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Dr Manon Williams appointed to Board of HLF and NHMF 11/01/2012 She takes over from Dan Clayton Jones who steps down after seven years.  Dr Williams will join the 15-strong Board of Trustees, which includes leading figures from the heritage sector, …

Investing in Success 05/03/2010 A new report published today, commissioned by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), reveals for the first time the scale of the heritage tourism industry in the UK, estimating its gross domestic product (GDP) contribution to be …

Settle Stories archive gets funding 26/01/2012 But thanks to £50,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), a new archive being set up by Settle Stories will let students and fans of the Yorkshire Dales go on-line to hear stories about what life was like …

Round Our Way Old Time Music Hall Project Wins Heritage Lottery Fund Support 18/01/2012 It echoes all around us, Waterstone’s at Islington Green, Marie Lloyd’s house in Hackney, Wilton’s Hall in Poplar and there are huge audiences for variety leaning TV …

RAF’s unsung heroes will have their story told 10/01/2012 That is now set to change with an interactive information point at the National Memorial Arboretum thanks to a £5,100 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). For much of the 20th century, …

100 years of world-beating fighter aircraft will be marked 05/01/2012 But the fact that no other town in the country has contributed so much to the UK’s air forces has largely been overlooked. Now a group of former employees and aviation enthusiasts will …

£3.94m Heritage Lottery grant for state-of-the-art Bannockburn visitor centre 27/01/2012 The grant of £3,940,300 was announced today to the National Trust for Scotland for the project, as part of fundraising efforts. HLF also announced a First Round pass* …

£19m of Lottery money to reinvigorate parks across the UK 18/12/2011 HLF has awarded confirmed funding¹ of £11.3m to restore seven parks from Fife to London, while HLF and BIG have jointly awarded £7.8m to a further four parks in Goole, Manchester, …

Clissold House opens doors 26/01/2012 Marking the completion this year of an ambitious £9million project to revitalise the park and bring the House back into public use, Wesley Kerr said: “London is unique among world cities for its large number of …

Young people’s animation will tell Dreamland’s story 25/01/2012 The Re-animating Dreamland project has been made possible by a grant of £22,800 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). Run by Whitstable-based social enterprise Animate & Create the project …