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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 …

Sundew Cabin project celebrates £8,100 HLF grant Sundew Cabin 01/10/2014 Rocks By Rail – The Living Ironstone Museum   in Cottesmore, Rutland has received a HLF grant to restore the Sundew Cabin, the last remaining piece of a vast excavating machine that …

St John’s Hyde Park organ restoration secures Heritage Lottery Fund investment Class lesson at St John's, Hyde Park 29/09/2014 The project aims to restore the Grade II* listed Victorian organ and celebrate this valuable piece of heritage through musical …

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 …

£11.5m Lottery grant to transform last surviving Battle of Jutland ship 15/10/2014 The Heritage Lottery Fund has confirmed the award of £11.5million to the National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN) and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment …

Helping to save the Wedgwood Collection 02/10/2014 The Wedgwood Collection – one of the most important industrial archives in the world – has been saved well ahead of the 30 November target, thanks to the generosity of over 7,000 individuals, Lottery …

V&A acquires personal papers of Britain’s greatest living theatre director, Peter Brook Peter Brook 01/10/2014 Nicholas Hytner, Director of the National Theatre, has said of Peter Brook: “Everybody in the UK, not just the performance world, owes a debt of …

Boost to Scottish textile and maritime collections Finishing room, James Templeton & Co. Ltd 08/10/2014 Today HLF announced grants to the Scottish Maritime Museum in Irvine and to the University of Glasgow’s textile industry collection to allow them to …

Bomber Command Centre gets wings with £3.1million from Heritage Lottery Fund Bomber Command Lincolnshire Bomber Command Memorial Trust 14/10/2014 The Lincolnshire Bomber Command Memorial Trust (LBCM), in partnership with the University of Lincoln, has …

Toynbee Hall beacon will shine brighter thanks to Lottery grant Exterior of Toynbee Hall 09/10/2014 Aldgate-based Toynbee Hall is a social welfare charity whose purpose has always been to eradicate poverty and increase opportunities for people to fulfil …