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The Saving the Last Major Bellfoundry in Britain project is entering its next stage as it invites main contractors to tender for a programme of capital works to protect and enhance Loughborough [...]

The Loughborough Bellfoundry Trust Needs You! Would you like to help document the restoration of the Loughborough Bellfoundry and learn new photographic skills along the way? The Loughborough [...]

BY FRANKIE BROOM Hello all, my name is Frankie, and I am a volunteer with the Loughborough Bellfoundry Trust. I have been volunteering in the museum for almost 5 months and I love it. I work [...]

Want to see an ancient craft in action? Learn about a 250-hundred-year-old family business? See grand Victorian architecture? Then look no further than the Loughborough Bellfoundry for a once in [...]

The LBT has an exciting opportunity for a specialist architectural photographer The Loughborough Bellfoundry Trust is seeking a specialist architectural photographer who will be appointed on a [...]

Success for the bellfoundry’s archive volunteer team at the Leicestershire and Rutland Heritage Awards earlier this month The awards featured projects completed in 2019 and 2020 and were open to [...]

Britain’s last remaining bellfoundry saved with £3.45m National Lottery funding The last remaining bellfoundry in Britain has been saved just in time for Christmas, thanks to £3.45m from the [...]

Lifeline grants from the latest round of the £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund will protect a further 162 heritage sites to ensure that jobs and access to arts, culture and heritage in local [...]

The Loughborough Bellfoundry Trust is one of 445 heritage organisations across the country set to receive a lifesaving financial boost from the government, thanks to the £1.57 billion Culture [...]

Loughborough Bellfoundry Trust has received funds from The National Lottery, to make changes within its historic bell museum to ensure it is Covid-19 safe.