Through a new £1m programme, Rethinking Parks, Nesta, Heritage Lottery Fund and Big Lottery Fund will support the most innovative and promising new business models for public parks. The Rethinking Parks: Exploring New Business Models for Parks in the 21st Century report published today reflects on

Over 200 years since its colours and decoration disappeared from view, English Heritage has restored the library at Kenwood House in London to its original glory. One of the great rooms of 18th-century Britain can now be enjoyed as its famous Scottish architect Robert Adam intended. This revelation

Helen Grant said: "Next year’s First World War centenary will see the whole of the UK come together to remember that conflict, the sacrifices made and the profound impact it had on the world and every aspect of life in the years that followed. There’ll be massive national moments of remembrance and

The grants which were announced today were awarded in support of five new heritage projects to help communities better understand the First World War period and other events that impacted on both local life and the world stage.Thanks to this funding of almost £100,000 communities in Newry and Mourne

Work on the new museum, which will be located in The Tree and The Tree Annexe with a glass link between the two, is expected to start in April 2015 and take around 18 months to complete. The successful HLF bid will see The Tree restored, renovated and fitted out as a new museum space. The project

In August 2014, Bankfield Museum in Halifax opens For King and Country – a brand new exhibition and series of events to commemorate Calderdale's wartime contribution and experiences, marking the First World War centenary 2014 – 2018. Following a successful Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) bid, the top

The project aims to preserve, restore and celebrate an outstanding ‘Capability’ Brown park, which includes a rare, Brown-designed and Grade I listed chapel.Development funding of £179,656 has also been awarded to help Compton Verney to progress its plans to apply for a full grant at a later date

The HLF is playing a key part in a national programme of events and initiatives to mark the centenary of the war between 2014 and 2018 and tomorrow, the First Minister, Carwyn Jones AM, will set out this programme and timeline of events. Through the First World War: then and now grant programme

The project aims over the next five years, through offering grant aid, to restore the historic buildings in the area and kick start its regeneration. The council will work alongside the St Peters Quarter Business Improvement District (BID) on this scheme to offer grant aid to building owners for

Peterborough Cathedral has been awarded a grant of £2.46m from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for its 'Peterborough 900: Letting it speak for itself' project.

For the first time, the company will be able to showcase the very best from its internationally significant archive and give visitors a hands-on opportunity to experience the theatre-making process for themselves with a new interactive exhibition. The RSC will now seek matching funds to support the

Chairing HLF committees offers an exciting and challenging opportunity for individuals to help shape the future of our diverse heritage.

Jenny Abramsky will speak after an address by the Chairman of the Alliance, Loyd Grossman.Jenny’s speech, which highlights the need for change and adaptability, commented:“Next year, HLF will be bringing together heritage leaders across the UK to debate the major issues we face, to share experience

The project will be launched on Thursday 13th March 2014 at a public meeting in the Reeth Memorial Hall and is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2015. The launch meeting will be addressed by Dr Carenza Lewis of Cambridge University who has regularly appeared in the TV series ' Time Team' and

The project developed by Orkney Islands Council took first place in its category - Town Centre Regeneration – at last night’s 2013 SURF Awards for Best Practice in Community Regeneration. It was one of only three to be shortlisted from over 50 applications. Chair of the Council’s Development and

Awarded £3,200 through the Heritage Lottery Fund's First World War: then and now grant scheme, part of the government’s Centenary Programme, the project – Burnham War Stories - led by the Royal British Legion, Burnham Branch (RBLBB), will work with seven local schools and youth organisations to

The project will particularly focus on his great play 'Journey's End', the action of which takes place in a British dugout on the eve of the great German offensive of March 1918.Sherriff's papers are held at Surrey History Centre in Woking, the home of Surrey Heritage and will be catalogued and

From traditional boatbuilding and river conservation to blacksmithing and engineering, new skills and employment opportunities will be up for grabs as part of wider conservation and improvement work. £3.8m has been awarded to the Boatbuilding & Heritage Skills Training Centre in Portsmouth to ensure