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More than £670,000 for Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Dorset, Somerset Historic Places of Worship 17/02/2011 The grants were awarded, across Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Dorset and Somerset, under the organisations’ joint Repair Grants for Places of Worship …

£3.4million lottery win to save HMS Alliance 30/05/2011 The funding will help save HMS Alliance, the only surviving WW2 era submarine that is the memorial to 5,300 British Submariners. Stuart McLeod, Head of HLF South East, said: “This Heritage Lottery …

Protecting some of the UK’s best-loved views 01/08/2011 This investment will enable the conservation of some of the UK’s most distinctive landscapes by supporting schemes that provide long-term social, economic and environmental benefits for rural areas.  …

Heritage Lottery Fund support secured for Stiperstones and Corndon Hill Country 01/08/2011 The Stiperstones and Corndon Hill Country Landscape Partnership Scheme aims to ensure the area is recognised as a centre of industrial heritage, with local people …

East Midlands Postcards from the Park competition 02/10/2009 Autumn is a beautiful season to explore our parks and greenspaces, as the trees shed their rusted leaves and unexpected views appear amongst the bare branches. Particularly for photographers, …

East of England marks 15th anniversary of National Lottery 16/11/2009 Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) will be showcasing the legacy of 15 years of support for heritage in the East of England - as well as debating on the future of heritage with local …

Lottery boost for traditional heritage skills 05/10/2009 The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) today announced seven projects, under its existing Training Bursary Programme, that are set to benefit from an additional £2.85m investment. This will deliver a wide …

Music Hall stars to shine once more 01/08/2009 They trod the boards throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries as singers, dancers, comedians, acrobats, animal trainers and clowns.  Memories of these music hall and variety artistes may have faded …

Royal jewels 22/09/2009 The Heritage Lottery Fund has today awarded £274,400 to help Redcar and Cleveland Council showcase the life and death of a royal Saxon princess, whose grave was uncovered in an East Cleveland farmer's field. A collection of rare …

Crucial £10million lottery boost for UK’s run-down town centres 12/05/2009 Today, the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) announces a welcome investment boost of almost £10million of earmarked funding* to back much-needed regeneration plans in eight run-down town …