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World War I: Anniversaries

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Question for Department for Culture, Media and Sport

UIN 909298, tabled on 13 March 2017

Question

Graham Evans
Conservative
Weaver Vale
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the centenary of the First World War is commemorated in local communities.

Answer

Mr Rob Wilson
Conservative
Reading East
Commons

Answered on

16 March 2017

We encourage communities to apply for Heritage Lottery Funding, to discover, learn and commemorate the First World War.

Since April 2010, HLF has awarded over £84 million to more than 1,680 First World War Centenary projects reaching more than 80% of constituencies across the United Kingdom.

Communities can also get involved in our war memorials programme, by attending workshops, applying for listing and carrying out condition surveys. War Memorials Trust have grants available for repair and conservation of local war memorials.

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