Great news from our members at MacDougall of Dunollie Preservation Trust: “Scaffolding has re-appeared on Dunollie Castle Ruin over the last couple of weeks, meaning an exciting conservation project is about to begin. The third phase of consolidation works will commence on 24th February, to repair and point the northwest…
Open High Streets: Transforming Places Through Heritage Launch of three-year programme of advice and support to empower heritage and community groups and unlock the potential of our high streets and town centres The Heritage Trust Network, in partnership with Locality and the Architectural Heritage Fund, is delighted to announce a…
A bid to buy Forres Town Hall and turn it into a venue for community, business and training events has been successful in the latest round of grant applications to the Scottish Land Fund. Forres Area Community Trust has been awarded £116,365 to purchase the hall, which has been a…
“The Moffat Heritage Group (HTN Start-up Member) is in the process of being constituted with the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, and will shortly become the Moffat Heritage Trust. The Group has been formed by people who care about the town’s history and culture and who are ever mindful…
Cliveden Conservation (one of HTN’s Corporate Supporters) is pleased to announce the appointment of Ben Newman, a SPAB fellow and award-winning stone mason, as the new Stone Project Manager. Ben comes with in-depth practical knowledge of all aspects of stone masonry and has excellent management skills having been the Site…
‘Women on the Front Line – their untold stories’ WAAF Radar Operators at Bawdsey in WWII There were over 640,000 women in the armed forces during WWII. Of these around 8,000 of the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) served in crucial and secret roles in RAF radar stations. These…
Chance Heritage Trust are offering members of the public a fantastic and rare opportunity to take ownership and have a voice in the large-scale development of what the trust hopes will be one of the most iconic heritage sites in the country. The trust want to regenerate the Chance Glassworks,…
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…
Do you know a woman who worked in the field of radar in World War II? If so, Bawdsey Radar Museum wants to hear from you. An innovative exhibition at Bawdsey Radar Museum in Suffolk aims to uncover the often-overlooked contribution of the women who worked as radar operators in…
Cultura Trust (formerly North of England Civic Trust) have now reached the next exciting phase of life for Warwick Bridge Corn Mill. As the main building works and associated archaeological works have finished, and the millwrights have been hard at work completing the restoration of the mill machinery, millstones and…
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…
The National Lottery Heritage Fund today confirmed a grant of £329,300 to help save Tolpuddle Old Chapel, the meeting place of the Dorsetshire Labourers before the events that saw them help spark the Trade Union movement and become known as the Tolpuddle Martyrs. The Grade II* Listed building is of…
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…
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