Our vision

We want heritage to be valued, cared for and sustained for everyone, now and in the future. 

Our investment principles and what we’ll achieve by 2033

Saving heritage:

• improved condition and understanding of heritage
• reduced amount of ‘heritage at risk’
• delivered transformational long-term projects
• made digital heritage more accessible

Protecting the environment:

• put landscapes and habitats into recovery
• increased understanding of and connection to nature
• reduced the negative environmental impact of our funding portfolio
• improved heritage’s ability to adapt to climate change

Inclusion, access and participation:

• increased diversity of heritage workforces and audiences
• reduced barriers for people under-served by heritage
• enabled more people’s heritage to be recognised
• championed digital technology to improve access

Organisational sustainability:

• increased organisations’ commercial and governance capabilities
• developed skills and capacity across heritage
• embedded resilience in projects we fund
• strengthened heritage’s contribution to local economies

Our approach

• Open programmes for all types of heritage projects with the majority of decisions made at local level.
• Strategic interventions to tackle issues at large and cross-territory scale.
• Partnerships that combine resources and expertise to create investments with greater impact.
• A focus on place, landscape and nature, heritage in need and responding to opportunities and emergencies.