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Enjoy the Twelve Days of Christmas with HLF

Celebrate the twelve days of Christmas the HLF way

News

25/12/2018

Enjoy the Twelve Days of Christmas with HLF Celebrate the twelve days of Christmas the HLF way 25/12/2018 Keep the festive spirit going until the new year with our version of the Twelve Days of Christmas featuring some of the 42,000 heritage projects …

Real baking challenges from the past

Blogs

26/10/2016

Real baking challenges from the past 26/10/2016 Elise Turner, Engagement Manager at The National Lottery Heritage Fund The final of The Great British Bake Off airs tonight. Elise Turner explores our baking heritage and its links to lesser-known stories of …

Christmas comes early for St Grwst Church thanks to National Lottery

Eglwys Sant Grwst

News

21/12/2018

Christmas comes early for St Grwst Church thanks to National Lottery Eglwys Sant Grwst 21/12/2018 Grade I listed St Grwst Church in Llanrwst, Conwy, has been awarded £707,700 from the National Lottery to upgrade the historic building and enable it to be …

Changing lives: Georgia breaks down barriers

Georgia at work at the National Disability Arts Collection & Archive (NDACA)

Stories

14/12/2016

Changing lives: Georgia breaks down barriers 14/12/2016 Bringing the work of the disability arts movement to the public (and peers of the realm) has transformed the job landscape for 22-year-old North Londoner Georgia Macqueen Black. Georgia, who has Type …

Changing lives: Rachel bags an award

Rachel Duffield at Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse museum

Stories

07/12/2016

Changing lives: Rachel bags an award 07/12/2016 Working with prisoners, a domestic abuse charity, young children and the elderly have all been aspects of Rachel Duffield’s job since she joined an HLF-supported project in Norfolk. The role as learning and …

How do we involve young people in nature?

Lizzie Guntrip at our Heritage Ambassadors' induction. Jeff Gilbert

Blogs

17/08/2018

How do we involve young people in nature? Lizzie Guntrip at our Heritage Ambassadors' induction. Jeff Gilbert 17/08/2018 One of our young heritage ambassadors Lizzie Guntrip on how we can make our natural world more accessible. Lizzie is one of a group of …

Changing lives: for Conor there’s no place like stone…

Conor Scullion posing next to some stonework

Stories

30/11/2016

Changing lives: for Conor there’s no place like stone… 30/11/2016 When Conor Scullion, 27, signed up for a Diploma in Conservation and Restoration he had no idea he was setting himself up for the adventure of a lifetime. The following year he was out in …

Changing lives: Ameha goes from pizzas to plaster to prizewinner

Stories

21/12/2016

Changing lives: Ameha goes from pizzas to plaster to prizewinner 21/12/2016 Thanks to a National Lottery-supported heritage construction programme, Ameha has swapped odd jobs for learning new skills, helping to restore historic buildings - and winning a …

East Belfast's Templemore Baths gets £5million National Lottery boost

Templemore Baths today

News

14/12/2018

East Belfast's Templemore Baths gets £5million National Lottery boost Templemore Baths today 14/12/2018 The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) confirmed the award in support of Belfast City Council’s plans to breathe new life into the last surviving Victorian …

£5million investment for Belfast's much-loved Templemore Baths

Templemore Baths is the last surviving Victorian baths in Ireland

News

14/12/2018

£5million investment for Belfast's much-loved Templemore Baths Templemore Baths is the last surviving Victorian baths in Ireland 14/12/2018 Templemore Baths in east Belfast is to be transformed into a modern leisure and fitness facility after securing …

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