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7 things to do in Scotland Treat yourself to afternoon tea at Mackintosh at the Willow 17/10/2018 From dazzling coastlines to dynamic design, vibrant Scotland is full of things to do and places to visit: many funded by the National Lottery. Here are seven …

What links the Eurythmics, a derelict church and the National Lottery? Dave Stewart at The Canny Space Churches Conservation Trust 27/03/2018 Sunderland’s Grade I listed Holy Trinity Church closed its doors in June 1988 with no clear future. Now Dave …

£1million investment for Northern Ireland’s Great Places Bangor to benefit from Great Place investment 27/03/2018 Four special places in Northern Ireland are today celebrating a £1million investment to help shape their future development. They are the …

Being Brunel: inside the mind of the man who ‘built Britain’ A statue of the engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel 22/03/2018 A museum with an unrivalled insight into the life and mind of Isambard Kingdom Brunel has opened in Bristol, thanks to £4.8million …

Stories of Yorkshire’s fascinating past win £1.1million National Lottery support The Diesel Demons - volunteers in action at the National Coal Mining Museum England NCMME 22/03/2018 From the story of our English coal mining heritage to one of the most …

5 new HLF trustees appointed Sir Peter Luff, Chair of NHMF and HLF Paul Pickard 20/03/2018 Five new trustees are joining the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) and the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) Board in the next couple of months, bringing with them …

Over £5.6million to help Scottish landscapes to blossom Scottish landscapes set to blossom - Ben Ledi and Loch Lubnaig Keith Wilson 20/03/2018 The National Lottery has marked the first day of spring with an investment of over £5.6million in three …

Ambitious £3.8m project set to help save bats 12/10/2018 The new National Lottery grant will help bats, churches and congregations. Bats are often synonymous with churches, but the relationship isn’t always a harmonious one.  The UK’s bat population has …

Diving deep - HMS Invincible project calls for volunteers Senior archeaologist Giles Richardson with a bowl retrieved from HMS Invincible Mike Pitts 11/10/2018 A major showcase for the most important underwater excavation in decades begins with a call for …

Sweet recollections of working at Rowntree An example of a vintage Rowntree Easter egg 29/03/2018 Working in a chocolate factory is as full of sweet treats as you might imagine, confirms Mrs Dales, who was employed on the production line at Rowntree in …