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The search is on to find the UK’s favourite Lottery-funded projects 11/01/2010 In the last year alone over £132 million of Lottery funding has gone to projects across Scotland. Now The National Lottery is encouraging these projects, and the thousands like …

The New Seaton Pottery 10/02/2010 An exhibition of over 120 ceramic pots created by Seaton Primary pupils, staff and parents will go on show later this week. Seaton Pottery is a project led by The Reading Bus, working in partnership with the staff of …

Shetland’s heritage 06/10/2009 Sitting on the southern tip of mainland Shetland, one of Scotland’s finest surviving examples of an early 19th-century lighthouse is to be restored and opened up to the public with the help of a Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) …

Heritage Lottery grants bring New Year Cheer to Churches 07/01/2010 From an exposed cliff side location to the urban inner city landscape, from Romanesque to Gothic Revival, each one is of important architectural merit and in need of attention. Brechin …

Heritage Lottery Fund helps put the heart back into Renfrew 21/09/2009 A grant of almost £800,000 was announced today by the Heritage Lottery Fund for a contemporary restoration and development project to re-establish the striking Renfrew Town Hall as a …

Fortunes turn for Lews Castle 31/03/2010 Sitting in a commanding position overlooking Stornoway, Lews Castle has been awarded development funding of £240,000 and a first-round pass* for a £2.6m HLF bid. Currently vacant and on the Buildings at Risk …

Heritage Lottery Fund helps save the last thread of Scotland’s weaving history 28/04/2009 The almost derelict group of buildings conceal the last remains of the history of Scotland’s textile industry, where cloth has been manufactured continuously on site …

Four Scottish parks set to bloom thanks to £4.8m from the Heritage Lottery Fund 15/04/2009 Four urban parks are to have a new lease of life thanks to major funding announced today by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). MacRosty Park in Crieff was awarded a …

Argyll gets economic boost with £2.25m investment from the Heritage Lottery Fund 12/05/2009 The economic fortunes of two Argyll towns are set to be turned around thanks to funding announced today by the Heritage Lottery Fund. Rothesay has been earmarked …

Regeneration of Govan takes a major step forward with Heritage Lottery grant 15/07/2009 The Townscape Heritage Initiative is a unique approach to urban regeneration and sustainable development using heritage as the catalyst. Town centres are regenerated …