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Free family events for the summer holidays 01/08/2019 The summer holidays are perfect for spending quality time outside with your loved ones. Need inspiration for what to do? These nine National Lottery funded ideas are a breath of fresh air. Watch …

Lottery money to address urgent repairs to Wales’ historic churches 13/08/2013 Today, the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) announced £379,600 of Lottery funding to help secure the future of two of Wales’ most historic places of worship. This vital money is …

UK’s oldest mainland amusement park shares in £5.1million bonanza 27/06/2019 Wicksteed Park in Kettering – the birthplace of the modern playground - has been awarded £1.78m to create the world’s first ‘Heritage Play Area’. The amusement park is one of six …

#MidlandsEastHeritageA2Z 09/09/2019 Over the last few weeks, our Midlands & East England area has been sharing heritage highlights A2Z style on Twitter. If you missed it, follow the hashtag to see all the great posts. Some of the team have shared with us …

Beckenham Place Park celebrates major restoration 19/07/2019 Beckenham Place Park in Lewisham is celebrating the completion of a major National Lottery-funded restoration. Visitors will be able to enjoy wild swimming in a reinstated 18th-century lake, …

First large-scale LGBT+ project to be funded in Northern Ireland 05/09/2019 A new project, which will tell the story of people's experiences of the decriminalisation of homosexuality in Northern Ireland, will be the first of its kind. Homosexuality was …

Jodrell Bank named as new UNESCO World Heritage Site 08/07/2019 Jodrell Bank in Cheshire has today been named a new World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Other newly designated World Heritage Sites for 2019 include the Royal Building of Mafra in Portugal and  …