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Discovering fire, and churches, around ancient Hereford 22/01/2010 Anne Jenkins, Head of HLF West Midlands, said: “These two projects will give local people excellent opportunities to get involved in hands-on historical research that, in their different …

Community volunteers and schools to unearth Bredenbury history 31/03/2010 Bromyard and District History Society along with community volunteers and 2 local schools will take part in the venture. Preserved within the landscape are earthworks relating to a …

Thinktank Plans Win Heritage Lottery Fund Support 25/01/2010 Having been awarded a Development Grant of £105,000 to work up plans for the full award, the project will create a new exhibition celebrating ingenuity and innovation in Birmingham. The exciting …

Methodist ‘cathedral’ makeover 06/10/2009 Stoke-on-Trent’s former Methodist chapel, known locally as the ‘Cathedral of the Potteries’, is to begin the second phase of its restoration, thanks to a grant of almost £375,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund …

Birmingham – a city in the making 20/11/2009 Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (BMAG) has been awarded £4.8m by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) towards the £9.7m ‘Birmingham – A City in the Making’ project. The money will go towards the development of an …

Walsall Arboretum receives £4.7m New Year boost 11/01/2010 The planned refurbishment, to be carried out under the Parks for People programme*, has been widely supported by the Arboretum User Group, the Council and the wider community, and will now become …

Heritage Lottery Fund helps to expose Braunton’s 'hidden' history 04/05/2010 The full story of how American troops were trained for the largest amphibious assault in history will be told for the first time by a project lead by Braunton and District Museum …

Royal West of England Academy to be transformed thanks to £350,000 21/07/2010 The award will fund the restoration and transformation of the main galleries, including the introduction of new environmental controls so that the academy can display more of …

More than £1.57m for West Midlands historic places of worship 17/02/2011 The grants were awarded under the organisations’ joint Repair Grants for Places of Worship scheme*. Nationally, since 2002, almost £140million of grants have been awarded for more …

Remarkable life and work of Wiltshire poet, Alfred Williams to be told 04/05/2010 The award of £35,000 will allow the Alfred Williams Heritage Society to make more people aware of South Marston-born Williams, who died in 1930. The grant will finance a …