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Our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion

Our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion

A woman watching as a younger woman cleans an antler behind the scenes at Norfolk Museums
Cleaning an antler behind the scenes at Norfolk Museums
Ensuring everyone in the UK has opportunities to explore, access and enjoy heritage has been at the heart of The National Lottery Heritage Fund’s mission since we were established in 1994.

In our Strategic Funding Framework 2019-2024, we made that mission explicit. Inclusion – ‘involving a wider range of people’ – is a mandatory outcome of all the projects we fund.

When we talk about inclusion, we mean equal and fair access for everyone, regardless of age, sex, disability, race, sexual orientation, gender identity, faith, class or income. 

However, we recognise that we need to do more to achieve equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in all aspects of our organisation and its work. Bringing about change is an ongoing process. We are listening and learning to help drive the change we want to see.

On this page we share our commitment to that work and our actions to progress it. 

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Publications

Public Sector Equality Duty for England, Scotland and Wales

Section 149 of the Equality Act 2010 details the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED). The PSED consists of a general equality duty (the Duty) that requires non-departmental public bodies such as The National Lottery Heritage Fund, when exercising our public functions, to have due regard to
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Dancers taking part in the Bhangra Renaissance project in Kirklees

News

Help us to be a more inclusive funder

We're carrying out research to ensure fair and equal access to our funding: deadline to take part extended.
Gender pay gap

Publications

Gender pay gap

All organisations with 250 or more employees are required to publish data on their gender pay gap (the difference in hourly pay between male and female employees) each year.