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Lottery money to restore only surviving Gallipoli ship in time for 2015 centenary HMS M33 in dry dock 19/10/2014 The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has awarded £1.75million to the National Museum of the Royal Navy ( NMRN ) to restore and open to visitors for …

Changing face of anthropology at the Horniman 16/10/2014 The gallery redevelopment, which will take three years to complete, will transform the way the Horniman displays its Anthropology collection – a designated collection of national and international …

Heritage Lottery Fund grants £1.3million for National Museum of Flight redevelopment Archive document from part of the National Museum of Flight collection 16/10/2014 Located at former RAF Station East Fortune, the site is considered to be the best …

Political leaders mark the success of First World War: Then and Now 22/10/2014 HLF recently announced funding for our 1000th project relating to the First World War, taking our total First World War funding to £60million. The Prime Minister, the Deputy …

New Staffordshire Hoard Gallery at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery Artist's impression of the permanent home for the Staffordshire Hoard 17/10/2014 Principally funded by a £750,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to create a permanent home for …

Renovation works at Scapa Flow Museum move a step closer 16/10/2014 Orkney Islands Council agreed recently to put aside £1,547,000 of council funding to include the project on its next capital programme. The project has already secured over half a million …

Introducing our online community 14/10/2014 You may have spotted the ‘Our community’ tab at the top of our new website and wondered what this new section is all about. As the Online Communities Manager at HLF, I’m here to explain what it is and encourage …

London’s war remembered – community projects show how conflict touched so many lives Painting of Frank Edwards by Lady Butler London Irish Rifles 30/09/2014 More than 70 community projects throughout the capital have so far shared almost £2million to …

Origins of democracy Close-up of the Magna Carta 30/09/2014 The project, Engaging with the Magna Carta, will see the complete re-display and re-presentation of the Cathedral’s Magna Carta in its Chapter House alongside other documents from the Cathedral’s …