO) has been successful in its first-round* bid to restore the Devonport Column as part of the continued regeneration of the Devonport area. RIO has been awarded £21,000 by the Heritage Lottery …

Heritage Lottery Fund helps canal tunnel project set sail 04/10/2010 Development funding of £118,000 has been awarded by HLF to help progress the plans. The first-round pass* means that the trust can now progress to the second stage of the HLF application …

Glasshouse to realise vision for the future with HLF grant 04/11/2010 The money will restore the Lower Glasshouse, a key part of the Glasshouse site - an old crystal glass making factory with a continuous history of glasswork dating back to 1691 – and …

Weoley Castle facelift completed 14/10/2010 Weoley Castle Ruins is one of ten scheduled monuments in Birmingham, Grade II listed, and currently on English Heritage’s ‘At Risk’ register. The two-year project safeguards the future of the ruins, which date …

Plans to save Castle Drogo a step closer thanks to funding 22/11/2010 This first-round pass award means that the National Trust can progress to the second stage of the HLF application process, where they will be seeking £2.5million of HLF support towards …