Heritage Trust Network are delighted to have endorsed the Memorandum of Understanding proposed by the new Climate Heritage Network, committing to reduce our negative impact on climate change and encourage others to do the same. “The Climate Heritage Network is a voluntary, mutual support network of local and city, state/provincial…

Rockferry community business wins accolades and grant to help with mammoth restoration project.  Volunteers and staff at Byrne Avenue Baths project are celebrating after taking home a major restoration award.  The team scooped the national ‘Locality 2019 Save Our Spaces Award’ (NOV) – for their work in bringing the Rock…

Northamptonshire ACRE, an independent charity working with rural communities across the county, is delighted to have been awarded over £272,000 in National Lottery funding to support its work in rural areas of Northamptonshire. The charity, based at the Hunsbury Hill Centre in Northampton, will use the cash to support the…

HTN operates throughout the United Kingdom, drawing together and supporting the work of local heritage groups, whether constituted as building preservation trusts, community trusts or social enterprises. Thanks to funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, HTN can now upscale its operations across the UK to increase resilience and deliver…

Heritage Lab CIC is bidding to save Pugin’s Grade II listed Granville Hotel in Ramsgate, Kent from disappearing into obscurity. Heritage Lab has a legal agreement with the owner to buy the 999-year leasehold to the seafront Granville Bars. It has a year in which to raise the £485,000 needed…

Valley Heritage are delighted to finally say: we’re about to own a building! This week, the former Lancashire & Yorkshire Bank on the corner of Market St and Union Street, has been acquired by the charity. The aim, with the community’s support, is to breathe new life into this iconic…

The George Community Pub, Wickham Market, Suffolk has received initial support from The National Lottery Heritage Fund Heritage Enterprise Scheme for the reconstruction of the historic, fire-damaged George Inn as a community-owned pub, it was announced today. Made possible by National Lottery players, the project aims to restore what was…

The Welsh Georgian Trust is one step closer to receiving restoration funding for their Plas Gunter Mansion project as the National Heritage Lottery Fund (NHLF) has invited them to submit an application for the development phase of the restoration. The Trust submitted an Expression of Interest to the NHLF at…

VITALITY, VIBRANCY & REVIVAL THROUGH HERITAGE   Join the Heritage Trust Network for our annual conference 2019, this year taking place in Northern Ireland Early Bird Offer until 15th September – buy your tickets now! Our fantastic line up of speakers will focus on how to revive your High Street…

Save Grange Lido Ltd has received a National Lottery Heritage Fund grant of £9,900 for an exciting heritage project, a series of open days at the Lido in Grange- over-Sands. Made possible by money raised by National Lottery players, the project will mean residents in South Lakeland will be able…

Bawdsey Transmitter Block was part of the world’s first operational radar station and became the template for radar stations around the UK coast that helped win the Battle of Britain and protect the nation during WW2. At the end of the war, RAF Bawdsey continued to offer protection through the…

AHF (the Architectural Heritage Fund) today announces the opening of the Transforming Places Through Heritage fund, focused on reinvigorating England’s high streets and town centres as once more thriving hubs of community, through the creative reuse of local historic buildings. From 1st July, local groups across the country will have…

Join us in Derry this autumn for our ‘Heritage: Transforming Neighbourhoods’ conference as we take a look at how can we use our heritage to create thriving High Streets and Main Streets, in cities, towns and rural communities. We are delighted to have the support of two key sponsors including the Architectural…

The Heritage Horizon Awards will invest £100million over the next three years in ambitious, innovative and transformational projects that will revolutionise UK heritage. The National Lottery Heritage Fund is looking for inspiring applications from heritage organisations across the UK for our new Heritage Horizon Awards, worth £5million and over. Over…

We’re pleased to announce that Birmingham Conservation Trust has been honoured with Queen’s Award For Voluntary Service: the highest award a UK voluntary group can receive. The Trust received the award for the work of the volunteers at their Coffin Works museum.  Being based at the Coffin Works, and getting…

Cleveland Pools appoint Project Director With £4.7m funding secured from the National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF), the Cleveland Pools Trust has appointed a full-time director to manage and deliver the project, which is scheduled for completion in spring/summer 2021. Anna Baker joined the Trust on 3 June and will be…

More Than A Pub: The Community Pub Business Support Programme Programme is due to re-open for the second round of funding and support on Wednesday 19 June 2019. Funded by Power to Change and delivered by Plunkett Foundation, this £2.2m programme will offer support to communities in both rural and…

Regenerating Historic High Streets through Heritage Action Zones Historic England is now inviting Expressions of Interest to our High Streets Heritage Action Zones scheme. In May 2019, Historic England launched a new £44 million fund to work with partners to find new ways to champion and revive our historic high…

InvestSK, South Kesteven’s economic growth and regeneration company, has appointed Liz Bates as Assistant Chief Executive. Liz, who joins the company from Heritage Lincolnshire where she has been CEO for 6 years, will take up the new post on June 10. As a wholly-owned company of South Kesteven District Council,…

Kirkstall Valley Development Trust has received £200,000 boost for their plans to transform the derelict Abbey Mills, a former mill building into community-led social housing. Awarded by  Homes England, funding will enable the required surveying, architect and financial work to test viability. At the same time, KVDT will bring people together who…

Rebecca Pow named arts and heritage minister Following a Cabinet reshuffle, Rebecca Pow MP, Member of Parliament for Taunton Deane, has been appointed as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. Via Twitter, Pow said she was “honoured and absolutely delighted” to…

£2m funding for regeneration of The Burges confirmed £2m funding for regeneration of The Burges confirmed as Coventry announced as a national demonstrator project for High Streets Heritage Action Zone programme. A project to breathe new life into The Burges in Coventry has been given a major grant by Government….