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HLF makes history happen at St Fagans with £11.5million investment 20/07/2012 This is the biggest ever grant award in Wales to help Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales redevelop St Fagans: National History Museum to tell the stories of human life in …

Froglife’s Scottish Dragon Finder Project wins Heritage Lottery Fund support 12/07/2012 The project aims to engage people across mainland Scotland in conservation action for amphibians and reptiles, surveying and recording the animals and host a range of …

Piece Hall set to become world class heritage destination 20/07/2012 The Piece Hall Transformation project will turn this extraordinary building into a world class heritage destination in the heart of the North of England. The Piece Hall is at the centre …

Her Majesty The Queen reopens Cutty Sark 25/04/2012 This follows an extensive conservation project, with major support totalling £25million from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). The following day (26 April) the ship opens to visitors for the first time …

Art deco cinema in Worcestershire reopens to public, following major restoration work 31/07/2012 Work began in October 2011 and was finished earlier this year. An official reopening event was held on Saturday 28 July, on the weekend of the 75th …

Heritage Lottery Fund to open up books at Scotland's oldest library 30/07/2012 The grant contributes to a total over £200,000 raised by the library towards making this development possible. The funds will enable sympathetic improvements to the lower floor …

Burton Constable Stable Block wins Heritage Lottery Fund support 01/08/2012 As the first phase of restoration, a selection of the many historic interiors will be restored including stalls and loose boxes, tack rooms, stable master’s sitting room and …

MPs preview Captain Scott’s ‘Lost’ photographs ahead of public exhibition 04/07/2012 MPs and Peers viewed this remarkable collection, which consists of 109 photographs that provide a unique view of the Antarctic as seen through Captain Scott’s eyes. The …

Govanhill People’s History Project 17/07/2012 The ‘Govanhill People’s History Project’ will recruit 15 local volunteers who will collect the stories of people who have lived in Govanhill all their lives, along with those who have moved here from other …

£961,000 to restore glasshouses at Grappenhall Heys Walled Garden 20/07/2012 The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has awarded a grant of £961,000 to regenerate the large run of derelict Foster & Pearson glasshouses at Grappenhall Heys Walled Garden, it was …