East Midlands

Walton Bridges has become the only Turner oil painting to enter public ownership in the East of England, following a successful fundraising campaign led by the Norfolk Museums Service, in partnership with Colchester and Ipswich Museums.

As we say goodbye to the winter months, there are plenty of National Lottery-funded heritage attractions to discover across the UK.

Thirty five million plastic bottles are used every day in the UK, contributing to what is widely acknowledged as a crisis for our environment.

October sees the country mark Black History Month. Find out how to get involved!

This coming week, The National Lottery turns 20. As part of these celebrations, the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) is looking back at the achievements of its innovative Landscape Partnership programme.

Today, the community history website Historypin launched its new First World War Centenary hub at a special event in the Houses of Parliament hosted by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).

It is 100 years since the First World War began. To mark the Centenary, thousands of people across the UK are uncovering, exploring and telling the stories of the First World War, and in many cases, sharing them online. It’s important that these stories are not forgotten. They are being preserved

The work of our CommitteesOur committees meet four times a year and take decisions on requests between £100,000 and £2million. They also provide crucial local perspectives and a steer on priorities for larger grants and targeted initiative decisions which come before the UK Board. Members will have

Today, the Heritage Lottery Fund has published State of UK Public Parks 2014: Renaissance to risk? its first report to comprehensively review the condition and management of the UK’s public parks. Two decades of public and Lottery investment has ensured that the majority of UK parks are in better

The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) is today announcing £6.1million of funding for historic churches across the UK, securing the future of 42 places of worship that are in urgent need of repair. Among those receiving grants are: A church built by the family of Magna Carta rebel William Marshall A church

London Transport Museum has unveiled a restored double deck open top B-type bus as part of its commemorations of the First World War. The B-type bus No. B2737, appeared in public for the first time in Covent Garden on 12 June 2014 - resplendent in its red and cream livery, and featuring

To highlight the difference this money makes to real people and projects a short animated film, narrated by Ricky Tomlinson and starring Ricky, Chris Hoy and Beth Tweddle will be launched on 28 April. The film connects people and projects across the UK and asks the nation to imagine what life would