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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

£2.8m to Torre Abbey 25/01/2011 This award will fund the second phase of the Torre Abbey’s restoration programme, which will extensively conserve the medieval ruins, cloister wall and other key parts of the building - essential to prevent further …

Heritage Lottery Fund award gives Trenance Cottages a new lease of life! 06/10/2010 Trenance Cottages were built in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and provided homes for local families until the 1960s. From the late 1970s the building was turned …

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 …

Olympic Re-launch for Chesil Beach Centre 31/01/2011 This gives the go-ahead for the £1m redevelopment of the existing interpretation room, kiosk and public toilets to provide exciting new interpretation facilities, education space, indoor café, forecourt …