Richard has worked with the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) in a variety of roles since 2002 after beginning his career working in the construction materials industry, which included working on the construction of the Channel Tunnel. With BA Hons degrees in Economics and in Rural Resource Management

Llangollen Chain Bridge will today be re-opened to the public for the first time in over 30 years. Eddie Butler, rugby commentator and presenter of the former BBC Wales series Hidden Histories, will officially re-open the bridge which is thought to be the oldest chain links bridge in the world.

Five categories in the running as National Trust Wales competition returns with new format for 2015.

The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has assessed a £9.6million application from Colwyn Victoria Pier Trust for the restoration of Victoria Pier in Colwyn Bay.

2014 was the year the world celebrated the life and work of one of Wales’ most famous poets and Swansea’s most famous son, Dylan Thomas, one hundred years on from his birth.

Interested in learning new conservation management skills through hands-on work-based experience? Then a series of taster days run by the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority could be exactly what you’re looking for.

8 May 1945 marked not only the beginning of peacetime in Wales but for many it marked the end of a long period of uncertainty, loss and sacrifice.

With help from HLF, a group of local volunteers helped restore the town’s ‘Bonded Store’. This ws a once closed-off building within Narberth; locked to the local community and a former store of kegs full of duty-free whisky, brandy and rum, only accessible with the opening of double locks on the

Named in 1948 in honour of the 5th Marquess of Bute, Bute Park lies at the heart of Cardiff and was originally gifted to the people of Cardiff to enjoy this 56 hectares of green, open space. It provides historical and wildlife interests within the park boundaries of Cardiff Castle grounds; a

A four-year, £12million restoration project has sensitively transformed the 900 year-old site into a new heritage attraction, complete with luxury accommodation, riverside restaurant and summer events programme. Despite its name, Cardigan Castle has seen many developments since its medieval

Wales’s museums, libraries and other heritage and environmental organisations are being offered the chance to give their fundraising a major boost.

A vision to revitalise Holyhead’s Market Hall has received a significant funding boost from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

Swansea’s best kept secret – a forgotten walled garden - could once again be enjoyed by the people of Swansea thanks to the thumbs up from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).

HLF has awarded £1,032,700 grant towards the creation of a new tourist and heritage centre within Eglwys Deiniol Sant which will celebrate local heritage, including its connections with Patagonia.

HLF Chief Executive, Carole Souter, talks about National Lottery funded projects drawing in new audiences just months after opening.

The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has earmarked £2.6million of funding to help preserve the Grade II listed YMCA building in Pontmorlais, Merthyr Tydfil by bringing it back into commercial use.

Two north Wales towns have received the go-ahead from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to develop exciting regeneration plans.

A county-wide First World War project to identify, record and restore all war memorials across Powys has received a £350,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).