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What are you saying? Celebrating our language heritage The Taakin Heeds team in action 12/06/2015 Is the way you speak an important part of your identity? The answer is a resounding yes for a number of groups celebrating languages and dialects ranging …

David Livingstone Centre secures HLF support David Livingstone Centre 11/06/2015 The award includes a grant of £334,000 to help develop the project to the next stage. The birthplace in 1803 of celebrated missionary and explorer, Dr David Livingstone, will …

South East England is next stop for new HLF Chair Sir Peter Luff, HLF Chair 10/06/2015 Sir Peter Luff, our new Chair, is visiting some of the South East’s top heritage sites too see the difference National Lottery funding has made for the region’s …

Scotland’s town and city dwellers should hit record on Scotland’s Urban Past Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Europe and External Affairs, visited The Vennie Youth Club in Livingston 10/06/2015 Scotland’s Urban Past (SUP), a joint initiative …

Major milestone passed in historic ambulance train transformation Expert painter Adrian Ashby carefully applies a red cross emblem to the side of a 1907 railway carriage 09/06/2015 The transformation of a 1907 railway carriage which will be the …

Lottery grants help North East youngsters explore the First World War A student from King James I Academy lays a poppy on the grave of an unknown Durham solider 10/06/2015 Three schools and a community group have received a share of over £38,000 from the …

River Teme restoration gets National Lottery boost Dinham Bridge, Ludow 08/06/2015 A multi-million pound plan to restore the River Teme is a step nearer today thanks to vital funding from the HLF. HLF has approved a development grant of £204,000 to allow …

Search for the Monks underway in Monk Fryston Volunteers extending and opening the first trench 08/06/2015 The site is being prepared and the excavation trenches opened in readiness for the dig volunteers to find more information about the village …

Exploring and revealing the life stories of second generation Birmingham Poles Some of the project team 08/06/2015 Last year the group was awarded a grant of £29,400 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for its project, Fitting in and Getting Along: …

My Deaf Story Signed consultation for the My Deaf Story Youth Heritage project 05/06/2015 Deaf young people in West and South Yorkshire are going to meet deaf comedians, poets and historians to learn about their culture and heritage in a fun way. This is …