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Today, Middleton Hall Trust has received a National Lottery grant of £135,500 for an exciting heritage project, the Master-plan for Middleton Hall & Gardens. Made possible by money raised by National Lottery players, the project focuses on developing a plan for the final stage of the restoration of the site…

CCT launch new partnership with Google Arts & Culture Intriguing historical figures, rare artefacts and little known medieval artworks are now available to explore online, thanks to a partnership between the Churches Conservation Trust and Google Arts & Culture. CCR have teamed up with Google Arts & Culture to give…

Bramley Baths exceeded their target of £3,250 to buy a new disabled pool hoist for the pool. A big thank you to everyone who has supported the appeal, they have been bowled over by your generosity! Every penny really has counted. From kids coming in to give us £1 of…

AHF launched a brand new £7m social investment fund. The Heritage Impact Fund will support re-use of the UK’s heritage buildings through enterprises that, alongside traditional heritage projects, deliver demonstrable impact in the local economy and community. These buildings may be listed, in a conservation area, or may be of special significance to…

Crowdfund London 2019 is coming: Could you get £50K from the Mayor of London? Do you have a brilliant idea for a community-led project that would make a real difference in your local area? Crowdfund London pledges up to £50,000 towards creative new ways to improve our city. You don’t…

A four-year £1.8 million scheme to enhance an area of Boston’s historic town centre is to be launched this spring. The Boston Townscape Heritage Project will provide grant funding to help with conservation repairs and reinstatement of buildings within the scheme area. Working with property owners the enhancement to properties…

The Heritage Lottery Fund has launched its new brand and framework, involving a major devolution of decision-making across the whole of the UK, at the heart of new plans to distribute more than £1billion of National Lottery money to the UK’s heritage over the next five years. Decisions on around…

Hopwood DePree who moved from Los Angeles to Middleton, near Manchester in August 2017 on a mission to save his ancestral home Hopwood Hall, has been appointed to the Board of the Heritage Trust Network. Heritage Trust Network (HTN) is a membership organization run by people who have delivered amazing…

The metamorphosis of the Landmark Trust’s 200th Landmark, Llwyn Celyn, will unfold during two episodes of a new TV series starting soon on More 4. Episode 1 of the long-awaited programme, entitled the ‘£4 Million Restoration: Historic House Rescue’ was broadcast at 9pm on Wednesday 16 January 2019. Episode 2 aired a week later…

Valley Heritage announce that Newchurch is one of the oldest settlements in Rossendale and the Grade II* listed St Nicholas’ Church itself has a 500-year history. The churchyard contains Grade II* listed harrier hound monument of Methuselah Yates; however, over the past 40 years, the condition of the churchyard has…