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East and South East Asian Heritage Month

We support the UK’s diverse ethnic communities in exploring, sharing and preserving their heritage.
Photo: Manchester Museum.
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Our delivery plan 2026–2029

We’ll invest £1.4billion in heritage and communities over the next three years.
Photo: HMS Caroline © Maritime Belfast Trust.
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We are the largest funder for the UK's heritage

Since 1994, we have awarded over £9.9billion raised by National Lottery players and on behalf of the UK and devolved governments to more that 54,000 heritage projects across the UK. 
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Behind the scenes of filming A Light That Never Fades. Photo: Paul Robinson, PER Productions.

Shining a light on Arthur Wharton: the first black professional footballer

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Celebrations are underway as we announce £10m of funding to bring the Grade II* listed Birnbeck Pier back to life (left to right: Gill Crocker, Marni Eddins and Lou Eddins). Credit: Chris Gorman/Big Ladder.

£10million awarded to help save Birnbeck Pier

Three black people take part in a workshop on black history. All three people have dark skin of various shades, the focus of the image is a woman holding a magazine with black people on the cover
A Rebel Curators workshop at M Shed in October 2024. Andreann Asibey (left), Jazz Thompson (middle) and Bandele Iyapo (right). Photo: Julz Davis.

Rebel Curators: reclaiming narratives of slavery at Bristol’s M-Shed

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Funding

We fund projects that connect people to the UK’s heritage with grants from £10,000.

What we fund

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