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Changing lives: John’s drawings help children discover Cumbria’s Viking past

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24/05/2016

Changing lives: John’s drawings help children discover Cumbria’s Viking past 24/05/2016 John Lake knows a lot about Viking warriors going berserk. Not literally, of course. The word ‘berserk’ comes from Old Norse, he explains whilst engrossed sketching an …

The long-term impact of Heritage Grants revealed

A worker repairing the Fergusson Gallery's 19th-century cast iron dome roof

Fergusson Gallery, in Perth, conserved its 19th-century cast iron dome roof thanks to a Heritage Grant

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17/01/2018

The long-term impact of Heritage Grants revealed Fergusson Gallery, in Perth, conserved its 19th-century cast iron dome roof thanks to a Heritage Grant 17/01/2018 Our funding not only conserves and enhances heritage, but increases access to, and awareness …

Endowment pilot attracts £53million of private donations to UK heritage

The Painted Hall at Old Royal Naval College Greenwich Foundation

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08/06/2018

Endowment pilot attracts £53million of private donations to UK heritage The Painted Hall at Old Royal Naval College Greenwich Foundation 08/06/2018 UK heritage organisations will be more resilient and less reliant on public funding after attracting …

Remarkable new national art collection captures life along Scotland’s coastline

George Wyllie - Paper Boat

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01/06/2018

Remarkable new national art collection captures life along Scotland’s coastline George Wyllie - Paper Boat 01/06/2018 The Scottish Maritime Museum will unveil a remarkable new national art collection featuring works by artists such as FCB Cadell, Ian …

Free tattoo exhibition for National Lottery players

Omi, part of the exhibition, with National Lottery ticket Torre Abbey Museum

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31/05/2018

Free tattoo exhibition for National Lottery players Omi, part of the exhibition, with National Lottery ticket Torre Abbey Museum 31/05/2018 National Lottery players can see the UK’s largest collection of tattoo history and stories for free on Friday 1 …

Getting up close and personal with Welsh history at St Fagans

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Ros a Richard yn paratoi Sain Ffagan ar gyfer y dyfodol

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01/06/2018

Getting up close and personal with Welsh history at St Fagans Ros a Richard yn paratoi Sain Ffagan ar gyfer y dyfodol 01/06/2018 During a recent visit to St Fagans National Museum of History, HLF Chief Executive Ros Kerslake and the Head of HLF in Wales, …

Hidden Broadwater Brook to be revealed again

The team of EPIC volunteers

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06/11/2018

Hidden Broadwater Brook to be revealed again The team of EPIC volunteers 06/11/2018 The course of Broadwater Brook, an urban chalk stream in West Sussex, will be changed as part of a National Lottery-funded project to improve the area’s natural heritage. …

Love working with wildlife? Apply for a National Lottery funded traineeship today!

Photograph of previous Birmingham & Black Country Wildlife Trust trainees

Birmingham & Black Country Wilfdlife Trust trainees from a previous scheme working in the great outdoors BBCWWT

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31/05/2018

Love working with wildlife? Apply for a National Lottery funded traineeship today! Birmingham & Black Country Wilfdlife Trust trainees from a previous scheme working in the great outdoors BBCWWT 31/05/2018 If you love wildlife, natural heritage, are …

Changing lives: nursing duo hits history big time

Anne Wall and Eileen Brereton in costume as First World War Red Cross nurses

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18/05/2016

Changing lives: nursing duo hits history big time 18/05/2016 Two former nurses from North Yorkshire have been catapulted to fame as local experts on First World War Red Cross Hospitals. Anne Wall and Eileen Brereton hadn’t planned to become celebrated …

Lough Erne Landscape Partnership receives National Lottery boost

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30/05/2018

Lough Erne Landscape Partnership receives National Lottery boost 30/05/2018 The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) confirmed the award for the new Landscape Partnership project at Lough Erne led by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds NI (RSPB NI). The …

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