Two projects from Northern Ireland are among the first in the UK to benefit from the Heritage Lottery Fund’s (HLF) pioneering new funding programme, Heritage Enterprise. A huge £5.7million investment has been earmarked by HLF through the programme for the conservation and regeneration of the former

The project will transform the Maltings into an exciting sustainable year round cultural destination with a new heritage and learning centre at its heart allowing a wide range of local people and visitors to learn about and engage with the rich heritage of Wells. Development funding of £75,400 has

The year long project is being delivered in partnership with Leicestershire County Council’s Museum Learning Team and expresseum poetics. Maplewell Hall began as a mansion house in the 16th century becoming Maplewell Grange in Victorian times, and Maplewell Hall School in 1954. It has a rich history

Today, the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) is announcing more than £12million of UK-wide funding that will transform five important but neglected historic buildings back to commercial use, creating economic growth in five local areas and an estimated 230 FTE jobs by attracting private investment. This

Four monumental statutes, considered masterpieces of exceptional significance, spanning the Georgian era from 1749 to 1829, are to undergo urgent repair work following a £318,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. Situated in Warkton near Kettering, the monuments are housed in the 12th century

The prestigious architectural competition, run by the RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects), showcases the best building in the UK by RIBA chartered architects. Astley Castle was rescued from dereliction by the Landmark Trust, a building preservation charity, in 2012 who worked with

Spurn is a narrow, three-mile long arc of sand between the Humber Estuary and the North Sea with the Grade II listed lighthouse at its point. A £470,500 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) will enable the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust to repair the building and open it for public access for the

The project will help local young people mark the upcoming Centenary of the First World War.The Civic Arts Centre, formerly known as Oswaldtwistle Town Hall was once used as a First World War recruitment office for the area. The men who were recruited at the Town Hall formed part of the regiment

As part of the project funded by Leeds City Council, Wades Charity, the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and the Big Lottery Fund (BLF), a new multi-purpose visitor centre forms the centre piece of a range of improvements that have been made to Middleton Park. Included in the visitor centre is a café

WMT works to protect and conserve war memorials across the UK. It provides advice and grants as well as encouraging young people to engage with our war memorial heritage. The charity will use the HLF grant to develop a project called ‘Remembering their History,’ which will help young people in Kent

Over 3,000 photos and other material will also be digitised as part of the long term project along with the creation of a website and learning materials for local schools, colleges and universities.Brymbo Ironworks is the sole remaining complete physical monument to the notable industrialist John

The DerwentWISE partnership, led by Derbyshire Wildlife Trust, applied for the funding as part of a £2.45million, five-year project involving 14 partners. The project is about rediscovering and valuing the landscape of the Lower Derwent Valley for its beauty, wildlife and its resources of wood

Rockingham Forest Trust, which manages Stanwick Lakes, will run the four year Trading Places project to benefit communities and young unemployed people from Wellingborough to Thrapston. ‘Trading Places’ will focus on the local trades, skills and lives of the late 19th and early 20th centuries in a

The project, which focuses on preserving and celebrating valuable traditional skills, will be delivered by PNBPT and the IBTC Portsmouth, the new, south coast branch of the long established International Boatbuilding Training College, specialists in traditional boatbuilding training. The centre will

Today, the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) is announcing a grant of £3,992,000 to transform the neglected Grade II listed Art Deco Globe Theatre on Stockton High Street into a live music and comedy venue with capacity for around 2,500 people. It is one of the first buildings to be awarded funding

Kirkbymoorside History Group (KHG) has received a Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) Sharing Heritage grant, it was announced today. This exciting project, Not Lost but Gone Before, in Kirkbymoorside and led by Kirkbymoorside History Group and All Saints PCC has been given £6,600 to restore and preserve

In 2012, director, Matthew Fox was granted access to the diaries – an estimated two million, handwritten words – spanning more than 40 years of Hill’s life. This personal testimony is the inspiration behind Punk Snow, a film directed by Fox and produced by Liverpool-based Thinking Film, a social

The bid led by the Canal and River Trust and supported by the Montgomery Canal Partnership which includes 14 partner organisations, is a key step to securing the full grant of £3.7m and a major step forward in the plans to fully restore the canal. Known for its outstanding natural beauty and