Today, the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) gave its initial support to a project which will transform the vacant and at risk Merkinch Welfare Hall in Inverness into a vibrant community space. The only listed temperance hall in the Highlands, this rare building will be restored to house an amateur boxing

The unique natural, cultural and built heritage of Lough Neagh and its environs is to be explored, protected and enjoyed as part of a major new five-year project which was awarded a £2.58million grant through HLF’s Landscape Partnership programme. Over the last decade the Landscape Partnership

The project will involve recording the stories and anecdotes of the women involved in the strike. These recordings will be accessible to the public through archives in local museums and libraries and used to form the basis of a theatre production which will be performed within the region. One For

National Historic Ships UK project will tell of the vital wartime role of 60 surviving vessels ranging from humble barges and fishing boats to powerful fighting ships ‘Blinded by War’ project will investigate how the need to treat blinded war veterans revolutionised medical research and ophthalmic

The National Maritime Museum is delighted to announce that the Eyal Ofer Family Foundation will donate £1.5m to help enable the museum to acquire two 18th-century oil paintings by the celebrated British artist George Stubbs (1724-1806). The donation will help save these paintings for the nation and

The transformation of the oldest part of the Grade II* Millbank building by leading architects Caruso St John marks a significant moment for Tate Britain. The unveiling follows the opening in May 2013 of ten new galleries and new BP displays, including the chronological presentation of Tate’s

Communities, natural habitats and historic sites around Morecambe Bay are set to benefit over the next five years, thanks to a £1.9m grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). The funding has been confirmed for Morecambe Bay Partnership’s Headlands to Headspace scheme, which will support

As part of a wider Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) project to reinterpret the castle, the flattened area will make room to facilitate access to the site, in addition to regenerating the public parkland, whilst work to convert and enhance the existing 19th-century lodge into the new visitor centre has

This initiative – Collecting Cultures – builds on the achievements of the original Collecting Cultures programme which ran six years ago following extensive consultation with a wide range of museums, libraries and archives. Grants of between £50,000 and £500,000 will be available for developing

The grant will enable pupils from the school to mark the centenary of the war by visiting national archives and museums to understand the long-lasting effect the conflict had on their area. Following the awarding of the grant as part of the HLF’s ongoing First World War: then and now grant programme

The £1.15million scheme aims to repair the unusual building in Cemetery Road, Lye – comprised of identical Anglican and non-conformist chapels – and bring them back into sustainable community and commercial use. The trust expects to carry out the necessary building repairs and conversion work in

The Derwent Valley, which stretches from Northumberland in the west to Consett in County Durham, and passes through Gateshead on its route to the Tyne pioneered steelmaking and rail transport.However, those important contributions, together with many local cultural traditions like rapper sword

The initiative Rusland Horizons: Working a Lakeland Landscape has been successful in its first-stage bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund’s (HLF) Landscape Partnership Scheme.The project aims to provide rural training, employment and create exciting opportunities for residents and visitors in woodland

The 'Bird in a Cage' project will celebrate Lady Rhondda’s contribution to the suffragette movement and the Women’s Social and Political Union in Newport. The nine month project by Winding Snake Productions will include community lectures and school workshops for Key Stage 2 and 3 pupils in Newport

The HLF cash will fund just over £1.4m of the £1.7m project to fully restore the Grade II* listed building in Thornhaugh, Peterborough. It will also assist in funding the project for the first three years, during which time two new jobs and a number of volunteering opportunities will be created. The

This project is a unique partnership between Glasgow City Council, Glasgow Life, the University of Glasgow and the National Library of Scotland which will transform this historic building into an exciting new centre of cultural excellence providing collections’storage, teaching and research

Working with local volunteers, the project focuses on the stories of the people who worked and convalesced at Summerdown Camp and its impact on local life during the period. The project will offer a vital opportunity to reflect and commemorate the lives of the soldiers briefly resident in Eastbourne

The project, Charting Chipeling, The Archaeology of the Kiplin Estate, is programmed to commence immediately, with the major part of the work being completed by autumn 2014. An exhibition, based on the work and results of the survey, is planned for the 2015 season. The Kiplin Estate in the late 19th