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Facing the Dragons 03/10/2012 An exciting new event took place this week to challenge community groups across the UK to pitch their projects to the ‘Heritage Dragons’, a team of heritage experts looking to hand out professional advice. Four diverse …

St George’s Hall in Bradford on course for £1.3m Lottery funding External view of St George's Hall, Bradford 13/10/2014 The project plans to restore the sandstone exterior of the landmark Bradford City Centre building and make other external and internal …

New website to help our parks to prosper 25/10/2012 This week a new website was launched to help public parks and green spaces increase their funding opportunities. HLF,  The Land Trust  and  Big Lottery Fund have created this new website, called  …

UK Public Parks Summit 25/10/2012 The summit brought together key decision makers and international experts to explore innovative ways to support local authorities and Friends groups to generate income in a climate of diminishing budgets and growing …

UK Parks at risk 26/06/2014 The future of UK parks is under serious threat according to a report published today by HLF. The UK has some of the world’s greatest public parks, visited by 34 million people each year.  Despite investing £700m in parks since …

Reservoirs to be transformed into new wetlands for London 07/08/2014 The Walthamstow Reservoirs in north east London are one of London’s best kept secrets. A grant from HLF is hoping to transform them into Europe’s largest urban wetlands area. The vast …

Helping to tell the story of Edith Cavell 13/10/2014 Edith Cavell, the First World War nurse executed for her role in helping over 200 allied troops escape Belgium, was an inspiration at the time of her death in 1915. Her story continues to touch people …

Collecting Cultures: back by popular demand! 07/10/2014 Today, HLF has announced a £5m funding package to a range of museums, libraries and archives across the UK. Through HLF’s Collecting Cultures programme, 23 organisations, from Glasgow to Brighton, …

£5million investment bolsters cultural institutions future collecting plans 07/10/2014 What do children’s books, robotics, fashion, football and the Black art movement all have in common? They are all museum, library or archive collections that are about …

HLF support for First World War heritage 11/09/2014 2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War. The impact of this global conflict was far reaching, touching and shaping every corner of the UK and beyond. Over the next four years …