Home Front Dean to mark First World War Centenary
News
… 17/06/2014 Awarded through HLF’s First World War: then and now programme, the project will focus on how the First World …
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Our Welsh Language Commitment
Publications
… of public business in Wales, it will treat the Welsh and English languages on a basis of equality. We're … the Welsh Language Commissioner to continue to improve and update our current Welsh Language Scheme and we're aiming … in Welsh and English in Wales. What do I need to do now? If you have received funding from the National Lottery …
Heritage Lottery Fund supports Manchester Jewish Museum development
Manchester Jewish Museum c1903
News
… museum extension that will house new galleries, learning and event spaces. The museum’s historic synagogue building … in 1874 by wealthy Jewish textile merchants, the museum now plans to fully restore the building’s architectural … the development of the project. Detailed proposals are then considered by HLF at second-round and as long as plans …
The Jane Austen Bicentenary Collections Project
Projects
… Museum Award Given £191600 An exhibition featuring Pride and Prejudice, which Jane Austen penned in north Hampshire, … trained to act as stewards for the exhibition which was then hosted by museums from around the UK much to the delight … Park at Stockport. A further HLF grant of £191,600 will now enable the Jane Austin House Museum to enhance its …
Hear the real voices of the Battle of Britain at Biggin Hill Memorial Museum
610 Squadron at Biggin Hill
News
… that played a pivotal role in the Battle of Britain is now home to a National Lottery-funded museum, sharing the stories and voices of those who lived and served there. Remember ‘the Few’ and honour ‘the Many’ …
The search is on to find the UK’s favourite Lottery-funded projects
News
… of Lottery funding has gone to projects across Scotland. Now The National Lottery is encouraging these projects, and the thousands like them across the UK that have received … your community with the help of Lottery funding, then now is your chance to nominate it.” The entrants that …
Funding flow secures future of seventeenth-century Linnels Mill
Linnels Mill on the banks of Devils Water
News
… the picturesque landscape since the 17th century. An oat and barley mill until 1890, the building was converted to … house – one of the first to be electrically lit. Since then Linnels Mill has been left remarkably undisturbed. Time … from the introduction of a turbine and dynamo - themselves now of considerable technological interest, the whole …
Dedicated time and investment is increasing application success in under-served places
Publications
… Dedicated time and investment is increasing application success in … made through our Areas of Focus programme three years in, and what we still need to do to meet future goals. Our … definition of heritage and what it can include. There is now an increased prioritisation of heritage within local …
National Lottery grant to restore Georgian Town Hall
Aerial view of Brackley Town Hall
Fly High Media
News
… has been awarded by HLF to Brackley Town Council to repair and upgrade the ‘vulnerable’ building as a rejuvenated … and 1707 by the 4th Earl of Bridgewater Scroop Egerton, then Lord of the Manor of Brackley. It was constructed to … used as a place to trade wool and as a manorial court. Now highlighted as vulnerable due to its current poor …
Changing lives: finding kindness on board the Daniel Adamson
Stories
… many Liverpool men of his generation, he had been to sea, and the waterfront felt like a second home to him. "I’ve made so many new friends. My week ahead is now planned. The phone is always ringing and we meet up … Dave. “They said yes, and I took off my coat there and then and got to work.” Making friends It’s no exaggeration to …