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National Lottery Awards 2011 09/02/2011 As the closing date for entries draws closer, BBC’s The One Show host and Strictly Come Dancing favourite, Matt Baker, is urging people in Wales to nominate their favourite local Lottery-funded project for …

The search is on to find the UK’s favourite UK Lottery Funded Projects 13/01/2011 In the last year alone, over £145 million of Lottery funding has been invested in good causes across Scotland and now The National Lottery is encouraging these projects, and …

Historic cinema has new festival...but they won't be making a big noise about it 19/01/2011 The Hippodrome cinema in Bo’ness, on the Firth of Forth in West Lothian, will be the centre of a new annual festival in March which will show the silent …

New gallery depicting changes in rural life opens at Melton Museum! 14/02/2011 After a successful couple of months since opening its doors to the public, Melton Carnegie Museum’s new £1million gallery was officially opened last week on Friday 4 February, …

Whitechapel ‘High Street 2012’ historic building scheme confirmed thanks to Heritage Lottery Fund 27/01/2011 The award, made under HLF’s Townscape Heritage Initiative (THI) scheme to Tower Hamlets Council will see the Whitechapel Market Conservation area …

City of dreaming spires to benefit from £3.4million investment 25/01/2011 The University Church of St Mary the Virgin – featuring the tallest ‘dreaming spire’ in Oxford and nestling among some of the most iconic built heritage in the country – has been …

Are you Scotland's next all-weather eco-surveyor? 11/01/2011 The Scottish Wildlife Trust will soon call for applications for an exclusive training programme set to turn 10 promising environmentalists into the ecological surveyors of Scotland’s future, it …

Theatre Royal restoration receives boost from Heritage Lottery Fund 20/01/2011 The project, costing £4.75 million in total, will include extensive restoration of the auditorium and conservation measures to protect the external fabric of the building, …

Three regimental collections to be displayed in new museum 11/02/2011 These fascinating collections are of national importance and will be displayed together for the first time in the newly renovated wing of Thoresby Courtyard. Over the course of their …

Elsecar beaming thanks to initial backing 03/02/2011 Plans to restore the site and establish it as a premier tourist destination were boosted last night, Wednesday 2 February, when Barnsley Museum and Heritage Service was awarded a first-round pass* with …