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Another award for Northern Ireland’s spectacular landscapes 03/10/2013 The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has awarded another grant in support of our spectacular local landscapes.Over the last nine years the Landscape Partnership programme has provided £108m …

Funding Seminar for Local Landscape Heritage 20/08/2010 Following recent announcements of multi-million pound grants for major environmental projects in Northern Ireland, including £1.6million for the Mourne AONB and £1.2million for the Belfast Hills, the …

Creating Connections at the Cooper Gallery 16/01/2013 The Cooper Gallery: Creating Connections project seeks to increase the number of visitors by attracting new audiences to the venue and enabling more people to engage with its heritage and fascinating …

HLF pledges £1.3m support for Cumbria's heritage 13/12/2012 Since 1994, HLF has invested over £72million into preserving Cumbria’s rich heritage. From restoring Chances Park, Carlisle to Wordsworth House in Cockermouth, the effect of Lottery money is …

Museum of Free Derry expansion 03/10/2011 The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has awarded a £500,000 grant to support the expansion of the Museum of Free Derry. The funding will be used to expand the current building to house a dedicated community space, an …

Lottery Windfall for Walled City’s Heritage 11/03/2011 The grant was awarded to Holywell Trust and will be used to support a community based programme of research, events and activities to create a greater understanding of the importance of the City Walls …

Making History on the River Lagan 21/01/2011 The Barge MV Confiance, has been restored as part of Lagan Legacy’s plans to create a dedicated maritime museum which tells the story of the River Lagan and Northern Ireland’s industrial and maritime heritage. …

Laxton History Group's Project wins Lottery support 27/02/2014 Professor John Beckett, Nottingham University says: "This is an extraordinary opportunity to find out more about this unique English village and to recreate the lives of the villagers at the …

Hidden heritage opened up with Lottery grant 25/02/2014 The £4,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) is being used to open up and share this little known heritage with the people of Belfast and beyond. Members of the Basque and Catalan …

Lottery funding go-ahead for Eling Tide Mill 20/12/2012 Development funding of £56,500 has been awarded to help develop proposals for improvements to the mill, which is one of only two working tide mills that produces and sells flour in the UK, together …