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Children and communities across the UK to protect pollinating insects thanks to £1.4m grant 13/02/2015 The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has announced support for the UK-wide biodiversity project - Polli:Nation, a programme which supports schools and …

Bumper regeneration boost for 13 town and cityscapes! Paisley Town Centre 12/02/2015 Local authorities and their surrounding communities in Scotland, Wales and England are celebrating their own National Lottery jackpot this week. They’ve been successful …

The unique life of the SS Daniel Adamson The Daniel Adamson in 1947 at Pier head Daniel Adamson Preservation Society 12/02/2015 With two Art Deco saloons and an elevated promenade deck, the SS Daniel Adamson has been described as a 1930s transatlantic …

Stars of ‘Mr Turner’ urge support to save JMW Turner’s House Mike Leigh at the gate of Turner's House 12/02/2015 Following generous support from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) with a £1.4m grant, as well as private funders, the trust must still raise a …

Tower blocks’ crumbling image restored in new archive of high life Royston B in Glasgow, shown in its partly-demolished state 12/02/2015 Social and architectural historians from Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) will create a publically accessible catalogue …

Royal Museums Greenwich awarded grant to open four new galleries A portrait of Captain Cook National Maritime Museum 12/02/2015 The Endeavour Galleries project will take place over the next three years, creating four permanent galleries in the National …

£3.8m Heritage Lottery Fund grant to restore historic steam tug-tender The Daniel Adamson 12/02/2015 Coming over 30 years after the vessel was taken out of service and 11 years since she was saved from the scrapyard by local campaigners, HLF’s investment …

The return of Hayle 12/02/2015 Lifelong resident Trevor Smitheram reflects on how investment in Hayle’s historic foundry has sparked the revival of this once 'down and out' Cornish mining town. In its heyday, the port of Hayle was an industrial powerhouse …

Grant success for the oldest Methodist building in the world Staff and volunteers from the New Room celebrate the grant success 12/02/2015 The historic 276 year-old Grade I listed building, in The Horsefair, is known as 'the cradle of Methodism'. In 1739, …

Compton Verney secures Heritage Lottery Fund support The Compton Verney Landscape Restoration Project – an aerial view 10/02/2015 The project aims to preserve, restore and celebrate an outstanding ‘Capability’ Brown park, which includes a rare, …