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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Tate launches world-wide access to unpublished archives of key British artists A tender love letter from Paul Nash to his wife Margaret.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 …

How Lottery investment has changed Sheffield Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet 16/12/2014 Sheffield is one of Britain’s most important industrial cities, its name a byword for the production of steel since the 18th century and the finest quality stainless steel …

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 …

HLF ends the year with a sprinkling of fairy dust for Scotland’s heritage 16/12/2014 As pantomime season gets into full swing across the country, one of its most-loved fictional characters is to have his birthplace restored and transformed thanks to …

Cash boost for WW1 project that spotlights Scots’ role in conflict Archive image of Julian the Tank, raising money for the War Effort at Brechin in Angus. 16/12/2014 The Scotland’s War initiative has been awarded £75,000 by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) …

A bright future for Weston Park Museum Sheffield! Woolly mammoth exhibit at Weston Park Museum, Sheffield Andy Brown 16/12/2014 The grant will support Weston Park Museum: A Bright Future, a major £1million plan to transform several of the museum’s public …

Constable sketch purchased for Ipswich with Heritage Lottery help 15/12/2014 The acquisition, which has also been supported financially by the Borough Council and the Friends of Ipswich Museums means A Lime Kiln will become part of the largest collection …