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Seven projects bringing city-wide heritage investment for Derry/Londonderry

An aerial view of Derry/Londonderry showing the Peace Bridge and the River Foyle

Credit: Cinematic Sky.

News

29/09/2025

… by restoring historic buildings, expanding archives and creating new tourist destinations. We've recently awarded … plans to restore the iconic five storey building. It will then apply for a potential delivery grant of £4.47m towards … of planning, Derry City and Strabane District Council can now proceed with the DNA Museum project thanks to a £400,000 …

Register of Interests – Board and committees

Publications

… Register of Interests – Board and committees 01/07/2024 Trustee and committee members' register of interests. Board of … Restoration and Renewal Delivery Authority Trustee now Chair: Andrew Lloyd-Webber Foundation Worked with as …

Darsham Forward 2013, Wrentham, Wangford & Westleton

A tea meetup in Darsham

Projects

… Church, Darsham carried out urgent structural repairs and went from being a cold formal space to a vital community … This project focused on making the building watertight and installing efficient heating. A lively programme of … creating a children’s guide, piloted by a local school. Now the church has a higher profile in the village and …

Application help notes: Heritage Innovation Fund

Publications

… challenge area. Extra support We will be holding webinars and workshops to help you apply. Find out more about these … start a new application form Click Start a New Application and select Grants of £10,000 to £250,000. Click Start a New … support programme. Why does your project need to happen now? Tell us about the most pressing workforce-related …

England, London & South: delegated decisions June 2025

Publications

… arts experience to reflect Gravesend’s maritime history and engage with the community. To commemorate the tragedy of the crash and subsequent sinking of The Princess Alice, and its … lens and explore why Austen disliked the city that is now an indivisible part of the Austen 'brand'. To reveal the …

England, Midlands & East: delegated decisions July 2025

Publications

… District Council Project description: This aims to develop and deliver a project in Swaffham town centre, Norfolk, to … Grade II church, which had fallen into disrepair and was now closed to the public. The church was based in the former … young people to express their views on mental health and then have facilitated discussions. The content would be …

Reimagining Hilden Primary School

A restored nineteenth-century brick school building

Thanks to National Lottery players, the school will once again welcome children and their families.

Projects

… players, the school will once again welcome children and their families. Heritage Enterprise Date awarded 03/09/2019 Location Hilden Local Authority Lisburn and Castlereagh Applicant Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council … the local area. The building’s new Hilden Mill Tea Room is now a gathering place for the local community and users of …

Saving the UK’s last major bellfoundry

Three people stand inside a factory casting a large bell. Molten metal pours from a container held in the air by a hoist

Casting a bell at Taylor's Bellfoundry. Photo: Katelyn Collins.

Projects

… £4003992 We helped Loughborough Bellfoundry Trust restore and improve the site, secure the future of the historic industry in Britain and redevelop their museum. Our support has helped save … Historic England’s Heritage At Risk register. Taylor’s can now continue the centuries-old craft of casting and repairing …

Bradford’s unique museum exploring peace moves to Saltaire

People walk around the exhibits including peace banners and posters

Exhibition and collection items on display in the new building at Salt Mills. Credit: The Peace Museum.

Projects

… unique museum exploring peace moves to Saltaire Exhibition and collection items on display in the new building at Salt … Collections campaign, the project has created an engaging and accessible space enabling more stories of peace, … reform and peace movements to be shared with visitors now and in the future. An engaging space for all Visitors …

All-inclusive heritage adventures

Blogs

27/07/2015

… 27/07/2015 Liz Ellis, Policy Adviser Communities and Diversity In the latest in a series of features promoting … people with learning disabilities in Northern Ireland and Wales. Enjoy. Learn. Flourish. These life enhancing words … Riverside School in Antrim, Northern Ireland, and they are now motivating all of us here at HLF too! Young disabled …

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