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Young boat builders secure £42,000 in lottery funding 06/09/2012 The funding comes through HLF’s Young Roots programme, designed for projects led by young people aged 11 to 25. The scheme aims to involve young people in developing skills, finding out …

Kingston University acquires revealing Iris Murdoch letters 31/08/2012 A collection of letters written by Dame Iris Murdoch, which reveals the depth of her relationship with one of her closest female friends, has been acquired by Kingston University’s …

All Our Stories: how YOU could apply for a lottery grant at the BBC’s roadshow event – Glasgow’s Riverside Museum 06/06/2012 The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) will be at the BBC’s The Great British Story event at Riverside Museum this weekend (9 June 2012) …

Heritage Lottery Fund invests further £13.6m in skills 28/05/2012 Today, the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has announced a further investment of £13.6m in 51 skills projects through its Skills for the Future¹ and Training Bursaries Programmes². This money …

£20m HLF investment in 13 distinctive landscapes across UK 23/07/2012 This investment will help conserve some of the UK’s most diverse and locally distinctive landscapes by supporting schemes that provide long-term social, economic and environmental …

Four museums to be transformed 26/07/2012 Alongside the £1.42billion which has been allocated to transforming the UK’s museums and galleries since the launch of the National Lottery, HLF’s latest awards will ensure that our collections continue to respond …

Accreditation for Otley Courthouse Heritage Group 15/08/2012 Now a Community Arts and Resource Centre, Otley Courthouse played an important role in the West Riding area of Yorkshire between the 1870s and 1997. By interviewing a wide range of people who …

‘Pattie Slappers’ project to collect memories from Hull’s past 07/08/2012 The year-long Pattie Slappers project will work with volunteers to collect stories from people who worked in the frozen food industry to create a website, a book, an oral archive, …

Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: HLF routes £1.5m into Mourne Mountains 23/07/2012 They were the inspiration for renowned author C.S Lewis’ imaginative creation of the fantasy Kingdom of Narnia; immortalised in song by the numerously covered song ‘The …

Ben Uri art museum acquires portrait by Soutine 25/07/2012 La Soubrette (Waiting Maid) , c. 1933, is of international importance and has been acquired by private treaty through Sotheby’s, thanks to a £193,000 Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) grant and almost …