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Christmas comes early for The Green with £1.1m Lottery investment 20/12/2010 The Green lies between the picturesque North Cumbrian coastline and the Victorian town buildings of Silloth-on-Solway. A busy local park, The Green has always relied heavily on …

Are you Scotland's next all-weather eco-surveyor? 11/01/2011 The Scottish Wildlife Trust will soon call for applications for an exclusive training programme set to turn 10 promising environmentalists into the ecological surveyors of Scotland’s future, it …

Funding secures new bat project in Brecon Beacons 16/12/2010 Now thanks to funding from the Brecon Beacons Trust and Heritage Lottery Fund, local people will be able to find out just how important these bats are and how they can help the bats to thrive. …

Theatre Royal restoration receives boost from Heritage Lottery Fund 20/01/2011 The project, costing £4.75 million in total, will include extensive restoration of the auditorium and conservation measures to protect the external fabric of the building, …

Our Lady & St Michaels RC Church repairs start 01/12/2010 The building, originally commissioned in 1857 by Benedictine Monks, is a Grade II* and as such has a requirement under the remit of the Historic Churches of Wales, to be maintained following …

Four Scottish parks 01/04/2009 Four urban parks are to have a new lease of life thanks to major funding by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). MacRosty Park in Crieff was awarded a grant of £1,161,000 and Burngreen Park in Kilsyth was awarded £420,300. In …

Christmas comes early for ‘Westminster Abbey of Wales’ thanks to HLF funding 16/12/2010 The Galilee Chapel adjoins the Grade I listed St. Illtud’s Church, has been described as the Westminster Abbey of Wales for its unique collection of Celtic carved …

Creative Approaches to Regeneration 04/10/2010 This event will take place on Wednesday 10th November at the Pearce Institute in Glasgow. The conference is a cinematic exploration (no PowerPoint allowed!) of creative approaches to regenerating real …

HLF to help Ditchling Museum realise vision 20/12/2010 The money will help bring exciting changes to the museum, its collection and facilities, including the creation of much-needed new education spaces and a broader programme of activities, events, …

Exploring their UK story 22/12/2010 The project, run by the Enfield-based British Afghan Women’s Society, sets out to challenge the negative images of women that often emerges in media reports from Afghanistan. It will show the widespread proactive …