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Cornwall’s Victorian Silicon Valley secures over £1.5m for bold new heritage development 27/01/2012 Thanks to an injection of £125,000 from the DCMS/Wolfson Fund and a further £1.44 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), Porthcurno Telegraph Museum …

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 …

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 …

Heritage Lottery Fund's largest award creates world-class cultural experience 01/10/2009 The Ulster Museum has reopened its doors to visitors after a three-year, multi-million pound revamp. The project, which received a Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) grant …

15th Anniversary unlocks London's wonders 27/05/2009 Londoners can dig into history beneath River Thames mud, discover a magical medieval landscape, marvel at the restored majesty of the capital’s best-loved church or delve into the lives of their fellow …

Astley Castle to be saved thanks to Heritage Lottery Fund 04/07/2009 Dating back to the 1200s and tragically devastated by fire in 1978, Astley Castle in North Warwickshire is now celebrating and looking forward to a safe, bright and exciting future …