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Young Roots offering up to £50,000 for Welsh heritage projects 09/06/2014 Young people can get as creative as they like in interpreting what heritage means to them - previous projects have organised masquerade balls, photography exhibitions, fashion shows …

HLF-supported RSPB Minsmere to host Springwatch 26/05/2014 BBC Two’s Springwatch will be based at RSPB Minsmere in Suffolk this year. The series, which starts tonight, will follow the fortunes of the nature reserve’s diverse wildlife over the next three …

The riddle of Cleenish Island 11/06/2014 Immediately after the First World War the then British Government announced a programme called Homes Fit For Heroes, which later became the 1919 (Sailors and Soldiers) Land Act. It was designed to help those …

'Breaking New Ground' a new HLF Landscape Partnership scheme for The Brecks 18/03/2014 Following the second-round application for HLF Landscape Partnership funding submitted in November 2013, Suffolk County Council and the Breaking New Ground Landscape …

Reading Abbey Quarter passes the first stage Rediscovering Reading's Abbey ruins 20/06/2014 It means the council can now move on to developing more detailed plans for the project which includes widespread conservation work of the Abbey Ruins and Gate, the …

Sheffield cares for the wounded 19/06/2014 The fascinating exhibition, which opens its doors to the public on Thursday 26 June 2014, will highlight the awe-inspiring work of the 3rd West Riding Field Ambulance on the Western Front in France and Flanders …

Major development project at Gloucester Cathedral 03/06/2014 Gloucester Cathedral is excited to announce that it has secured development funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for the first phase of a major 10-year capital project. Project Pilgrim …

Full steam ahead for Kirkwall regeneration project 18/06/2014 The Kirkwall Townscape Heritage Initiative will run from this autumn for five years until 2019. Under the scheme, grants will be made available within the Kirkwall Conservation Area for: …

HLF supporting a new chapter for Hay Castle 23/05/2014 Heritage and literature can often link together powerfully and beautifully. At the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) the synergy between word and place often makes a convincing case for funding projects …

Training and trenches: investigating First World War sites 12/06/2014 Members of the local community are being invited to help uncover the history of three military training sites in the Settle area. Among them are two suspected trenches within the …