The project aims to engage local people with the wildlife on their doorstep and, with their help, to improve the town’s green spaces and waterways protecting rare species like water vole and four species of bat including brown long-eared and lesser horseshoe bats. Through the project the trust will

The project has been awarded a Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) grant of £393,100, it was announced today. Led by Wirral Council the project will: conserve the north and west range Priory buildings and complete other restoration works in order to remove the Priory from the Heritage At Risk register

A consortium of the Diocese of London, St Mary Magdalene’s Paddington PCC and Paddington Development Trust, with the support of Westminster City Council (WCC), has been awarded a first-round pass and development funding of £263,000 from the HLF for the restoration of St Mary Magdalene’s Church as a

The project aims to preserve and restore much of the main abbey buildings.The project involves refurbishing parts of the main abbey building, including rebuilding the conservatory and opening the south wing for events and public access, restoring the 18th-century stable block into a new visitor and

The funding awarded to Gwynedd Council in partnership with Bangor University will assist the creation of a new ‘culture quarter’ in Bangor, with the city’s Bishop’s Palace at its heart.The grant awarded by the HLF will go towards the relocation and the redevelopment of the Gwynedd Museum and Art

Today, the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has announced grants totalling £21m to conserve nine distinctive landscapes. This investment will ensure a boost for rural areas and provide long-term social, economic and environmental benefits. The landscapes are: Coigach and Assynt, a beautiful and remote

The Lady Lever Art Galley has received initial support from HLF for a major redevelopment of the gallery. National Museums Liverpool is planning £2.8m improvements to the venue that will see 500 square metres of gallery space transformed and returned to its original architectural design. This

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