The plans to help young people from North Belfast to learn more about the history and legacy of the First World War received a grant of £10,000. Using artefacts, photos and diaries held by museums and other historical institutions they will explore the local and international contexts within which

Among famous names included in the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) indexes are author Agatha Christie, novelist and poet Naomi Mitchison and writer and feminist Vera Brittain. This treasure trove, some 244,000 VAD paper index cards held by the British Red Cross, will now be digitised to create a free

The grant has been given to Boroughbridge and District Historical Society to focus on a small area west of the A1 motorway examining Neolithic finds, ancient river crossings, Roman remains, 16th-century properties on the Newby Hall Estate and the remnants of a Victorian brickworks.The Dog Kennel

The £104,000 project is led entirely by volunteers from the local community and the museum will tell the story of Sleaford and its district through the historic artefacts that have been presented to the trust over a period of many years.This HLF award was due to the enthusiastic community support

The Canal & River Trust in partnership with East & North Yorkshire Waterways Partnership; the East Riding of Yorkshire Council; the Pocklington Canal Amenity Society; and Natural England has been awarded development funding of £47,100 to help progress their plans to apply for a full grant of almost

The project aims to restore the Albert Walker Hall within the church and Neighbourhood Centre building, to complete the refurbishment of the Neighbourhood Centre community areas. Development funding of £78,400 has also been awarded to help Linacre Mission progress their plans to apply for a full

The event will be held at Masham Town Hall on Saturday 16th November from 10am to 12pm. The project, Leeds Pals, POWs and the Home Front, will focus on the impact of the war on the landscape and communities of Nidderdale AONB. It will also tell the story of the Leeds Pals, who were trained in the

It is surprising how such a small place could have such a rich and significant history, this has been captured by using the knowledge and memories of the local community - it's people and places; the famous residents and the everyday folk who lived and worked there; the notable Fryston Hall, ancient

The project will work with volunteers to launch a new Friends organisation and develop a programme of activities, once again making this ancient building accessible to the community after many decades of closure. This will enable the Stained Glass Centre to employ a part-time development officer to

The P5-7 pupils all had a family member who worked in the mines. So having a minutes silence in the new memorial room at the museum on the anniversary of the disaster was particularly poignant for all concerned. A more positive note for the day was the announcement that the Pits, Ponies People and

Letchworth-based Herts at War has been formed to mastermind the project with support from Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation and local community groups, historical societies and schools.An ‘army’ of 500 volunteers will be recruited to carry out research, the results of which will include a

The project has been made possible by a grant of £790,500 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), and is supported by £110,000 from the Veolia North Thames Trust.The Victorian coastal fort is owned by Thurrock Council and run entirely by volunteers. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and stands in a

William Heath Robinson was also an accomplished illustrator and painter, but only a very small proportion of his work is currently on show at West House, in Pinner Memorial Park, and there is little on display elsewhere. That is now about to change, thanks to a grant of £1.13 million from the HLF

The first round pass with a development grant of £86,700 means the cathedral can now draw up detailed plans to transform the east end of the Grade I listed building. The cathedral hopes to submit these to HLF for a second round bid for a grant of £1.7m in summer 2014 with a decision expected in

The enormous wooden Dunston Staiths in Gateshead, that once played a crucial role in the transport of millions of tons of Tyneside coal, is to be brought back into public use following a crucial grant of £418,900 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), it was announced today. The project will enable

As part of the project, the Friends of Raikes Road Burial Ground are trying to piece together the full history of the site – including the people who are buried there. The group is looking for any documents, photographs, memories or anecdotes about any aspect of the site which was in active use for

The unofficial ceasefire, frowned upon by military authorities, was marked by the exchanging of gifts and impromptu football matches. One of these was witnessed by Newark soldier William Setchfield, who served with the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, and relayed the news to his brother, before the

The grant will aid the conservation of the Grade II listed garden, situated behind the prominent Nantclwyd y Dre house in Ruthin, whilst opening it to the public for the first time. This phase of funding from the HLF follows a Round 1 development grant provided in March 2012 to the Denbighshire