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Investing in young people: increased funding for Young Roots programme 19/03/2012 HLF has made a number of changes to the £4m programme - which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year - designed to respond to the changing needs of the heritage and youth …

Open space’s history will become common knowledge 15/03/2012 Common Knowledge is being run by London-based non-profit organisation UP Projects who will be recruiting helpers of all ages from the local community to uncover the secrets of the 221-acre green …

What the Dickens! Southwark marks novelist’s bicentenary 31/01/2012 Southwark Council and Cool Tan Arts will be running the projects that present aspects of Dickens’ early life, the local places that featured in several of his books, and the experiences …

Heritage Lottery Fund helps Wolsingham Primary School unlock 100 years of history 15/03/2012 Celebrating the school’s centenary year, this heritage research project will contribute to a year of activities for the school and the market town of …

British Museum Centre benefits from Heritage Lottery Fund grant 27/01/2012 HLF have confirmed* a £10m grant for the new World Conservation and Exhibition Centre (WCEC) at the British Museum. This generous grant means the project is more than 80% funded …

Gosport’s historic Handel Organ to be saved thanks to Heritage Lottery Fund 23/08/2011 The money, along with £42,000 raised locally, will enable the Grade I listed instrument to be returned to its former working glory, so that it can take pride of place …

Play reveals secrets of when the British bugged Nazis in a Middlesex mansion 16/05/2012 Now this hush-hush work will be told in a dramatic play at Trent Park - the place where it happened. The project has been made possible by a grant of almost £95,000 …

Mirrored Memories 14/05/2012 During the 1940s Barton Boys Club provided facilities for the boys and young men of Barton. Situated in Maltby Lane in a former Wesleyan Methodist School, snooker, table tennis, darts and football were enjoyed by those who …

HLF gives lead support to Ashmolean’s campaign to save Manet portrait 06/05/2012 Since launching the campaign in February, the Ashmolean has also been awarded a significant grant from The Art Fund of £750,000, along with £200,000 of gifts from individuals …

Basingstoke's young actors ready to make history 09/05/2012 Let’s Make History is the brainchild of Proteus Theatre Company and the project has been made possible, thanks to a £23,700 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). As part of the Basingstoke …