Search results

Content type
Sector
Regions/nations

How Magna Carta still inspires us, 800 years on

Carole Souter, Chief Executive of the Heritage Lottery Fund
Carole Souter, Chief Executive of the Heritage Lottery Fund

Blogiau

… great exhibition at the British Library, Julian Harrison; and by the Bishop of Lincoln (in the first sermon I’ve ever … they studied as part of their legal training – and then taking selfies with the perfect facsimile safely posted … video of what Magna Carta meant/s to people then and now produced. I would love to introduce those young people to …

Heart and soul community centre saved

Front elevation of the former Moseley School of Art
Front elevation of the former Moseley School of Art

Newyddion

… Heart and soul community centre saved Front elevation of the former … the development of the project. Detailed proposals are then considered by HLF at second-round and as long as plans … soul of a diverse Birmingham community in recent years but now a former arts school is to get a life-saving makeover, …

Remembering the sacrifices of the Somme

Dan Jarvis MP at the Somme
Dan Jarvis MP at the Somme

Blogiau

… filled the air as men climbed from their trenches. And so began 141 days of the bloodiest battle of the FIrst … that sacrifice and reflect on how it changed our society then and shaped Britain today. In doing so we recognise it is … of the First World War. Our First World War: then and now  programme provides grants of £3,000–£10,000 for …

Tomintoul and Glenlivet secure Heritage Lottery Fund support

Overlooking the Tomintoul and Glenlivet landscape
Overlooking the Tomintoul and Glenlivet landscape

Newyddion

… Tomintoul and Glenlivet secure Heritage Lottery Fund support … What they have already started on a small scale can now be taken forward bringing real cohesion to the natural … set aside by HLF for the scheme in question. The applicant then progresses to the second round and submits a further, …

Dunkirk Little Ship to set sail again

A model of a boat on water
A model of the Skylark IX floating at Dunkirk shore on the 75th anniversary of Operation Dynamo

Newyddion

… going to be rescued thanks to National Lottery funding and the passion of a local community group. The restoration … we set out our vision and gather like-minded people then we would get there in the end.  "Funding from the … us every step of the way and with them and many others, we now can bring our dream to the fore.” Lucy Casot, Head of the …

Vital £1.8m Lottery funding for Yorkshire and the Humber churches

Newyddion

… Vital £1.8m Lottery funding for Yorkshire and the Humber churches 28/01/2013 The grants are offering … 2010, the scheme was jointly funded by HLF and EH. Since then, HLF had provided the majority of the funding to ensure … at Stage One to help work up proposals. This scheme is now closed to new applications.  **Grants for Places of …

Changing lives: the circus comes to town for Rosie

Rosie Bristow in circus costume

Straeon

… still unexpectedly found herself dressing up as a clown and learning the trapeze. Having completed her English and … to play my accordion on stage for Family La Bonche and then to act as a clown in the show. It was a total baptism of … a second HLF-supported project War Circus which Rosie is now busily exploring. “I am particularly interested in this …

Then and Now - Remembering and Celebrating

Projects

… Then and Now - Remembering and Celebrating Your Heritage Dyddiad a … Ceisydd Age Concern Salford Rhoddir y wobr £44400 … Then and Now - Remembering and Celebrating …

The Jane Austen Bicentenary Collections Project

Inside the Jane Austen House Museum

Projects

… Rhoddir y wobr £191600 An exhibition featuring Pride and Prejudice, which Jane Austen penned in north Hampshire, … trained to act as stewards for the exhibition which was then hosted by museums from around the UK much to the delight … Park at Stockport. A further HLF grant of £191,600 will now enable the Jane Austin House Museum to enhance its …