Four London venues receive just over £15 million from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Projects cover historic buildings, natural landscapes, and globally important archives and collections. Funding will restore heritage places, support marine conservation, and expand opportunities for heritage skills, learning, and participation. Highgate Cemetery receives the largest award of £6.7 million for an upgrade and refurbishment costing £18 million, including a new café and education centre, chapel refurbishment, and landscaping to improve access. The V&A Museum receives £4 million for refurbishing its South Asia gallery. Historic Royal Palaces receives £4.5 million for a Learning and Community Centre in the Tower of London, improving accessibility, visitor experience, and environmental sustainability. London Zoo receives £177,000 for a conservation project protecting endangered sharks and rays in the Greater Thames Estuary while revealing hidden natural heritage and bringing together young people, charter fishers, and communities.
"Each of these newly funded projects are exploring ways for young people to get involved, as well as offering quality apprenticeships and research opportunities for hands on experience, such as research to safeguard endangered sharks in the Thames Estuary. These initiatives show how heritage is empowering the next generation - building confidence, skills and connecting with the heritage that matters to them - from historic places to the natural world. Thanks to National Lottery players, we're supporting ambitious projects that care and value heritage and give young people a voic"
"The largest award, of £6.7 million, has gone to Highgate Cemetery for its upgrade and refurbishment project. That project, costing a total of £18 million, will see a new cafe and education centre built, the chapel refurbished, and wider-ranging landscaping carried out to improve access."
"Meanwhile, the Historic Royal Palaces have been awarded £4.5 million towards a new Learning and Community Centre in the Tower of London. The project will also improve accessibility, enhance the visitor experience, and boost environmental sustainability across the site."
"And London Zoo has been granted development funding of £177,000 towards a conservation project that will bring young people, charter fishers and communities together to protect endangered sharks and rays while revealing the hidden natural heritage of the Greater Thames Estuary."
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