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British Museum unveils the World Conservation and Exhibitions Centre 11/07/2014 Following the successful launch of the new Sainsbury Exhibitions Gallery in March with a major exhibition on the Vikings, the British Museum today unveils the World …

Funding of £170,000 to restore Northern Ireland’s historic churches 30/06/2014 The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) is today announcing £170,000 of funding for Northern Ireland’s historic churches, securing the future of two places of worship that are in …

Irreplaceable Troubles collection to be digitised 30/07/2014 Unique holdings of the internationally renowned Northern Ireland Political Collection (NIPC) held in Belfast’s Linen Hall Library are set to be conserved and digitally published after receiving …

Trench in the Park 21/08/2014 It will be held on 30 August at 11am until 4pm in Plean Country Park. The event will commemorate the Centenary of the First World War in which Plean Country Park played a part. The park was used to train soldiers in how to …

Kilfinan Community Forest delivers diverse skills development opportunities 13/08/2014 Kilfinan Community Forest Company (KCFC) ran a six-month ‘Volunteer For Skills’ programme (funded by the Voluntary Action Fund), as well as a four week pilot work …

Call to action! Chair sought to lead our Board 02/07/2014 This is a prime ministerial appointment, made with the advice of the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. The NHMF is the nation’s grant-in-aid fund to save the most outstanding parts …

Three Welsh projects campaign for glory 04/07/2014 The projects have been plucked from over 750 entries to go into the public vote to decide the winners of this year’s National Lottery Awards – the annual search for the UK’s favourite Lottery-funded …

Plea for wartime memories of volunteer hospitals 31/07/2014 The project, Home Comforts: Red Cross Auxiliary Hospitals in the North Riding 1914-19, is aimed at collecting as much information as possible while memories of the period are still alive and …

Community takes Blackwater River heritage into their own hands 26/09/2012 The project is run by the Blackwater Regional Partnership which is a partnership aiming to improve the environmental, economic and community development of the Blackwater region. …

Local project to examine heritage from pre-history to the 20th century 21/07/2014 A local heritage project will map the history and major stories of Annaclone over thousands of years from antiquity to the 20th century, thanks to £25,000 funding from the …