Press releases

Threatened sand dunes set for a golden future thanks to National Lottery funding

09/11/2017

A third of England and Wales’s threatened sand dunes have a brighter future thanks to a pioneering National Lottery funded conservation and restoration project,…
UK’s oldest theatre and largest open air museum awarded funding

13/10/2016

Bristol Old Vic and Beamish Museum among projects benefiting from £48million thanks to National Lottery players.
Love Parks Week: £30.7m National Lottery investment for 16 parks

15/07/2016

The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and Big Lottery Fund have awarded more than £30.7million to 16 UK parks, it was announced today.
Classic skills and virtual discovery: The Tank Museum drives for a young audience

27/06/2016

An apprentice scheme and a push into the virtual world will put a new generation at the heart of The Tank Museum’s future.
Bath Abbey says ‘thank you’ 10 million times

09/05/2016

Bath Abbey’s Footprint project secures funding thanks to National Lottery players.
Wildfowl and Wetland Trust to tell story of Sir Peter Scott thanks to National Lottery

10/02/2016

The public will be able to visit the home of the ‘patron saint of conservation’ - Sir Peter Scott - for the first time,…
Coastal towns reel in National Lottery cash

28/01/2016

Three Victorian towns have joined an ever-growing tally of coastal communities refurbished with money from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).
National Lottery funding for St Austell’s historic town centre

28/01/2016

Cornwall Council has secured a £900,000 Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) grant to improve St Austell's historic town centre.
Wanted: Budding scientists to capture our coast

15/01/2016

People with a passion for the UK’s coastline are being invited to help make history as part of the largest coastal marine citizen science…
Staple Hill’s Page Park receives National Lottery investment

14/01/2016

South Gloucestershire Council has been awarded £1,627,200 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and Big Lottery Fund (BIG) to revive Page Park.