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'Postcards from the Park' Southwark winner meets Chris Packham and Mike McCartney 07/09/2010 He met celebrity photographer Mike McCartney and environmentalist Chris Packham. The competition was organised by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and the Big …

Double 'Postcards from the Park' winner is snap happy! 23/07/2010 The eye-catching photos, entitled, ‘The silence of stone’ and ‘Whiskers and fur’, hugely impressed the judges who included celebrated photographer Mike McCartney (brother of Paul), Angela …

Laundry's life and times project wins HLF grant 27/04/2010 Many in the present generation have no knowledge of the Irthlingborough Co-operative Laundry standing in the Crow Hill Estate and the ways in which it impacted the lives of so many local people. …

Funding announced for Woodbridge Tide Mill 02/07/2010 The HLF first-round pass* means that Woodbridge Tide Mill Trust can now progress to the second stage of the HLF application process. They have up to two years to submit more detailed plans, but hope to …

Monkwearmouth Station Museum receives investment 12/07/2010 The project will focus on two key items in the museum’s important collection, a covered carriage truck built in 1939 and a goods break van built in 1915. The covered carriage, the earliest …

HLF West Midlands committee welcomes new members 18/06/2010 He will be joined by two newly appointed committee members, Professor Ian Grosvenor, and Dr. Clive Harris and their first meeting will take place next week on 22 June 2010. The HLF Committee for …

Community Heritage Grant Awards 25/08/2010 Three projects in South East Wales, aiming to keep the rich heritage of their towns alive with support from local people and volunteers, have been awarded almost £100,000 by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). The …

Bitten by the Heritage Bug 25/06/2010 "To many people it looks like just another Somerset hilltop. Thousands drive by on the A303 every day without giving it a second glance. But for me Cadbury Castle rising above the village of South Cadbury is some …

Summer investment boost to North East parks 05/07/2010 Located in North Tyneside, on the edge of Wallsend town centre, the Wallsend Parks project will focus on three connected sites: Prince Road Arboretum; Richardson Dees Park; and The Hall Grounds. All …

Townscape Conservation on the Agenda at Heritage Funding Seminar 17/06/2010 The Townscape Heritage Initiative (THI) programme is designed specifically to support the regeneration of towns that have suffered serious social and economic decline, and so far …