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Filling a gap in the Travellers’ tales 25/02/2009 The project will enable this particular group of nomadic people to have a specific presence in Gypsy Roma Traveller History month which takes place in June. Irish Travellers are distinct from Roma and …

Julian Huppert MP visits redeveloped Polar Museum 01/11/2010 Julian Huppert MP visited The Polar Museum: Scott Polar Research Institute today, to see for himself the results of the £1.75million museum redevelopment that was made possible by the support of …

More than £3m for East of England’s Historic Places of Worship 18/02/2011 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 …

Black role model project launched 21/01/2009 A £37,200 grant has gone to BTWSC (formerly known as Beyond The Will Smith Challenge), which will research the lives of at least 30 British male role models of African descent over the century from 1907. A team …

Landscape masterpiece receives conservation boost 23/03/2010 A river valley whose image has been immortalised by some of England’s best-loved painters is to receive a Heritage Lottery Fund grant of almost £1 million to aid its conservation while improving …

Christmas comes early to Prittlewell Priory with £1.3million boost 22/12/2009 The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) have announced their £1.3million award for the refurbishment of Prittlewell Priory Museum. Following the provisional award from HLF in October …

Heritage Lottery Funding for Colchester Castle, Essex 20/11/2009 The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has given the green light to Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service to work up plans to reinterpret and re-display Colchester Castle, Essex, it was announced …

Over £420k for Nottinghamshire’s historic places of worship 17/02/2011 The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and English Heritage are today announcing more than £421,000 to three Grade I and II listed places of worship across the county. The grants were awarded …

Exploring their roots 20/12/2010 The area’s history is unknown to most of its present residents but now a group of local young people are about the put that right, and present their discoveries in an imaginative way. Thanks to a £25,000 grant from the …

Saving Derbyshire’s great trees and their legends 10/11/2010 Now, a project to capture these stories and give the trees better protection has been made possible by a £45,200 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). The Derbyshire Wildlife Trust will be …