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£11.5m Lottery grant to transform last surviving Battle of Jutland ship

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… to the National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN) and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (DETI) … anniversary of the Battle of Jutland on 31st May 2016 can now go ahead. Visitors will experience the many different … a new life as a drill ship for the Royal Naval Reserve and then served as a command centre during the Second World War. …

Getting involved with adult learning

John McMahon HLF Policy Adviser, Learning and Volunteering
John McMahon, HLF Policy Adviser, Learning and Volunteering

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… adult learning John McMahon, HLF Policy Adviser, Learning and Volunteering 10/05/2016 John McMahon, HLF Policy Adviser, … the histories of Sandy Row in West Belfast. A HND and then an apprenticeship with the National Trust for Scotland … work at the David Livingstone Centre in Blantyre; she’s now aiming to do a BA in curatorial studies to further …

The reburial of a king

Children look at a painting of Richard III

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… the War of the Roses changed the course of British history and his body was thought to have been lost for good until … where he fell at the hands of Henry Tudor’s armies, and then on to Leicester Cathedral for the ceremony. HLF are … the heritage centre at the site. Nearly 50,000 people now visit every year. Vanessa Harbar, Head of HLF East …

Heritage Lottery Fund awards Dreamland £3m

Artist's impression of the Dreamland Parkscape
Artist's impression of the Dreamland Parkscape

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… is match funding to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s Sea Change grant of £3.7m and Thanet District … a substantial grant. This puts in place all the funding we now need to enable us to reopen Dreamland Margate and at the … Dreamland’s origins date back to the 1860s when the site, then known as the Hall by the Sea, was operated by the …

RAF’s unsung heroes will have their story told

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… heroes will have their story told 10/01/2012 That is now set to change with an interactive information point at … in Buckinghamshire. The scheme was founded in 1922 and, by the time it ended in 1993, some 40,000 apprentices … by Lord Trenchard, Marshal of the RAF, in 1922. Between then and 1993, when the scheme ended, more than 40,000 young …

Plans for canal heritage project receive funding

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… on a narrow boat on the Beeston Cut for nearly 13 years and always wondered why the then British Waterways was not doing anything to repair the … cottages will go ahead. "Although most of the money has now been secured the real work starts now. We want to bring …

News from Diocese of Wakefield

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… the treasures of this West Yorkshire landmark church and put it firmly on the tourist map. Trinity Church, which … at the consecration of the church in 1865, when the then bishop described Trinity Church as a “miniature … for the next generations. Vicar Paul Maybury said: “We can now confidently take forward the next stage of making this …

Tracing the impact of the Somme on rural communities

Dr Nick Mansfield from the University of Central Lancashire
Dr Nick Mansfield, Senior Research Fellow in History at UCLan

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… battle on the UK’s rural areas. With nearly 60,000 killed and wounded, 1 July 1916 - the opening day of the Battle of … raised battalions in 1914 and 1915, trained in Britain and then held quiet sections of the Western Front. Their units … your local community, visit our First World War: Then and Now grants page . Volunteers for Lord Kitchener's Army of the …

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