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Official opening of the Washburn Heritage Centre 23/06/2011 The development of the Centre has been made possible with grants totalling £630,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), as well as local fundraising of nearly £60,000.00, nearly £70,000 from …

Locals to get gardening at two of the borough's most beautiful houses 21/06/2011 Adults and young people will have the chance to learn more about the National Trust’s 17th century Ham House and its garden thanks to a programme of events that will include …

Watts Gallery to reopen after £11million restoration 20/06/2011 Having been placed on the English Heritage At Risk Register, the Gallery’s plight came to public attention when it narrowly missed winning the final of BBC’s Restoration Village in 2006. The …

Bank Holiday boost: £11m Heritage Lottery Fund investment for five heritage sites 30/05/2011 Middlesbrough’s landmark Transporter Bridge; World War II submarine HMS Alliance in Gosport; 19th-century Penarth Pier and Pavilion on the South Glamorgan coast; …

Scottish projects need your vote! 09/06/2011 The Awards recognise the difference that Lottery-funded projects – both big and small – make to local communities. The semi-finalists have been shortlisted for the big difference they have made with Lottery …

Young people take their heritage to the airwaves 08/06/2011 Takeover Radio Children’s Media Trust has relocated to a 19th century lodge in Leicester’s Abbey Park and has won the grant to research the history of their new location. Participants aged from …

Launch of Tyntesfield’s Home Farm visitor centre 08/06/2011 Funded with the generous support of HLF, the new facilities have been integrated into the original Victorian model farm. Every last detail of the Grade II* Listed farm buildings- from animals’ …

Buildings, botany and boats! 10/05/2011 These are: Hastings Pier, one of the UK’s best-loved piers, currently at risk of loss due to recent fire damage; the world’s largest surviving Victorian glass structure at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; a …

Castle Espie podcast 09/09/2010 "Highlights from the recent Castle Espie redevelopment launch. The day was to showcase and highlight how far it has come from its 1990 inception to present day post-redevelopment.  "Dame Jenny Abramsky, Chair of Heritage …

Florrie to rise from the Ashes 22/01/2010 The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has announced today an award of £3.7million for Liverpool’s pioneering Florence Institute for Boys, to fund extensive repair and conservation work, restoring the building so that it …