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Palace or prison? Voices from the Workhouse project secures Lottery funding Renactment of life at Gressenhall 18/12/2014 The project will also explore the lives of those living in the shadow of the controversial institution and challenge popular …

Cushendun Old Church to be restored after nine-year campaign Exterior view of Cushendun Old Church 18/12/2014 Back in 2006 campaigners entered Cushendun Old Church into the BBC’s iconic Restoration series which was presented by Griff Rhys Jones. The …

£1.2m Heritage Lottery grant brings Cardiff’s Ebeneser Chapel back to life 18/12/2014 Thanks to National Lottery funding, the now vacant Grade II listed building on Charles Street will be turned into a community meeting place which will be a hub for …

Heartbreak is over for coastal village View of Cushendun Old Church from the main street 18/12/2014 There was heartbreak in the tiny coastal village of Cushendun in County Antrim when a campaign to restore their old church just missed out in the final of …

Lottery drives growth by investing in empty historic buildings Bridgford Hall, Nottingham 18/12/2014 Today, the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) is announcing grants totaling £3.3million that will make three vacant and derelict historic buildings commercially …

Lottery funding success for arts and crafts partnership 16/12/2014 The William Morris Society and the Emery Walker Trust, who work to promote the lives, influences and collections of Morris and Walker from their former West London homes, can now launch …

Tate launches world-wide access to unpublished archives of key British artists A tender love letter from Paul Nash to his wife Margaret. Nash’s black-and-white photographic output (numbering over 1,000 images) has been digitised showing his captivation …

Images of Egypt and Palestine 16/12/2014 Awarded through HLF’s Our Heritage programme, the project will focus on collecting and making accessible images of Egypt and Palestine as they would have been seen by people during the First World War. To mark the …

How Lottery investment has changed Sheffield Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet 16/12/2014 Sheffield is one of Britain’s most important industrial cities, its name a byword for the production of steel since the 18th century and the finest quality stainless steel …

HLF ends the year with a sprinkling of fairy dust for Scotland’s heritage 16/12/2014 As pantomime season gets into full swing across the country, one of its most-loved fictional characters is to have his birthplace restored and transformed thanks to …