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Darlington theatre successful in £5million restoration bid Interior of Darlington Civic Theatre 09/10/2014 The stage is set for a show stopping future for Darlington’s Civic Theatre which has received initial support for a £5million bid from the Heritage …

Bomber Command Centre gets wings with £3.1million from Heritage Lottery Fund Bomber Command Lincolnshire Bomber Command Memorial Trust 14/10/2014 The Lincolnshire Bomber Command Memorial Trust (LBCM), in partnership with the University of Lincoln, has …

Securing the future of historic East Anglian churches 30/06/2014 Six historic churches in the East of England will now be preserved for future generations with the help of grants from HLF. The funding will allow vital repair works to be carried out to …

Seven Stories benefits from Collecting Cultures funding School pupil taking in some of the Seven Stories collections 10/10/2014 Today HLF has announced a £5million funding package to a range of museums, libraries and archives across the UK. Under HLF’s …

Wales for Peace: Lottery funding for Wales-wide First World War project Remembering the peace movement in Wales 13/10/2014 The heritage of the peace movement in Wales can now be researched and discovered in depth as a result of a £918,000 grant awarded by …

Lottery grant to tell the heroic story of First World War nurse Edith Cavell Edith Cavell (2nd row from the front, 4th from the left) at the nurse training school she ran in Brussels around 1912 13/10/2014 A First World War nurse and pioneer of modern …

River Nene’s ‘dragons’ boosted by HLF support 19/08/2014 The future of our native amphibians and reptiles are under threat. An HLF-funded initiative called Dragon Finder is looking to restore and conserve their dwindling habitats. A recent assessment of …

Facing the Dragons 03/10/2012 An exciting new event took place this week to challenge community groups across the UK to pitch their projects to the ‘Heritage Dragons’, a team of heritage experts looking to hand out professional advice. Four diverse …

St George’s Hall in Bradford on course for £1.3m Lottery funding External view of St George's Hall, Bradford 13/10/2014 The project plans to restore the sandstone exterior of the landmark Bradford City Centre building and make other external and internal …

New website to help our parks to prosper 25/10/2012 This week a new website was launched to help public parks and green spaces increase their funding opportunities. HLF,  The Land Trust  and  Big Lottery Fund have created this new website, called  …