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York Castle Museum project wins Heritage Lottery Fund support 24/11/2011 The Trust have applied to HLF for a £1.3million grant to help transform the upper levels of the Debtors’ Prison area of the museum, including a major exhibition to mark the centenary …

Hogarth’s House reopens to the public 08/11/2011 His country home has had a fascinating history, told in display panels throughout the house, including a fire in 2009 which set back the schedule of the restoration. Thanks to total grants of £312,400 from …

HLF helps bring Merthyr Tydfil Old Town Hall back to its heyday through a £2m investment 24/11/2011 Merthyr Tydfil Housing Association (MTHA) has been awarded the money to secure the future of the building, which has been derelict for over 10 years. The …

CoRE celebrates Heritage Lottery Fund support 16/11/2011 The project aims to redevelop and restore the Grade II-listed Enson Pottery Works in Longton as part of the creation of CoRE - a national centre of excellence for the construction industry and …

Heritage Lottery Fund grant will help to tell Navy’s story 23/11/2011 The confirmed grant will help tell the story of the Royal Navy since 1900, a largely untold part of our maritime heritage. The 18th-century Storehouse 10, built in 1776, is one of the …

Home and Away – Olympic and Paralympic stars shine over the North East 08/11/2011 Taking place in the year of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, this project will celebrate and explore the amazing connections between local Olympians and Paralympians …

Heritage Lottery Fund grant for Lews Castle brings economic optimism to the Hebrides 22/11/2011 Sitting in a commanding position overlooking Stornoway, Lews Castle will be restored to create a new museum and archive for the Outer Hebrides as well as …

Coleridge Memorial Project update 21/11/2011 Group Chairman, Chris Wakefield, is busy writing four tourist information leaflets that will be distributed to Tourist Information Centres (TICs), libraries, hotels and guest houses early next year to encourage …

Archaeologists search for Jane Austen's birthplace secrets 21/11/2011 Steventon Rectory in Hampshire was demolished early in the 19th century, soon after Jane and her family moved to Bath. Followers of the novelist have long regretted that the home where …

Lottery grant to help young people uncover lost Abbey at Ramsey 18/11/2011 The students, from Abbey College, will receive specialist archaeological training and carry out the dig thanks to a £24,800 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). Ramsey …