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Everyone’s a Winner! 15/10/2009 Today, a massive windfall of over £18million has been given to six of the UK’s much-loved public parks by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and Big Lottery Fund (BIG). This cash injection brings the total invested in public …

All Souls Church 29/09/2009 The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has today confirmed a grant of £3.3million for the outstanding Grade II listed All Souls Church in Bolton. This money will transform the currently redundant 19th-century building into a …

£539,000 to conserve Lightshaw Meadows 22/03/2010 Community Forests Northwest has been awarded £539,300 by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to fund the conservation of one of the area’s most important natural landscapes. The grant will be used to purchase …

Heritage Lottery Fund helps safeguard rare parish library 24/05/2010 The award of £33100 will allow the Parochial Church Council (PCC) and the Trustees of the Tinclar Library to carry out renovation and repairs to St. Patrick’s Hall - an historic building …

New Chair of the Heritage Lottery Fund North East committee appointed 11/04/2011 His first meeting will take place in June 2011. The HLF Committee for the North East is made up of leading figures in the heritage sector across the region who are chosen for …

Rt. Hon Lord Derek Foster, Heritage Lottery Fund’s North East Committee Chair, steps down 30/03/2011 Washington resident Rt. Hon Lord Derek Foster steps down on 31 March 2011 after having spent five years chairing the North East England Committee of the …

Vindolanda to boost the North East economy 17/02/2011 With a 35% decline in visitor figures to Hadrian’s Wall since 1970 and the recent cuts in government spending for regional tourism, the imminent re-opening of The Vindolanda Trust’s two sites; Roman …

More than £220,000 for North East’s historic places of worship 17/02/2011 Nationally, since 2002, almost £140 million of grants have been awarded for more than 1,500 projects at Grade I and II historic places of worship through the joint  scheme, which is …

Take Two - North East projects receive lottery funding for wartime stories 23/02/2011 Led by volunteers, these projects will explore both World Wars researching and capturing the memories and experiences of the local community who were involved. The …

Flagship park nears completion 02/03/2011 Members of Sunderland City Council’s West Area Committee gathered to inspect the latest progress on phase two of the redevelopment, which is set for completion next month. Work on phase one of the 18-month project …