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Funding to help tell story of Nottingham Castle 27/05/2014 The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has today endorsed Nottingham’s ambitious £12.9million funding bid to help transform Nottingham Castle and bring to life 1,000 years of history. The overall cost of …

Poppy seeds for every school in the UK The Prime Minister planting poppy seeds with local school children 28/04/2014 Every school in the UK will receive a pack of poppy seeds to mark the Centenary of the First World War, as part of an educational …

Young Roots offering up to £50,000 for Welsh heritage projects 09/06/2014 Young people can get as creative as they like in interpreting what heritage means to them - previous projects have organised masquerade balls, photography exhibitions, fashion shows …

The riddle of Cleenish Island 11/06/2014 Immediately after the First World War the then British Government announced a programme called Homes Fit For Heroes, which later became the 1919 (Sailors and Soldiers) Land Act. It was designed to help those …

£4.85million for the National Museum of Scotland 04/06/2014 The grant goes towards a £14.1million project which will create ten new galleries displaying National Museums Scotland’s internationally important collections of Science and Technology and Art …

Grant puts Postal Museum on track 03/06/2014 The British Postal Museum & Archive (BPMA) is pleased to announce today that it has been awarded £4.5m by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), putting delivery of a subterranean ride on Mail Rail – the old Post …

HLF-supported RSPB Minsmere to host Springwatch 26/05/2014 BBC Two’s Springwatch will be based at RSPB Minsmere in Suffolk this year. The series, which starts tonight, will follow the fortunes of the nature reserve’s diverse wildlife over the next three …

'Breaking New Ground' a new HLF Landscape Partnership scheme for The Brecks 18/03/2014 Following the second-round application for HLF Landscape Partnership funding submitted in November 2013, Suffolk County Council and the Breaking New Ground Landscape …

Reading Abbey Quarter passes the first stage Rediscovering Reading's Abbey ruins 20/06/2014 It means the council can now move on to developing more detailed plans for the project which includes widespread conservation work of the Abbey Ruins and Gate, the …

Sheffield cares for the wounded 19/06/2014 The fascinating exhibition, which opens its doors to the public on Thursday 26 June 2014, will highlight the awe-inspiring work of the 3rd West Riding Field Ambulance on the Western Front in France and Flanders …