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

The announcement of first phase development funding of £282,000 is a tremendous start for the City project. This first-round pass means St Albans City and District Council can lead development of detailed plans for an inspirational home for the Museum of St Albans (MOSTA). MOSTA is currently based

Open Treasure is the cathedral’s development project that aims to transform the way visitors can enjoy the cathedral and gain inspiration from it. This next phase is worth £10m and will see the creation of new exhibition spaces in buildings around the medieval cloister and essential fabric repairs

Command of the Oceans will secure the repair and preservation of a range of the Historic Dockyard’s Scheduled Ancient Monuments and its 18th century Ship’s Timbers Archaeological find. It will create world class galleries, interpretation and visitor facilities to reveal the story and significance of

A replica Tudor-style tester bed, with a massive solid oak frame, spectacular red woollen canopy and red and blue drapes, has been installed at Little Moreton Hall, near Congleton. The project to build and install the bed has been supported, as part of a wider heritage project, with part of a £50

The project aims to repair and conserve the Priory buildings and landscape to create a vibrant community and learning space in the City of Gloucester.Development funding of £311,400 has also been awarded to help the Llanthony Secunda Priory Trust to progress their plans to apply for a full grant at

Heritage Lottery Fund earmarks funding for St Peter and the Old Black Lion, Northampton’s oldest pub, to conserve the building and link it to Northampton’s Heritage Gateway.

Reveal, Celebrate and Explore is a core component of the Burlington Project, the RA’s wider masterplan by the award-winning architect Sir David Chipperfield RA CBE, to provide world-class learning and visitor facilities across the RA’s two main buildings: Burlington House and Burlington Gardens. The

The exciting project has received a £2.3m grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to safeguard the future of the Tropical Ravine House and its significant plant collection.

Bradford Film History and Heritage Uncovered and Explained, based in Bradford is working with young people from Titus Salt School and industry professionals, the project will come together in the creation of an app and film that will focus on the story behind Bradford's film history and heritage

Blackpool Council, The Conservation Volunteers, Blackpool Environmental Action Team (BEAT) Nature Watch group and Bourne Leisure are teaming up to develop a new visitor centre, build new and renovate existing bird hides and carry out a whole host of environmental improvements at Marton Mere Local

Development funding of £23,300 has also been awarded to help UDPS progress their plans to apply for a full grant at a later date.The project aims to make Bridge Cottage a usable and sustainable building that can be used as a centre for community heritage activities. These activities will include

Development funding of £37,900 has been awarded to help Doncaster Council’s Museums and Libraries services progress their plans to apply for a full grant in March 2014. A major objective of the project is to create a single and unique resource that commemorates the First World War as experienced by

Hundreds of fans and the media packed into the Tolson Museum to view the eagerly anticipated collection which includes the recently re-discovered Peter Ramsden Lance Todd Trophy and Rose Bowl from 1953, a cap and medal from Huddersfield’s 1890 Yorkshire Cup-winning team a 1917 regimental sprint cup

Thanks to a grant of almost £450,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) the First World War Centenary commemorations will see this untold story revealed in a number of fascinating ways over a three year period. London-based United Kingdom Punjab Heritage Association (UKPHA) and its volunteers will

The Grade II* listed glasshouse has been brought back to its former glory over the past 15 months. The renovation is the culmination of a 10 year fundraising campaign which began after the glasshouse was featured on the BBC programme Restoration in 2003.During the faithful historic restoration, an