Welcome

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Heritage is open

Thanks to our support, amazing places are opening to visitors again ‒ creating jobs, driving tourism and improving wellbeing.
Find out how we are helping heritage to thrive
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Building capacity and resilience

We've introduced new measures to help the heritage sector become more robust, enterprising and forward looking.
Discover our resources, funding and programmes
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Involving a wider range of people in heritage

We believe everyone should be able to benefit from our funding.
Find out more about inclusion
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Future Heritage: discover our blog series

Leading figures share their thinking about the impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) on the heritage sector.
Discover the latest thinking
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Our commitment to the environment

We’re supporting our oldest form of heritage, tackling climate change and helping all our projects make a difference for nature.
Find out more
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Responding to coronavirus (COVID-19)

We want to reassure everyone we work with that we will be as flexible and supportive as we can be during this very challenging time.
Read our response
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Digital Skills for Heritage

Discover tools and resources to help you put digital to work in your heritage organisation.
Find out more

Latest news and stories

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£1.5million for Anglesey Column and Cardiff’s Flat Holm Island

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School pupils get a taste of nature in Cardiff’s ancient forests

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"Worries fade away": volunteering on a wildlife project

All news & stories

How to get funding for your idea or project

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How to get funding

Choose your grant

We fund projects that connect people and communities to the national, regional and local heritage of the UK.

How to get funding
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How to apply

Our application process is competitive and we cannot fund every good quality application that we receive.

How to apply
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Run your project

Whatever stage you are at, we are here to help along the way.

Run your project
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Promote your project

Getting people to talk about your project is a great way of letting people know what you are doing with your grant. It also shows everyone how National Lottery players' money is being used.

Promote your project
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Our impact
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£8.3bn
invested in heritage since 1994
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49,000
heritage projects supported since 1994
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14,700
volunteers supported through our Heritage Emergency Fund
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£2.5m
invested in our Digital Skills for Heritage initiative
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£4m
invested in business and enterprise development programmes
Source

Successful projects we've funded...

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Creating bigger, healthier and better-connected hedgerows

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Creating bigger, healthier and better-connected hedgerows
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"Part of a community": volunteers help preserve railway heritage

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"Part of a community": volunteers help preserve railway heritage
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Collecting stories of life in Worcester

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Collecting stories of life in Worcester
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Buxton Crescent & Spa

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Buxton Crescent & Spa
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