With a significant contribution of more than £1.3 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), the opening took place in front of a guest list of over 100, including Sir Roger and Lady Singleton, Sir Timothy and Lady Ruggles-Brise, Geoffrey Van Orden MEP, and the current and immediate past Chairs

The £768,500 grant will ensure that the Llantrisant Town Trust will now be able to pursue innovative plans to restore the hall to its former glory and transform it into an educational facility that will act as both a community hub and welcoming visitor centre. Built in 1773, the hall has been in the

To highlight the difference this money makes to real people and projects a short animated film, narrated by Ricky Tomlinson and starring Ricky, Chris Hoy and Beth Tweddle will be launched on 28 April. The film connects people and projects across the UK and asks the nation to imagine what life would

In the week that the eyes of the world are fixed on Normandy and Portsmouth as the 70th anniversary of D-Day is commemorated, it is announced today that Portsmouth City Council's D-Day Museum has received initial support from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for a £4.1million bid to completely

Parks trailblazers are set to shake up the way we use and fund our parks, after receiving backing from Rethinking Parks - a £1m programme to support the most innovative and promising new business models for public parks. Heritage Lottery Fund’s report, State of UK Public Parks, released last month

The idea is to reveal the stories of people living in the county during the wartime period, enable young people to find out more about the period, share their work online, and some schools will be selected to take part in a special performance entitled To End All Wars at the theatre on Friday 1

It was announced today that Hull City Council and the Pearson Park Trust have received initial support from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and the Big Lottery Fund for Pearson Park. The project aims to restore and preserve the heritage of Pearson Park, where acclaimed poet Phillip Larkin lived in a

The HLF grant is part of a £2,165,000 project which aims to bring Moor Park back to life with improvements to paths, park furniture and heritage features such as the Observatory. The project includes the creation of a regional skate park as well as improvements to the tree stock, entrance features

The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) is today announcing £385,000 of funding for Wales’ historic churches, securing the future of four places of worship that are in urgent need of repair. The funding will allow vital repair works to these important buildings, help them provide better facilities and make

Today the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and Big Lottery Fund announced £34.5million of investment in 13 parks across the UK. This new funding follows the publication of the HLF’s recent report (26 June) which revealed the UK’s public parks are at serious risk of decline unless innovative new ways of

Avenue House Estate Trust has today received confirmation of a £2.1million grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Big Lottery’s Parks for People programme. The grant will be used to restore this Grade II listed landscape, which was originally created for the ink magnate Henry Stephens by

The project aims to further investigate, restore and enhance the park’s landscape, historic and heritage features, whilst ensuring it meets the needs of its current and future visitors. Dawn Sutherns, Town Clerk of Ampthill Town Council said: “We’re delighted that the Heritage Lottery Fund and the

The projects have been plucked from over 750 entries to go into the public vote to decide the winners of this year’s National Lottery Awards – the annual search for the UK’s favourite Lottery-funded projects. 10 Mewn Bws is the only Welsh project competing in the Best Arts Project category

This is a prime ministerial appointment, made with the advice of the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. The NHMF is the nation’s grant-in-aid fund to save the most outstanding parts of our heritage at risk of loss to the nation, as a memorial to those who have given their lives for the

The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) is today announcing £570,000 of funding for the South West’s historic churches, securing the future of three places of worship that are in urgent need of repair. The funding will allow vital repair works to these important buildings, help them provide better

The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) is today announcing £800,000 of funding for the South East’s historic churches, securing the future of five places of worship that are in urgent need of repair. The funding will allow vital repair works to these important buildings, help them provide better facilities

The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) is today announcing £1.1million of funding for the North West’s historic churches, securing the future of five places of worship that are in urgent need of repair. The funding will allow vital repair works to these important buildings, help them provide better

The Church of St Goran dates from the 12th century and the tower dates from the late 14th century with restoration works taking place in 1876. The church is Grade II* listed. Of the church’s original six bells cast in 1772, two were damaged and replaced in the 20th century, and the four remaining