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A lotto good causes in running for awards 29/06/2012 The National Lottery Awards recognise the positive impact that Lottery-funded projects – both big and small – make to local communities. Over 500 Good Causes entered this year’s Awards. Seventy have …

Louise Mensch MP helps Rockingham Village Hall celebrate grant 14/10/2011 The project led by volunteers from the local community will repair and conserve the hall, and develop it as a base for learning about the history of Rockingham village, and its …

Limestone launch a boost for region 29/09/2011 A Heritage Skills Festival marked the official launch of a major environmental project this week. The three-day event at Souter Lighthouse, South Shields, gives school pupils, professionals and members of the …

High-tech scheme to retell Salford’s past 06/09/2011 Locally-based social enterprise Engage with Media will be working with community volunteers of all ages thanks to a grant of £46,900 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). Chapel Street is the core of …

Morecambe Bay Partnership wins HLF support 01/08/2011 Development funding of £100,000 has also been awarded to help the Partnership progress their plans to apply for a full grant at a later date. The Headlands to Headspace project aims to make the bay …

Suffolk coast and heaths and areas of natural beauty wins the Lottery! 01/08/2011 Councillor David Wood, Chair of Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB Partnership, said: “I am delighted with this news that the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) is backing our proposals …

Major grants for three Solway churches 30/11/2012 A grant of £22,476 from the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) 2007-13 through the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural …

True location of Bosworth Battlefield pinpointed 19/02/2010 The latest discoveries, announced by Leicestershire County Council pinpoint the exact location of Bosworth Battlefield, where Henry Tudor and King Richard III clashed on 22nd August 1485, and …

All hands on hedges for new heritage project 01/01/2009 A new project to raise awareness of the importance of hedgerows to our local landscapes is to get underway following the award of a £47,400 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).  The funding …