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Lottery funding breathes new life into historic places of worship 24/12/2012 As well as helping to address the backlog of urgent repairs, HLF funding will also help provide new facilities to ensure these important historic buildings can be used and …

Support for Museums at Night 2012 in Yorkshire and Norfolk 24/11/2011 The Arts Council will fund the core campaign and Connect10, a new initiative bringing contemporary artists into a range of venues across the UK. The HLF will fund new clusters of events …

Lye & Wollescote Chapels building wins support 24/01/2013 The project aims to repair the rare redundant listed building in Cemetery Road, Lye – comprised of identical Anglican and Non-Conformist chapels - and bring them back into sustainable community and …

Heritage Lottery Fund gives green light to Upminster Windmill restoration 24/01/2013 The project aims to restore both the fabric of the windmill and the internal milling machinery and build an education and training centre with a workshop and education …

Stoking the fires of social justice 24/01/2013 The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has awarded a grant of £58,700 for an 18-month project to archive and celebrate the life and work of George Garrett (1896-1966). Garrett was a Liverpool-born ship's stoker and …

The ingredients that made a fantastic year 24/01/2013 Community Gateway Association (CGA) topped off an amazing 2012 with the publication of a very special cookbook written with the help of residents and the community. 'Hot Pot An' All' shares the stories …

Bethnal Green Tube victims' story will be told 22/01/2013 Although it occurred at the height of the Second World War, the tragedy at Bethnal Green Underground Station that claimed 173 lives was not the result of enemy action but caused by an unsafe …

Celebrating fifty years of Yorkshire's BAME artists 02/07/2012 The project will be delivered by Just Addictive Music and runs from July 2012 to April 2013. It charts the emergence of diverse and multicultural artists from Yorkshire since the 1950’s and …

Royal Opening at The Florrie 22/01/2013 HRH The Prince of Wales has previously visited the Florrie when it was in its dilapidated state. The building, when derelict, had lapsed ownership to the Duchy of Lancaster and was kindly gifted back to the …

Katarina and 'the Florrie' flourishing with Lotto funding 13/12/2012 Rising star, 19 year-old heptathlete Katarina, inspired young people at the Florence Institute in Toxteth, affectionately known as 'the Florrie', which was the first boys club in the …