Today it was announced that Sunderland City Council secured initial support from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), paving the way for the development of a more detailed funding bid for in the next two years. HLF also awarded the council development funding of £53,200 to develop an activity plan

The Association for Suffolk Museums will lead a two-year project to enable 11 museums and heritage organisations to work with the local community to explore the impact of the decade that brought us the three day week, the package holiday, decimalisation and the first test tube baby among many other

The project aims to carry out essential repair work, increase community involvement and raise awareness of the historical importance of the church within the locality. This is a four-year project leading up to the celebration of the 600th anniversary of the building of the 15th-century nave which

Changing Bradford: Exploring South Asian Heritage in Bradford presents a fresh perspective on the impact made by South Asian people on a city which has become known for racial tension and economic blight, and will be launched at a special event to be held in the studio at Impressions Gallery on 5

As part of HLF’s First World War: then and now programme the project will provide an opportunity for school pupils to engage with and learn about their local heritage through researching the history of servicemen named on an existing First World War memorial plaque at the school.Jennifer Stewart

This exciting project aims to support and inspire a web of communities in the active involvement, participation and celebration of traditional orchard heritage in Kent over the next four years. The Kent Orchards for Everyone project will carry out essential restoration and conservation work with 15

One in three soldiers serving under British command in France came from India although their significant contribution to the war effort is largely unknown by today’s ethnic minority Londoners. The project Trench Brothers will help young people from London’s Asian community learn that the 1914-18

Today, their fight for survival has been given a helping hand as the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) announced funding for two natural heritage projects: the Scottish Dragon Finder, and the Scottish Wildcat Conservation project. The announcement of development funding for the Scottish Wildcat

A Suffolk-based social enterprise, New Heritage Solutions CIC, has been awarded a grant of £575,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to lead a three year programme of archaeology, oral history and museum development which will keep alive the momentous story of what’s become known as the

HMS M33 was rapidly built in 1915 as a coastal bombardment vessel. She served in the Dardanelles Campaign between 1915 and 1918, including providing support for the Gallipoli Campaign during 1915. In 1919 she was refitted and returned to action in the Russian Civil War, where she covered the

The money will refurbish the historic building and rejuvenate the area creating cultural, sporting and recreational opportunities for local people. The Urban Village Hall will include activities and community functions. The new-look building will also incorporate a gallery area, meeting rooms, a

This has been possible thanks to unprecedented support from members and other donors and a confirmed Heritage Grant of £1.5million from Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). With the support of HLF in place, NWT intends to purchase Pope’s Marsh by November 2013. Originally, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation

The Heritage Lottery Fund also awarded the project a first-round pass* for a further £804,900. During the past three to four years the board has been working on plans to conserve the fragile and precious picture house building to celebrate its centenary which was on 26 May this year. The proposed

The City Council has been working with partners to prepare the bid for Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for the Southgate Street Townscape Heritage Initiative (THI). News has today come in that it has secured £897,400 from the HLF.This has been topped up by the City Council, enabling those living and

The funding has been secured by Copeland Borough Council through the HLF’s Townscape Heritage Initiative.The project will focus on several key properties, including the former YMCA building, within the market place and neighbouring streets at the southern edge of the Whitehaven Town Centre

Local school children and residents will receive the historic All Souls banners before they are taken away for conservation. The children will be designing a new banner during the construction phase; this will be revealed at the launch of the reopened All Souls.All Souls is set to become a modern

A partnership comprising Kent County Council (KCC), Shepway District Council (SDC) and the Creative Foundation has been working for over a year on detailed proposals for major remedial works on buildings that will help improve the streetscape and secure the heritage of the Old Town. This will be

The project, Amersham WW1 Memorial Record – bringing our heritage to life, will create a lasting record of all those named on the Amersham War Memorial. It will bring together both official and personal information providing the individual’s service record, place of death and also include