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‘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 …

'Command of the Oceans' rides the waves of success 26/07/2012 The Historic Dockyard Chatham in Kent has received initial HLF support* for its ‘Command of the Oceans’ project, it was announced today. At the heart of this new £8.4m project will be ‘the ship …

Community archaeology group find traces of medieval mill 03/08/2012 With awards from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), English Heritage and others, in 2011 the group had uncovered a unique medieval wheel pit in the river, constructed from high quality …

Shetland Film Archive Heritage Lottery Fund grant success! 08/08/2012 This grant, along with sums raised from film screenings and a raffle, plus a matching sum from LEADER, is for phase one of the Shetland Film Archive development project. The funds will …

Over £200,000 will allow Welsh museums to Share Treasures 31/07/2012 This funding will help develop exhibitions and projects that will include artefacts from national collections across Wales and the UK. The project is a joint initiative between the Welsh …

Govan and Craigton Integration Network gains Heritage Lottery Fund support 18/07/2012 Diving for Pearls in Govan is bringing together people with migrant histories for a multi-media project exploring the impact of the shipbuilding industry on the …

Get involved in protecting ponds and nurturing newts 25/07/2012 Now, thanks to a grant of more than £43,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), people in 25 parishes stretching from the Malvern Hills to Bromyard Downs will have the chance to get …

Experts call for ‘citizen archaeologists’ to help save Scottish coast lines 13/08/2012 It is hoped that public-spirited volunteers will offer their support to saving the potential destruction of more than 940 sites of historic importance around the …