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£9.3m New Year 'hat trick' for historic parks 11/01/2010 Three parks in London, Walsall and Devizes are celebrating the beginning of the New Year following confirmed grants totalling £9.3m* from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and the Big Lottery Fund …

Tidings of Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) good cheer for 11 parks 21/12/2009 The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has today announced a £1.39m* grant for the restoration of Victoria Gardens in Neath, Wales, plus first-round passes** for 10 other historic parks in …

Hogwarts Express 10/12/2009 Across the iconic Glenfinnan viaduct, in an area of outstanding natural beauty sits Glenfinnan Station Museum which today was awarded a grant of £195,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund. Featured in ‘Harry Potter and the Chamber …

Early Christmas present for the Charles Dickens Museum 20/11/2009 The Charles Dickens Museum has secured funding of £99,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to develop plans for Great Expectations, the Museum’s major redevelopment project.   As a …

Picture perfect! Photography winners announced by Mike McCartney 08/12/2009 Councillor Mrs Rita Crowe, Mayor of Newark attended the event, alongside the regional winners of the East Midlands Postcards in the Park competition. The East Midlands Postcard in …

Online mapping to save UK moths 19/10/2009 At the fourth annual Moth and Bat Evening held at the Houses of Parliament today, naturalist and broadcaster Nick Baker and leading environmentalist Chris Baines* will unveil the unique online mapping resource …

County Antrim Postcards from the Park 07/09/2010 County Antrim photographer, Terry Cooper, was in London on Friday (3 September) to see his winning ‘Postcards from the Park’ photo, White on Black, exhibited at Southwark Park Café Gallery and to meet …

Harborough Museum 28/09/2009 Over 2500 people enjoyed events in the Square and at Harborough Museum on 19th September.  Dr Nick Barratt, from the BBC's 'Who do you think you are', opened the event with Harborough FM in The Square.  Also in The Square all …

Cardigan’s 900th anniversary 04/01/2010 Cardigan’s 900th anniversary has got off to a cracking start with the announcement of a £30k grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The news came just as the town’s 2010 committee was preparing for a New Year’s Eve …

HLF ensures the Cardiff Story is told 14/12/2009 Christmas has come early for the Cardiff Story as the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) today (14 December) awarded a grant of £440,000 towards the first phase of re-opening a museum for the city. The last …