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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 …

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 …

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 …

All Souls Church 29/09/2009 The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has today confirmed a grant of £3.3million for the outstanding Grade II listed All Souls Church in Bolton. This money will transform the currently redundant 19th-century building into a …

£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 …

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 …

New Chair of the Heritage Lottery Fund North East committee appointed 11/04/2011 His first meeting will take place in June 2011. The HLF Committee for the North East is made up of leading figures in the heritage sector across the region who are chosen for …

Rt. Hon Lord Derek Foster, Heritage Lottery Fund’s North East Committee Chair, steps down 30/03/2011 Washington resident Rt. Hon Lord Derek Foster steps down on 31 March 2011 after having spent five years chairing the North East England Committee of the …

Vindolanda to boost the North East economy 17/02/2011 With a 35% decline in visitor figures to Hadrian’s Wall since 1970 and the recent cuts in government spending for regional tourism, the imminent re-opening of The Vindolanda Trust’s two sites; Roman …