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Wrexham Consultation Event 16/02/2011 What matters to you about Wrexham’s heritage? The town’s parks? Perhaps it’s the football club? Or maybe it’s Wrexham’s historic brewery? With a massive £300million annual awards budget, to allocate from 2013 to 2019, …

Wrexham Museum and Archives Re-Opens its Doors 14/02/2011 The new Museum is the centrepiece of a major community heritage project funded by Wrexham County Borough Council with support from the Heritage Lottery Fund and Welsh Assembly Government. Jennifer …

Long-Term Future of Historic Island Railway Vehicles Secured 14/02/2011 A project to ensure the long-term preservation and display of the Isle of Wight Steam Railway’s historic collection of locomotives, carriages and other rolling stock has been given …

City of dreaming spires to benefit from £3.4million investment 25/01/2011 The University Church of St Mary the Virgin – featuring the tallest ‘dreaming spire’ in Oxford and nestling among some of the most iconic built heritage in the country – has been …

Whitechapel ‘High Street 2012’ historic building scheme confirmed thanks to Heritage Lottery Fund 27/01/2011 The award, made under HLF’s Townscape Heritage Initiative (THI) scheme to Tower Hamlets Council will see the Whitechapel Market Conservation area …

First Scottish Trainees Start Coveted Heritage Skills Programme 08/02/2011 Seven trainees start new jobs this week learning practical skills at one of Scotland’s National Collections, as part of a UK-wide programme of skills training. Selected from over …

Speaking Up for Disability in West Sussex 26/01/2011 Speaking up for Disability will be managed by the Worthing-based charity Voice for Disability. There are few records in existence that look at disability from the viewpoint of disabled people themselves …

The search is on to find the UK’s favourite UK Lottery Funded Projects 13/01/2011 In the last year alone, over £145 million of Lottery funding has been invested in good causes across Scotland and now The National Lottery is encouraging these projects, and …

New gallery depicting changes in rural life opens at Melton Museum! 14/02/2011 After a successful couple of months since opening its doors to the public, Melton Carnegie Museum’s new £1million gallery was officially opened last week on Friday 4 February, …

Elsecar beaming thanks to initial backing 03/02/2011 Plans to restore the site and establish it as a premier tourist destination were boosted last night, Wednesday 2 February, when Barnsley Museum and Heritage Service was awarded a first-round pass* with …