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Making a buzz thanks to National Lottery players! The Brown banded carder bee, Bombus humilis Ray Reeves 27/07/2017 The Bumblebee Conservation Trust has been awarded £965,300 by HLF for a three year project called Making a Buzz for the Coast. The scheme, …

Conisbrough Court Rolls bring medieval Doncaster to life Archivists examining the Court Rolls 01/08/2017 Fights, marriages, illegal baking – medieval Doncaster had the lot. Now, thanks to National Lottery players, Doncaster Council will be able to shine a …

New opportunities for ‘citizen scientists’ BioLinks soil mesofauna course FSC 25/07/2017 The Field Studies Council (FSC), is set to begin an exciting project, BioLinks, thanks to £1.2million raised by National Lottery players. The Field Studies Council …

Aberystwyth's university college given £10million lifeline Prifysgol Aberystwyth 25/07/2017 More than £10million has been earmarked for a major restoration of Aberystwyth University’s iconic Old College, the birthplace of university education in Wales. …

New Life for Old College! Prifysgol Aberystwyth 26/07/2017 More than £10m has been earmarked for a major restoration of Aberystwyth University’s iconic Old College, the birthplace of university education in Wales. The Grade I listed Old College is …

Preserving the UK’s National Parks with National Lottery funding View of Callanders Pass in Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park 25/07/2017 This National Parks Week, we reflect on the different ways funding from the National Lottery has supported the …

Postal Museum and Mail Rail open to the public New mail rail carriages 28/07/2017 For nearly one hundred years, the Mail Rail carried the post across the capital, from Paddington to Whitechapel via Mount Pleasant, on a narrow gauge, driverless railway, …

Discovery centre becomes a gateway to Hadrian’s Wall landscape The Sill in Northumberland National Park 21/07/2017 The Sill: National Landscape Discovery Centre has been built in Northumberland National Park, thanks to a £7.8million National Lottery …

£950,000 of National Lottery funding to involve more young people in heritage Young people developing graphic novels about history Nerve Centre 20/07/2017 Over the next four years, 4,000 young people from across Northern Ireland will make and curate their …

Liverpool landmark Galkoff’s Jewish butcher shop to be preserved Galkoff's Jewish butcher shop Pembroke Place, Liverpool, and the current hoarding outside Museum of Liverpool 18/07/2017 A Liverpool landmark, Galkoff’s Jewish butcher shop in Pembroke …