The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and the Big Lottery Fund (BIG) have today announced a grant of £2.45million for a scheme that will transform Durham City’s historic Wharton Park and result in the creation of a number of jobs and apprenticeship opportunities. The funding award is from the Parks for

The project aims to restore the park to its former glory as a First World War memorial park and be one of the district’s finest assets. Development funding of £117,000 has been awarded to help Wyndham Park Forum and SKDC progress their plans to apply for a full grant at a later date to earn total

The town of Ashington in Northumberland, owes its existence to the mining of coal but only the memories of older generations and a single insignificant building remains to suggest the presence of a colliery which at its peak, employed 5,500 men. The the story of “the pit” and the social history of

This money will enable nine organisations to provide heritage groups with the tools needed to build capacity and improve their ability to tap into private funding. The organisations receiving this investment will work with experienced trainers to deliver a range of innovative capacity building

The first-round pass of almost £50,000 will allow Museums Sheffield to draw up detailed plans for a programme of work including consultation with visitors to the museum, proposals to re-design galleries and displays, and the development of ideas to show off more of Sheffield’s archaeology, natural

The money will make vital repair work possible and help to ensure they remain at the heart of the communities they serve. The grants have been awarded though HLF’s Grants for Places of Worship (GPOW) programme. All Saints Church, in Sisted, Braintree, has been awarded £197,700 so that urgent repairs

Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded a grant of £758,000 to the Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust (BBOWT). This means that Meadow Farm will be bought by the wildlife trust to establish a three-year project of events and activities at the wildlife site involving local communities and schoolchildren

Hendrix lived in the top floor flat of 23 Brook Street from 1968 to 1969, and described it as “the only home I ever had”. Ironically, the adjoining No. 25, was occupied by the great baroque composer George Frideric Handel two centuries before. This historic connection between rock and the baroque

In County Antrim, a project to share the traditional skill of dry stone walling is one of those set to benefit. Plans to restore 2.8km of dry stone walls in the Church Bay area of Rathlin Island received a £52,900 grant. Volunteers will be trained to restore the iconic dry stone walls which are in a

As the Centenary approaches, people of all ages throughout the United Kingdom will be reflecting on the events of the conflict, the experiences of men and women here and overseas, and how the war has shaped the last 100 years. The event is hosted by the Victoria and Albert Museum as part of an

This is the first phase of English Heritage’s £27million project to transform the visitor experience of the iconic site, made possible by a £10m grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and substantial gifts from the Garfield Weston Foundation, The Linbury Trust and the Wolfson Foundation

The plans to help young people from North Belfast to learn more about the history and legacy of the First World War received a grant of £10,000. Using artefacts, photos and diaries held by museums and other historical institutions they will explore the local and international contexts within which

Among famous names included in the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) indexes are author Agatha Christie, novelist and poet Naomi Mitchison and writer and feminist Vera Brittain. This treasure trove, some 244,000 VAD paper index cards held by the British Red Cross, will now be digitised to create a free

The grant has been given to Boroughbridge and District Historical Society to focus on a small area west of the A1 motorway examining Neolithic finds, ancient river crossings, Roman remains, 16th-century properties on the Newby Hall Estate and the remnants of a Victorian brickworks.The Dog Kennel

The £104,000 project is led entirely by volunteers from the local community and the museum will tell the story of Sleaford and its district through the historic artefacts that have been presented to the trust over a period of many years.This HLF award was due to the enthusiastic community support

The Canal & River Trust in partnership with East & North Yorkshire Waterways Partnership; the East Riding of Yorkshire Council; the Pocklington Canal Amenity Society; and Natural England has been awarded development funding of £47,100 to help progress their plans to apply for a full grant of almost

The project aims to restore the Albert Walker Hall within the church and Neighbourhood Centre building, to complete the refurbishment of the Neighbourhood Centre community areas. Development funding of £78,400 has also been awarded to help Linacre Mission progress their plans to apply for a full

The event will be held at Masham Town Hall on Saturday 16th November from 10am to 12pm. The project, Leeds Pals, POWs and the Home Front, will focus on the impact of the war on the landscape and communities of Nidderdale AONB. It will also tell the story of the Leeds Pals, who were trained in the