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Heritage 2033

Our 10-year strategy sets out a vision for heritage that is valued, cared for and sustained for everyone, now and in the future.
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We are the largest funder for the UK's heritage

Since 1994, we have awarded £9.5billion raised by National Lottery players and on behalf of the UK and devolved governments to more than 53,000 heritage projects across the UK.
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David Sheppeard. Photo: Rosie Powell.

Queer Heritage South: what we’ve learned about running LGBTQ+ heritage projects

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Competition: enter your creative Heritage Fund grant acknowledgement

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How do our investment principles help heritage?

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Funding

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

Projects

The exterior of Calverley Old Hall following the restoration.

The exterior of Calverley Old Hall following the restoration. Credit: The Landmark Trust.

Reviving Calverley Old Hall in West Yorkshire

A group of people outside a heritage building featuring a clock tower at Hopetown Darlington.

Staff from Darlington Borough Council and Hopetown.Darlington at the new visitor attraction. Photo: Ellen Hunter.

Hopetown: celebrating the North East’s railway heritage

An aerial view of people swimming in the Lido lit up at night

Saltdean Lido at night. Photo: Chris Gorman/Big Ladder.

Saltdean Lido’s iconic 1930s building restored for the community