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African migrants then and now: A story of contributions 23/09/2010 A project to record their contributions, challenges, and achievements in Birmingham since the 1950s is now underway thanks to a £50,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). The 18 …

Nottingham’s Postcards from the Park winner is snap happy! 24/08/2010 The eye-catching photo, entitled, ‘It was a good day’, hugely impressed the judges who included celebrated photographer Mike McCartney (brother of Paul), Angela Nicholson from Amateur …

Ipswich Town Football Archive project available online 19/08/2013 Much of its work now available online on the ITFC Charitable Trust web site. The project, which is directed by the ITFC Charitable Trust, managed by Suffolk-based heritage experts Oakmere …

Visit to Stowe House will impress 03/07/2013 The project – Enlightenment for All – at Stowe House in north Buckinghamshire – is being made possible by a grant of more than £800,000 by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). Stowe House and its surrounding …

South Lanarkshire communities to benefit from grant to remember area's mining heritage 13/12/2013 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 …

Wakefield Cathedral receives support for iconic building 18/12/2013 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 …

Lottery boost for Coalhouse Fort’s future 17/12/2013 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 …

£1.1m award for Heath Robinson Museum in Pinner 18/12/2013 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 …

A new future for Dunston Staiths 13/12/2013 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 …

How Hertfordshire went to war in 1914 12/12/2013 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’ …