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Celebrating fifty years of Yorkshire's BAME artists 02/07/2012 The project will be delivered by Just Addictive Music and runs from July 2012 to April 2013. It charts the emergence of diverse and multicultural artists from Yorkshire since the 1950’s and …

Bethnal Green Tube victims' story will be told 22/01/2013 Although it occurred at the height of the Second World War, the tragedy at Bethnal Green Underground Station that claimed 173 lives was not the result of enemy action but caused by an unsafe …

Royal Opening at The Florrie 22/01/2013 HRH The Prince of Wales has previously visited the Florrie when it was in its dilapidated state. The building, when derelict, had lapsed ownership to the Duchy of Lancaster and was kindly gifted back to the …

Katarina and 'the Florrie' flourishing with Lotto funding 13/12/2012 Rising star, 19 year-old heptathlete Katarina, inspired young people at the Florence Institute in Toxteth, affectionately known as 'the Florrie', which was the first boys club in the …

Bhangra Renaissance in Kirklees 10/12/2012 Led by volunteers from the local community, the project focuses on the origins of the dance form of bhangra and its impact on the identity and shared heritage of participants in Kirklees and across the region. …

Heritage a winner at the SURF awards 17/12/2012 This annual awards scheme run by SURF (Scotland’s Independent Regeneration Network) highlights, celebrates and shares best practice in regeneration. Scapa Flow Landscape Partnership Scheme, which received a …

Sion Stables saved with help of lottery grant 18/12/2012 The grant will enable the historic fabric of the 19th century building to be repaired and reinstated for use as a heritage education centre, providing a much needed community and visitor facility …

It’s a Lottery Christmas cracker for Runcorn Hill & Heath Park! 17/12/2012 Halton’s Runcorn Hill & Heath Park has been awarded a cracker of a Christmas in the shape of £1.3m grant-funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and Big Lottery Fund (BIG). …

HLF invests £1.3m for Bristol and North Somerset’s famous Victorian heritage 20/12/2012 The iconic Clifton Suspension Bridge and Clevedon Pier, who have each received Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) grants of £595,000 and £720,000 respectively, can now get …

Historic Widnes church saved thanks to new community role 08/01/2013 St Marie’s Roman Catholic Church, Widnes, was designed in the early 1860’s by EW Pugin and, since being closed in 2007, has fallen into serious disrepair suffering frequent attacks by …