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Into the Future at Saddleworth 10/10/2014 The museum, run as a registered charity, celebrated its 50th year in 2012 as an independent museum serving the local community. The overall aim of the project is to put the museum on a sound footing for the next …

Hartlebury Castle’s future secured with help of Heritage Lottery Fund Exterior view of Hartlebury Castle 07/10/2014 The Hartlebury Castle Preservation Trust (HCPT), with partners Worcestershire County Council (WCC) and Museums Worcestershire (MW), have …

Darlington theatre successful in £5million restoration bid Interior of Darlington Civic Theatre 09/10/2014 The stage is set for a show stopping future for Darlington’s Civic Theatre which has received initial support for a £5million bid from the Heritage …

Bomber Command Centre gets wings with £3.1million from Heritage Lottery Fund Bomber Command Lincolnshire Bomber Command Memorial Trust 14/10/2014 The Lincolnshire Bomber Command Memorial Trust (LBCM), in partnership with the University of Lincoln, has …

Facing the Dragons 03/10/2012 An exciting new event took place this week to challenge community groups across the UK to pitch their projects to the ‘Heritage Dragons’, a team of heritage experts looking to hand out professional advice. Four diverse …

Seven Stories benefits from Collecting Cultures funding School pupil taking in some of the Seven Stories collections 10/10/2014 Today HLF has announced a £5million funding package to a range of museums, libraries and archives across the UK. Under HLF’s …

New website to help our parks to prosper 25/10/2012 This week a new website was launched to help public parks and green spaces increase their funding opportunities. HLF,  The Land Trust  and  Big Lottery Fund have created this new website, called  …

UK Public Parks Summit 25/10/2012 The summit brought together key decision makers and international experts to explore innovative ways to support local authorities and Friends groups to generate income in a climate of diminishing budgets and growing …

Wales for Peace: Lottery funding for Wales-wide First World War project Remembering the peace movement in Wales 13/10/2014 The heritage of the peace movement in Wales can now be researched and discovered in depth as a result of a £918,000 grant awarded by …

UK Parks at risk 26/06/2014 The future of UK parks is under serious threat according to a report published today by HLF. The UK has some of the world’s greatest public parks, visited by 34 million people each year.  Despite investing £700m in parks since …