Welcome

A wider range of people

We believe everyone should be able to benefit from our funding. Photo: We Love Eastbury.

Find out more about inclusion

Digital Skills for Heritage

Discover tools and resources to help you put digital to work in your heritage organisation. Photo: Manchester Museum.

Access digital tools and resources

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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. Photo: Marble Hill.

Explore our work supporting nature

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Thriving Places

We are committed to supporting heritage projects that create better places to live, work and visit. Photo: Belfast City Hall.

Find out more about work around placemaking

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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. Photo: Nottingham Castle.

Find out how we are helping heritage to thrive

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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Future Heritage: discover our blog series

Leading figures share their thinking about the impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) on the heritage sector. Photo: Back from the Brink.

Discover the latest thinking

Responding to coronavirus (COVID-19)

Find out how we are helping the people and organisations working across the heritage sector during this very challenging time. Photo: Ditchling Museum.

Read our response

Latest news and stories

How we’re working towards an ambitious vision of inclusive heritage

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National Lottery Awards 2021 shortlist announced – which project gets your vote?

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Photo: Windsor Fellowship

Kickstarting careers and diversifying the heritage sector

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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