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Volunteers explore heritage of Highland woodland The Canadian forestry Corps in Highlands Historylinks Museum 19/12/2014 Three sound slides based on the social history of the Woodland Trust Scotland’s Ledmore & Migdale Woods near Spinningdale have been …

Gorgeous Georgian grant-winner Bridgford Hall, West Bridgford 18/12/2014 The funding means that the exciting plan to restore and convert the Hall into an aparthotel, and restore the County Council registry office to its previous home, can now take place. …

Palace or prison? Voices from the Workhouse project secures Lottery funding Renactment of life at Gressenhall 18/12/2014 The project will also explore the lives of those living in the shadow of the controversial institution and challenge popular …

Cushendun Old Church to be restored after nine-year campaign Exterior view of Cushendun Old Church 18/12/2014 Back in 2006 campaigners entered Cushendun Old Church into the BBC’s iconic Restoration series which was presented by Griff Rhys Jones. The …

£1.2m Heritage Lottery grant brings Cardiff’s Ebeneser Chapel back to life 18/12/2014 Thanks to National Lottery funding, the now vacant Grade II listed building on Charles Street will be turned into a community meeting place which will be a hub for …

Heartbreak is over for coastal village View of Cushendun Old Church from the main street 18/12/2014 There was heartbreak in the tiny coastal village of Cushendun in County Antrim when a campaign to restore their old church just missed out in the final of …

Lottery drives growth by investing in empty historic buildings Bridgford Hall, Nottingham 18/12/2014 Today, the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) is announcing grants totaling £3.3million that will make three vacant and derelict historic buildings commercially …

Lottery funding success for arts and crafts partnership 16/12/2014 The William Morris Society and the Emery Walker Trust, who work to promote the lives, influences and collections of Morris and Walker from their former West London homes, can now launch …

Tate launches world-wide access to unpublished archives of key British artists A tender love letter from Paul Nash to his wife Margaret. Nash’s black-and-white photographic output (numbering over 1,000 images) has been digitised showing his captivation …

Images of Egypt and Palestine 16/12/2014 Awarded through HLF’s Our Heritage programme, the project will focus on collecting and making accessible images of Egypt and Palestine as they would have been seen by people during the First World War. To mark the …