{"id":33256,"date":"2013-10-30T09:39:41","date_gmt":"2013-10-30T09:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=d00ec8c4b3f4aacb35706e5535c48a94"},"modified":"2013-10-30T09:39:41","modified_gmt":"2013-10-30T09:39:41","slug":"news-story-scotlands-dramatic-wilderness-to-benefit-from-uk-heritage-lottery-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=33256","title":{"rendered":"News story: Scotland&#8217;s dramatic wilderness to benefit from UK Heritage Lottery Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Coigach and Assynt, a dramatic, rugged landscape in the far north-west of Scotland is one of <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hlf.org.uk\/news\/Pages\/ninepreciouslandscapes.aspx\">nine distinctive landscapes across the UK to benefit from \u00a321m of Heritage Lottery Funding<\/a> (HLF).<\/p>\n<p>Coigach and Assynt is home to a small, close-knit community which gives it a strong sense of identity.  The project, part of a wider 40-year vision, has been developed by a grassroots partnership led by the Scottish Wildlife Trust.  <\/p>\n<p>The Secretary of State for Scotland, Alistair Carmichael said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is very pleasing news.  I am glad that this money will be used to conserve and protect one of Scotland\u2019s most dramatic and rugged landscapes whilst ensuring the local community are closely involved in its future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom restoring townscapes in Kirkwall and Stornoway, establishing a new museum in Dunfermline through to today\u2019s announcement, HLF continues to show that it plays a vital role in ensuring that vital pieces of Scotland\u2019s history both rural and urban can be celebrated by generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u00a33m HLF grant will play an vital role in restoring parts of the landscape, including pathways, blanket bog and heath moor.  The grant will also be used to support the local community and visitors through a comprehensive volunteering programme and a cultural learning programme which will increase understanding of this vast area\u2019s complex heritage. <\/p>\n<p>The funding comes as part HLF\u2019s Landscape Partnership programme which has now been running for a decade.  It is the most significant grant scheme available for landscape-scale projects.  To date, over \u00a3160m has been invested in 91 different areas across the UK helping forge new partnerships between public and community bodies and ensuring people are better equipped to understand and tackle the needs of their local landscapes.  <\/p>\n<p>HLF is non-departmental public body accountable to the Department of Culture, Media and Sport. It has provided almost \u00a3600m to over 3,300 projects in Scotland since its creation 20 years ago. Most recently this has included \u00a32.8m towards a new museum and art gallery in Dunfermline and almost \u00a35m towards the restoration of Abbotsford in Melrose the former home of author Sir Walter Scott which opened its doors to the public earlier this year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coigach and Assynt to receive \u00a33m of UK Government funding<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33256"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33256\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}