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Happy 300th birthday Capability Brown An actor brings Capability Brown to life in Kirkharle 04/08/2016 This month marks 300 years since the birth of Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown – the ‘Shakespeare of gardening’. The Capability Brown Festival, made possible …

Great Place Scheme puts culture at the heart of local vision The dramatic Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland Chris Hill/NT 04/08/2016 The Great Place Scheme – one of the flagship measures from the Government’s recently published Culture White Paper – …

New £15million scheme to put culture centre stage Fashion parade on Hastings Pier in the 1960s 04/08/2016 Today, HLF and Arts Council England (ACE) announced a joint investment of £15million in a scheme to place culture at the heart of local communities. …

National Lottery grant opens up huge Devon photo collection ‘JR0538-21’, digitally scanned from a Beaford Archive negative James Ravilious © Beaford Arts 03/08/2016 Thousands of unseen photographs depicting life in rural Devon in the 1970s and 1980s will …

Volunteers bring Iron Age building back to life Paratoi i frwydro yn Bryn Eryr 29/07/2016 A recreated Iron Age farmstead at one of the UK’s largest living museums was welcomed into the 21st century this week with its official opening at St Fagans near …

Success! World-famous picture of Elizabeth I saved with help of National Lottery players The Armada Portrait of Elizabeth I, circa 1590 National Maritime Museum, London 29/07/2016 The Armada Portrait of Elizabeth I is to be permanently housed at the …

Heritage Lottery Fund launches new £8million resilience programme HMS Victory at Portsmouth 28/07/2016 Resilient Heritage grants between £3,000 and £250,000 will fund a range of tailored activity specifically designed to help organisations improve the way …

Future-proofing heritage HMS Victory in Portsmouth 28/07/2016 At HLF, we think the UK’s heritage is precious. That’s why today we’re launching a new £8million annual investment programme that will help protect and sustain it for future generations. In a …

Scotland’s landscapes to benefit from £9million HLF investment A golden eagle Laurie Campbell 27/07/2016 This investment of National Lottery funding will see landscapes ranging from the lochs of North Lanarkshire and the coastline and uplands of Coigach …

HLF answers call of the wild with £100million funding Postie's Path, Coigach 27/07/2016 HLF is celebrating investing over £100million in Scotland’s incredible natural heritage - from saving pollinating insects to encouraging communities to get together to …