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Landscape masterpiece receives conservation boost 23/03/2010 A river valley whose image has been immortalised by some of England’s best-loved painters is to receive a Heritage Lottery Fund grant of almost £1 million to aid its conservation while improving …

Christmas comes early to Prittlewell Priory with £1.3million boost 22/12/2009 The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) have announced their £1.3million award for the refurbishment of Prittlewell Priory Museum. Following the provisional award from HLF in October …

Heritage Lottery Funding for Colchester Castle, Essex 20/11/2009 The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has given the green light to Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service to work up plans to reinterpret and re-display Colchester Castle, Essex, it was announced …

Over £420k for Nottinghamshire’s historic places of worship 17/02/2011 The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and English Heritage are today announcing more than £421,000 to three Grade I and II listed places of worship across the county. The grants were awarded …

Saving Derbyshire’s great trees and their legends 10/11/2010 Now, a project to capture these stories and give the trees better protection has been made possible by a £45,200 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). The Derbyshire Wildlife Trust will be …

Exploring their roots 20/12/2010 The area’s history is unknown to most of its present residents but now a group of local young people are about the put that right, and present their discoveries in an imaginative way. Thanks to a £25,000 grant from the …

Autumn brings Lottery windfall for Whaley Bridge 01/10/2010 The two funds have awarded the grant through their joint Parks for People programme which aims to improve the local environment and put parks firmly back at the heart of community life. More than …

Heritage Lottery Award announces £2million to save Cromford Mills 27/09/2010 This is thanks to an award of £2million from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) creating new jobs and further economic investment into this area of rural Derbyshire.   The first …

Woodhall Spa Cottage Museum wins Heritage Lottery Fund award 12/03/2010 Won in competition with other supportable projects, the Round 1 grant of £64,600 to conserve the main museum building, redesign displays and improve storage and work areas, is a vital …

Grant gives green light to tramway learning centre 29/03/2010 The project has been made possible thanks to a grant of almost £900,000 confirmed by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). The Stone Workshop, which is currently not used because of a dangerous …