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Countdown to Capability Brown 300th birthday celebrations begin 04/02/2014 The Capability Brown 300 Celebration and Festival has received a first round pass and will receive £139,200 development funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) it was …

Morley and the Home Front 12/02/2014 Awarded through HLF’s First World War: then and now programme, the project will focus on the home front and how the onset of the Great War had significant impact on local life. Rachael Kennedy, Town Events Manager is …

Sun shines on Belleisle thanks to £1.9million award 20/01/2014 The award is the result of a bid prepared and submitted by South Ayrshire Council in partnership with Belleisle Conservatory Limited, supported by the Friends of Belleisle and local community …

Good news for Watts Gallery's campaign to save Limnerslease 04/02/2014 Since 1938, Limnerslease – the only remaining artist’s house and studio designed by Ernest George, celebrated Arts and Crafts architect and tutor to Lutyens  - has been in private …

Lottery grant to restore railway heritage gem 13/01/2014 In Downpatrick, a project to restore a soon-to-disappear piece of our railway heritage is one of those to benefit. The plans to restore an original signal cabin and locate it within Downpatrick and …

Railway plans on the right track 04/02/2014 This biggest ever investment by the South Tynedale Railway (STR) will protect and enhance railway and industrial heritage in the remote and beautiful upper South Tyne Valley. It will also build long term …

Support for Lister Steps Lister Drive Carnegie Library 04/02/2014 The project aims to restore the former Lister Drive Carnegie Library into a centre of community involvement, family support and childcare services, volunteering and learning. Development …

HLF backs Battle of Waterloo website 15/01/2014 Yet despite heralding almost a century of peace on the continent, the significance of this battle is little remembered or understood. Thanks to a grant of £96,300 from the HLF, a new project will inspire …

Historic Warrenpoint Park to be restored to former glory Warrenpoint Park Circa 1915 08/01/2014 The ambitious proposals from Newry and Mourne District Council to restore the Victorian park to its former glory have received a £932,000 grant through the …

Major boost for much-loved Wharton Park 08/01/2014 The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and the Big Lottery Fund (BIG) have today announced a grant of £2.45million for a scheme that will transform Durham City’s historic Wharton Park and result in the creation …