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Nominated Scottish Bumblebees need your support! 05/07/2010 The Bumblebee Conversation Trust based in Stirling, competing for Best Environment Project, will need your support to make sure there is much-deserved Scottish success in this year’s awards. Of …

£21m Robert Burns Birthplace Museum unveiled 03/12/2010 The Robert Burns Birthplace Museum (RBBM) is the first major museum to open in Scotland in three years and the bench mark against which all future Trust properties will be set. The highly anticipated …

Maidstone Museum’s major boost from Heritage Lottery Fund 13/10/2009 It is one of South-East England’s most important local museums with impressive visitor numbers and a vast collection of artefacts. Now Maidstone Museum and Bentlif Art Gallery has been …

Christmas comes early for Scottish parks 20/12/2010 HLF has also given initial support for multi-million pound grants to breathe new life into Rouken Glen Park on the outskirts of Glasgow and Wilton Lodge Park in Hawick. Colin McLean, Head of the Heritage …

Heritage Lottery Fund puts £4.5million into transforming Scotland’s National Portrait Gallery 30/03/2009 The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) today announced a grant of £4,531,000 to transform the Scottish National Portrait Gallery (SNPG), the first …

A Present from Govan’s Past 01/11/2009 The Heritage Lottery Fund celebrated the 15th anniversary of the lottery in Scotland with a highly successful event held at the Pearce Institute in Govan. Opened by Nicola Sturgeon MSP, Scotland’s Deputy First …

Town and country project busts migration myths 07/07/2010 Year 8 pupils at Acton High School, Ealing, and Kings School, Winchester, are recording interviews with members of the African Caribbean community in West London, creating a DVD, touring exhibition …

Cracking the code: the Ulster way 02/04/2009 An exciting new project from the Somme Heritage Centre which explores the history of codes, ciphers, secret messages and spies from a Northern Irish perspective was launched by the Mayor of North Down, Mr …

Doin’ the Lambeth Walk – again 07/06/2010 Lambeth Walk may be a shadow of its former self but will be in the limelight once more, thanks to a community history project made possible by a £49,900 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). Writer …

London wildlife’s a winner 16/02/2011 The new projects for London have been welcomed by naturalist and broadcaster Chris Packham. He said: "This is good news for wildlife and residents throughout London. Thousands of people will have the chance to get …