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The Heritage Lottery Fund says ‘Whey aye’ to the North East with a £25,000 Young Roots grant. 26/01/2011 Led by young people, from Newcastle, and run by a leading UK charity Headliners, the project focuses on the origins of the Geordie dialect and its …

Christmas comes early for The Green with £1.1m Lottery investment 20/12/2010 The Green lies between the picturesque North Cumbrian coastline and the Victorian town buildings of Silloth-on-Solway. A busy local park, The Green has always relied heavily on …

City of dreaming spires to benefit from £3.4million investment 25/01/2011 The University Church of St Mary the Virgin – featuring the tallest ‘dreaming spire’ in Oxford and nestling among some of the most iconic built heritage in the country – has been …

Christmas comes early for ‘Westminster Abbey of Wales’ thanks to HLF funding 16/12/2010 The Galilee Chapel adjoins the Grade I listed St. Illtud’s Church, has been described as the Westminster Abbey of Wales for its unique collection of Celtic carved …

HLF to help Ditchling Museum realise vision 20/12/2010 The money will help bring exciting changes to the museum, its collection and facilities, including the creation of much-needed new education spaces and a broader programme of activities, events, …

Elsecar beaming thanks to initial backing 03/02/2011 Plans to restore the site and establish it as a premier tourist destination were boosted last night, Wednesday 2 February, when Barnsley Museum and Heritage Service was awarded a first-round pass* with …

Exploring their UK story 22/12/2010 The project, run by the Enfield-based British Afghan Women’s Society, sets out to challenge the negative images of women that often emerges in media reports from Afghanistan. It will show the widespread proactive …

Heritage steaming ahead in North Wales 14/01/2011 The Trust, a registered charity, owns the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railways that run steam trains between Caernarfon and Blaenau Ffestiniog via Porthmadog in Snowdonia. The project ‘Taith in …

First Scottish Trainees Start Coveted Heritage Skills Programme 08/02/2011 Seven trainees start new jobs this week learning practical skills at one of Scotland’s National Collections, as part of a UK-wide programme of skills training. Selected from over …

Speaking Up for Disability in West Sussex 26/01/2011 Speaking up for Disability will be managed by the Worthing-based charity Voice for Disability. There are few records in existence that look at disability from the viewpoint of disabled people themselves …