Today, on the eve of the Centenary of the UK entering the First World War, the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has announced it has so far awarded more than £4million to 500 community projects through its dedicated First World War: then and now programme. Launched in May 2013, First World War: then and
Front elevation of the former Moseley School of Art
It has been the heart and soul of a diverse Birmingham community in recent years but now a former arts school is to get a life-saving makeover, thanks to National Lottery players through the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).
The Cairngorms National Park Authority (CNPA), on behalf of partners working with the Tomintoul and Glenlivet Development Trust (TGDT), has received earmarked funding of over £2.5million including a development grant of £171,600 from the Heritage Lottery Fund through its Landscape Partnership programme.
A model of the Skylark IX floating at Dunkirk shore on the 75th anniversary of Operation Dynamo
A Dunkirk Little Ship that saved 600 lives is itself going to be rescued thanks to National Lottery funding and the passion of a local community group. The restoration project will allow recovering drug addicts to learn new skills by working with a specialist boatbuilding team.
Applications now open for The National Lottery Heritage Fund and Welsh Government’s new grant programmes helping communities to look after the natural world.
Sutherland Forsyth, Community Engagement Co-ordinator at the Botanic Cottage Project, describes how the project is a emarkable example of what can be achieved when organisations, individuals and funders all work together.
Architect drawings for the rebuilt Botanic Cottage