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Hexham Abbey secures £1.8m grant for exciting project 31/05/2012 The landmark announcement follows more than a year of public fundraising. Ivor Crowther, Head of the Heritage Lottery Fund North East, said: “Hexham Abbey has played a pivotal role in the …

Mari Lwyd brought to life at the Urdd National Eisteddfod 30/05/2012 The 17th-century cultural celebrations will take place on the Urdd National Eisteddfod site at Llandrillo College, Glynllifon Campus near Caernarfon next Wednesday, 6 June at 1.30pm as a …

Learning centre for new country park 16/05/2012 The project, at Newstead and Annesley Country Park, will help to train up volunteers who are vital to the park’s future success. Newstead Enterprise is a not-for-profit organisation and registered charity …

Heritage Lottery Fund supports Scotland’s designs on a new international museum 11/05/2012 The V&A at Dundee is an inspirational project which will showcase Scotland’s great design heritage to the world while inspiring and developing home-grown talent and …

London’s only urban beach opens 29/05/2012 In Edwardian times, families from across the capital descended on 'Margate Sands' in Bishops Park every summer.   Now, Hammersmith & Fulham (H&F) Council, with the help of the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and Big …

Project Florence gains Heritage Lottery Fund support 29/05/2012 Project Florence will run alongside Operation Nightingale, an inspirational scheme in which injured soldiers have been working with archaeologists, using archaeology as a rehabilitation …

Heritage Lottery Fund announces initial support totalling £76million for major projects 11/05/2012 Today, the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has announced initial support¹ worth £76m for eight major projects in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The …

All Our Stories: find out how YOU could apply for a lottery grant at the BBC’s latest roadshow event 24/05/2012 The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) will be at the BBC’s The Great British Story event at Mount Stewart House and Gardens this weekend to announce …

Time Tunnel project traces town's pop music past 29/05/2012 But all that is about to change thanks to the Hertfordshire Music Service and Youth Connexions backed up by a £7,300 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). In recent years a group of young …

Elizabeth Gaskell's house saved from decay 14/06/2012 Thanks to this support, the Italianate villa of 84 Plymouth Grove, where the author of Cranford and North and South lived with her family for 15 years, will now be fully restored so that visitors can …