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Local heritage explored thanks to Heritage Lottery funding 19/08/2009 Denny and Dunipace Mills Oral History project has been awarded a grant of £8,900 to research the 200 years history of the industrial mills in the area while the Votes for Women Project …

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 …

Scottish Churches Harvest Heritage Lottery Funding 01/01/2008 With three in Edinburgh and one in Ayrshire, each is of important architectural merit but in desperate need of repair. The seat of Episcopalian worship in Edinburgh to be restored: Old St …

Scottish National Portrait Gallery 01/03/2009 The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) today announced a grant of £4,531,000 to transform the Scottish National Portrait Gallery (SNPG), the first purpose-built portrait gallery in the world, into an exciting new …

Lights Camera Action 23/02/2009 The ever-increasing popularity of the BBC’s ‘Who Do You Think You Are’ series was the catalyst for a grant of £17,400 announced today by the Heritage Lottery Fund. The funding will help a group of vulnerable and excluded …

HLF funding saves Maryhill Burgh Hall 30/01/2009 One of Glasgow’s areas of highest deprivation has been thrown a lifeline with a grant of almost £1million from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to restore the derelict Maryhill Burgh Halls. Announced today …

Celebrating a Decade of Renaissance 20/01/2011 By the 1990s this most ancient of thoroughfares in Lisburn  had suffered years of neglect and economic decline to the extent that many of the historic buildings were in danger of collapse. However Bridge …

Major Milestone in Garden Restoration Project 14/02/2011 The Mayor of Antrim, Councillor Pam Lewis, welcomed Environment Minister, Edwin Poots MLA to the event that heralded the start of work at the former site of Antrim Castle by cutting a sod of earth …

The Future of Our Past 02/03/2011 With a massive £300million annual awards budget to allocate from 2013 to 2019, the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) is asking people across the UK about its funding priorities for the future.  In addition to consulting with …

Accessible Heritage 28/02/2011 Twenty-two young disabled people between the ages of 13 and 14 will be involved in the ‘Accessible Heritage’ project, which is supported through HLF’s ‘Young Roots’ small grants programme. The young people will explore a …