Funding decisions | The National Lottery Heritage Fund

View the latest decisions made by our Board of Trustees, local teams and area committees.

National Lottery Grants for Heritage under £5million

Decisions are made locally, dependent on the grant amount.

Up to £250,000

These decisions are made on a monthly basis at Area/Nation delegated decision meetings. These meetings are managed and chaired by Heads of Investment.

Between £250,000 and £5million

These decisions are made by committees in Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and across England. The committees meet every three months.

View the decisions from the last 12 months in your locality:

London and South

Midlands and East

Northern Ireland

All other awards

These decisions are made by our Board of Trustees or by panels delegated by the Board. These include:

National Lottery Grants for Heritage over £5million award decisions made at Board meetings.
National Heritage Memorial Fund award decisions made at Board meetings.
Special awards and initiatives decisions made by panels delegated by the Board.

Access these minutes and decisions from the last year below.

(Older decisions can be requested through freedom of information, by emailing foi@heritagefund.org.uk.)

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Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage round three decisions, December 2021 and March 2022

The Government's Culture Recovery Fund rescue package, launched in July 2020, is designed to safeguard cultural organisations from the economic impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis.

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Covid Recovery Programme for Heritage (Northern Ireland) decisions, March 2022

Schedule of Decisions from the Board of Trustees Decision Panel meetings on 9 March and 29 March 2022.

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Local Places for Nature and Community Woodlands decisions, March 2022

Schedule of decisions made by the Wales Environmental Growth Fund Panel (a sub-set of Trustees), 28 March 2022.

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Trees Call to Action Fund decisions, March 2022

Schedule of Decisions from the Board of Trustees Decision Panel meeting on 18 March 2022.

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The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, July 2022

Schedule of decisions for applications solicited from The National Lottery Heritage Fund’s £7million Jubilee investment.

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Local Places for Nature and Community Woodlands decisions, February 2022

Schedule of Decisions made by the Wales Environmental Growth Fund Panel (a sub-set of trustees), 28 February 2022.

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Board meeting: February 2022

Schedule of Decisions from the Board of Trustees meeting on 1 February 2022.

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Board meeting: December 2021

Schedule of Decisions from the Board of Trustees meeting on 14 December 2021.

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Local Places for Nature and Community Woodlands decisions, 29 November 2021

Schedule of Decisions made by the Wales Environmental Growth Fund Panel (a sub-set of trustees), 29 November 2021

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Digital Skills for Heritage: Digital Volunteering decisions

Digital Skills for Heritage: Digital Volunteering funding decisions made at the meeting held on 11 November 2021.

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Board meeting: November 2021

Schedule of Decisions from the Board of Trustees meeting on 2 November 2021.

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Local Places for Nature and Community Woodlands decisions, 1 November 2021

Schedule of Decisions made by the Wales Environmental Growth Fund Panel (a sub-set of trustees), 1 November 2021