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Members of Wells Cathedral’s Vicars’ Choral wear long blue robes and stand outside their medieval stone and brick homes on Vicars’ Close in Wells

We are the largest funder for the UK's heritage

Since 1994, we have awarded £9.2billion raised by National Lottery players and on behalf of the UK and devolved governments to more than 52,000 heritage projects across the UK
Image: Vicars' Close, Wells.

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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.
Image: Ynys Cybi.

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Black History Month

Heritage has a crucial role to play in contributing to a flourishing, more equitable and inclusive society. Image: Dig Where You Stand, Alicia Barrett.

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A child in an apron making kimchi with the help of an adult

Making kimchi. Credit: Korean British Cultural Exchange.

Celebrating East and South East Asian heritage: sharing memories, stories and even kimchi

Two people smiling and sitting on camping chairs on an allotment

The Birmingham Allotment Project participants enjoying their plot. Credit: The Birmingham Allotment Project.

Protecting the environment: ten ideas for built heritage and community projects

A group of people some wearing high-vis jackets stand together in front of a round house made from wood with a thatch roof

Some of the team stand in front of the newly completed roundhouses. Photo: The Scottish Crannog Centre.

Case study: The Scottish Crannog Centre

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Funding

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

Projects

a memory box made during a craft activity at a mental health community centre: inside an old case is a garden scene with trees, planters and a pond, with figures and messages

A memory box made by people who use the community centre, recording their experience of community and wellbeing. Photo: Philip Formby.

The Hidden Heritage of Wellbeing in the Community: co-creating oral histories of mental health care

A group of black people pose for a photo including a woman

Marie-Claire Kofi, seated right, hopes her organisation's project will empower people who have sickle cell disease.

Sickle Cell Stories - Then and Now: Plasma of Hope

A group of people are in a studio taking part in a movement and dance workshop

Young people take part in a movement and performance workshop as part of the Catalyser learning programme.

Choreozone: Activating an Archive