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Settle Stories archive gets funding 26/01/2012 But thanks to £50,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), a new archive being set up by Settle Stories will let students and fans of the Yorkshire Dales go on-line to hear stories about what life was like …

Dr Manon Williams appointed to Board of HLF and NHMF 11/01/2012 She takes over from Dan Clayton Jones who steps down after seven years.  Dr Williams will join the 15-strong Board of Trustees, which includes leading figures from the heritage sector, …

RAF’s unsung heroes will have their story told 10/01/2012 That is now set to change with an interactive information point at the National Memorial Arboretum thanks to a £5,100 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). For much of the 20th century, …

Round Our Way Old Time Music Hall Project Wins Heritage Lottery Fund Support 18/01/2012 It echoes all around us, Waterstone’s at Islington Green, Marie Lloyd’s house in Hackney, Wilton’s Hall in Poplar and there are huge audiences for variety leaning TV …

100 years of world-beating fighter aircraft will be marked 05/01/2012 But the fact that no other town in the country has contributed so much to the UK’s air forces has largely been overlooked. Now a group of former employees and aviation enthusiasts will …

£3.94m Heritage Lottery grant for state-of-the-art Bannockburn visitor centre 27/01/2012 The grant of £3,940,300 was announced today to the National Trust for Scotland for the project, as part of fundraising efforts. HLF also announced a First Round pass* …

£19m of Lottery money to reinvigorate parks across the UK 18/12/2011 HLF has awarded confirmed funding¹ of £11.3m to restore seven parks from Fife to London, while HLF and BIG have jointly awarded £7.8m to a further four parks in Goole, Manchester, …

Clissold House opens doors 26/01/2012 Marking the completion this year of an ambitious £9million project to revitalise the park and bring the House back into public use, Wesley Kerr said: “London is unique among world cities for its large number of …

Young people’s animation will tell Dreamland’s story 25/01/2012 The Re-animating Dreamland project has been made possible by a grant of £22,800 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). Run by Whitstable-based social enterprise Animate & Create the project …

Union Chapel looks forward to organ restoration thanks to HLF 24/01/2012 The Union Chapel’s Henry Willis organ, Grade I listed on the National Pipe Organ Register, was completed in 1887 and is the only organ of its type in England with its original …