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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We're committed to building capacity and resilience in the sector

Investing in 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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We believe everyone should be able to benefit from our funding

Involving a wider range of people in heritage

Find out more about inclusion
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Discover our blog series

Future Heritage

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.
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COVID-19

Our support for heritage in response to coronavirus (COVID-19)

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: embedding digital into heritage work

Discover our tools and resources to develop knowledge and understanding of digital.
Find out about Digital Skills for Heritage

Latest news and stories

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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

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Boundary Way allotments, Wolverhampton

Our new report uncovers impact of COVID-19 crisis on heritage

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Brush up your business skills and strengthen resilience

Tickets for the Museums + Heritage Awards

Shortlist for our sustainability award announced

All news & stories

Successful projects we've funded...

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Creating bigger, healthier and better-connected hedgerows

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

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

Collecting stories of life in Worcester
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Buxton Crescent & Spa

Buxton Crescent & Spa
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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.

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