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HLF to safeguard the Lasting Legacy of Huddersfield Rugby League 26/07/2011 The first round pass ensures that the project can now progress to the second stage of HLF application process. Sporting pride Community Trust now have up to two years to submit …

£3.4million lottery win to save HMS Alliance 30/05/2011 The funding will help save HMS Alliance, the only surviving WW2 era submarine that is the memorial to 5,300 British Submariners. Stuart McLeod, Head of HLF South East, said: “This Heritage Lottery …

Astley Castle to be saved thanks to Heritage Lottery Fund 04/07/2009 Dating back to the 1200s and tragically devastated by fire in 1978, Astley Castle in North Warwickshire is now celebrating and looking forward to a safe, bright and exciting future …

Museum will bring bygone Basing House back to life 01/07/2009 The grant will mean Hampshire County Museums and Archives Service, supported by the Friends of Basing House, can create a new, permanent museum in The Lodge, a later building that now stands on …

15th Anniversary unlocks London's wonders 27/05/2009 Londoners can dig into history beneath River Thames mud, discover a magical medieval landscape, marvel at the restored majesty of the capital’s best-loved church or delve into the lives of their fellow …

Mummers 16/02/2009 The Mummers Foundation received the award to promote and develop the art of mumming in Fermanagh and Tyrone through a programme of outreach and educational activities that will involve the whole community. Mumming is a centuries old …

Royal jewels 22/09/2009 The Heritage Lottery Fund has today awarded £274,400 to help Redcar and Cleveland Council showcase the life and death of a royal Saxon princess, whose grave was uncovered in an East Cleveland farmer's field. A collection of rare …

Crucial £10million lottery boost for UK’s run-down town centres 12/05/2009 Today, the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) announces a welcome investment boost of almost £10million of earmarked funding* to back much-needed regeneration plans in eight run-down town …

18th century Royal Chapel Organ in tune with HLF funding 23/07/2013 The organ, at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Finedon, said to be ‘of the highest historical importance,’ is in need urgent attention; recommended by professional restorers and noted …

Music Hall stars to shine once more 01/08/2009 They trod the boards throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries as singers, dancers, comedians, acrobats, animal trainers and clowns.  Memories of these music hall and variety artistes may have faded …