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Lottery grant success for home of world's first motor-racing circuit An artist's impression of how the Brooklands Museum will look following it's HLF-funded redevelopment 17/02/2015 Brooklands Museum in Weybridge, Surrey, has today received a confirmed …

Bats help us - now let’s help bats! A close-up of a Bechstein bat 13/02/2015 Often viewed as creepy and with a long-standing reputation for being bloodsuckers bats are one of the UK’s most underrated species. However, the Tees Valley Wildlife Trust is …

Children and communities across the UK to protect pollinating insects thanks to £1.4m grant 13/02/2015 The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has announced support for the UK-wide biodiversity project - Polli:Nation, a programme which supports schools and …

Bumper regeneration boost for 13 town and cityscapes! Paisley Town Centre 12/02/2015 Local authorities and their surrounding communities in Scotland, Wales and England are celebrating their own National Lottery jackpot this week. They’ve been successful …

Stars of ‘Mr Turner’ urge support to save JMW Turner’s House Mike Leigh at the gate of Turner's House 12/02/2015 Following generous support from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) with a £1.4m grant, as well as private funders, the trust must still raise a …

The unique life of the SS Daniel Adamson The Daniel Adamson in 1947 at Pier head Daniel Adamson Preservation Society 12/02/2015 With two Art Deco saloons and an elevated promenade deck, the SS Daniel Adamson has been described as a 1930s transatlantic …

Tower blocks’ crumbling image restored in new archive of high life Royston B in Glasgow, shown in its partly-demolished state 12/02/2015 Social and architectural historians from Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) will create a publically accessible catalogue …

Royal Museums Greenwich awarded grant to open four new galleries A portrait of Captain Cook National Maritime Museum 12/02/2015 The Endeavour Galleries project will take place over the next three years, creating four permanent galleries in the National …

£3.8m Heritage Lottery Fund grant to restore historic steam tug-tender The Daniel Adamson 12/02/2015 Coming over 30 years after the vessel was taken out of service and 11 years since she was saved from the scrapyard by local campaigners, HLF’s investment …

The return of Hayle 12/02/2015 Lifelong resident Trevor Smitheram reflects on how investment in Hayle’s historic foundry has sparked the revival of this once 'down and out' Cornish mining town. In its heyday, the port of Hayle was an industrial powerhouse …