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Gamu and The Singing Kettle join ‘day of celebration’ for Renfrew Town Hall 28/01/2012 The event featured a parade, funfair rides, musical performances, the Clyde 1 Roadshow, and official opening ceremony before the day was rounded off by a spectacular …

Open space’s history will become common knowledge 15/03/2012 Common Knowledge is being run by London-based non-profit organisation UP Projects who will be recruiting helpers of all ages from the local community to uncover the secrets of the 221-acre green …

What the Dickens! Southwark marks novelist’s bicentenary 31/01/2012 Southwark Council and Cool Tan Arts will be running the projects that present aspects of Dickens’ early life, the local places that featured in several of his books, and the experiences …

Heritage Lottery Fund helps Wolsingham Primary School unlock 100 years of history 15/03/2012 Celebrating the school’s centenary year, this heritage research project will contribute to a year of activities for the school and the market town of …

Heritage postcard vote launched 20/04/2012 Four images from two local heritage related projects will be whittled down to one from each through a public poll. They can be found online where you can place your vote. Peterborough in Detail is one of the …

Investing in young people: increased funding for Young Roots programme 19/03/2012 HLF has made a number of changes to the £4m programme - which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year - designed to respond to the changing needs of the heritage and youth …

British Museum Centre benefits from Heritage Lottery Fund grant 27/01/2012 HLF have confirmed* a £10m grant for the new World Conservation and Exhibition Centre (WCEC) at the British Museum. This generous grant means the project is more than 80% funded …

Mirrored Memories 14/05/2012 During the 1940s Barton Boys Club provided facilities for the boys and young men of Barton. Situated in Maltby Lane in a former Wesleyan Methodist School, snooker, table tennis, darts and football were enjoyed by those who …

Gosport’s historic Handel Organ to be saved thanks to Heritage Lottery Fund 23/08/2011 The money, along with £42,000 raised locally, will enable the Grade I listed instrument to be returned to its former working glory, so that it can take pride of place …

Play reveals secrets of when the British bugged Nazis in a Middlesex mansion 16/05/2012 Now this hush-hush work will be told in a dramatic play at Trent Park - the place where it happened. The project has been made possible by a grant of almost £95,000 …