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Boost for ambitious archive project to preserve Peterborough’s history 05/04/2011 Funding is now secured for the two stages of the project enabling the organisations to embark on an ambitious three-year programme of theatre and archive work entitled Forty …

Mesnes Park: £1.9million of lottery funding announced! 01/10/2010 The two funds’ have awarded the money through their joint Parks for People programme which uses Lottery funds to support the regeneration, conservation and increased enjoyment of public …

HLF award to restore Deane Road Jewish Cemetery 18/12/2010 The project will focus on the full restoration of the important historic cemetery features, including re-erecting fallen gravestones and the ornate listed archway – on which is inscribed “Here the …

Family day marks completion of Sefton Park £7m restoration project 11/11/2010 It follows two years of regeneration work that has seen a refurbishment of the watercourses, renovation to the rockeries and the monuments, as well as the installation of a new …

Canal project to take communities on a voyage through history 12/01/2011 A range of activities running throughout this year, the canal’s 250th anniversary, will help to promote the waterway’s unique historical aspects while giving volunteers plenty of …

£539,000 to conserve Lightshaw Meadows 22/03/2010 Community Forests Northwest has been awarded £539,300 by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to fund the conservation of one of the area’s most important natural landscapes. The grant will be used to purchase …

Museum of Lancashire to benefit from £2m upgrade 17/12/2009 Seven interactive galleries along with new visitor facilities such as a shop, café and improved access for disabled people are just some of the new facilities that will be on offer at the Museum …

Everyone’s a Winner! 15/10/2009 Today, a massive windfall of over £18million has been given to six of the UK’s much-loved public parks by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and Big Lottery Fund (BIG). This cash injection brings the total invested in public …

Heritage Lottery Fund helps safeguard rare parish library 24/05/2010 The award of £33100 will allow the Parochial Church Council (PCC) and the Trustees of the Tinclar Library to carry out renovation and repairs to St. Patrick’s Hall - an historic building …

Ways of Seeing 16/07/2010 Focusing on the period since the Second World War the young people, aged 14 to 24, will explore how the lives, landscape and buildings in these areas have influenced the present-day environment. The project is being run by …