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North East

Email: NorthEastContact@heritagefund.org.uk
Telephone: 0191 249 4271 (Monday to Friday, 9.00am–5.00pm)
Live Theatre, Broad Chare, Quayside, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 3DQ

North West

Email: NorthWest@heritagefund.org.uk
Telephone: 0161 200 8470 (Monday to Friday, 9.00am–5.00pm)
111 Piccadilly, Manchester M1 2HY

Yorkshire and Humber

Email: yorkshireandthehumber@heritagefund.org.uk
Telephone: 0113 388 8030 (Monday to Friday, 9.00am–5.00pm)
Offices 13 - 15, Park House, Park Square West, Leeds, LS1 2PW

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Upcoming events

Our regular funding workshops and advice sessions are a great opportunity to find out about our funding, get tips on how to make a good application and network with other organisations from your area.

You can also find out what’s going on across the UK in our events calendar.

Photo credit: Eleanor Church

Blog

Saving the green spaces that helped us through lockdown

In laying the foundations for a green recovery, we need to ensure that environmental organisations and the partnerships they work within across England are engaged and supported. So I am delighted to see the launch of the £40million Green Recovery Challenge Fund. When the UK turned to nature The

21/09/2020

An infographic showing a map of the UK and a pie chart with a breakdown of grants by heritage type

News article

Heritage Emergency Fund supports hundreds of organisations across the UK

In total, we awarded 961 grants worth £49.8million to help the heritage community support staff, cover essential maintenance and utility costs, and prepare to safely reopen. This figure represents a 77% success rate across the total applications received. Ros Kerslake, Chief Executive of The

17/09/2020

Participant of the Keeping It Wild project working on a path border

Photo credit: Keeping it Wild

News article

Government’s £40million Green Recovery Challenge Fund opens for applications

Ros Kerslake, Chief Executive of The National Lottery Heritage Fund, said: “I am delighted that we are distributing the Green Recovery Challenge Fund on behalf of Defra. We are committed to supporting the nature and environment sector quickly and effectively through this fund.” Who is it for The

14/09/2020

Story

Full steam ahead for Merseyside ship following emergency grant

Built in 1913, Steam Tug Kerne served as a Royal Navy ship in the First World War and is the only remaining operational steam tug of her type in the UK. But the sudden hit of coronavirus (COVID-19) meant the Kerne’s days on the water were numbered. Since her retirement as a working vessel, this coal

Story

Liverpool’s black history kept alive thanks to emergency funding

A vital Liverpool organisation has avoided closure and is continuing to share the diverse stories of the city's past.

Dr Habib and Stephen Welsh with project participant, Urussa

Blog

South Asian Heritage Month: truth-telling and transformation

As South Asian Heritage Month ends, it’s a good time to look at how more UK museums are considering ways of deepening engagement with South Asian communities and heritage.

18/08/2020

Alistair McNaught

Blog

Making heritage websites accessible to all

When producing our new guide to online accessibility, Alistair McNaught’s research identified how heritage organisations can make their online content open to all. He tells us more.

06/08/2020

A farmer and his dogs on Hill Gill Farm. Credit: Natural England

News article

Farmers at heart of groundbreaking nature recovery project

£5.7million of National Lottery funding will help reverse the decline of some of Britain’s most important natural landscapes in the north of England.

23/07/2020

Trainee Scott Dixon

News article

Blyth Tall Ship kept afloat thanks to National Lottery funding

Blyth Tall Ship was awarded £37,100 from our Heritage Emergency Fund, ensuring that workshops and training opportunities could carry on. The organisation provides young people with invaluable engineering skills through heritage boat building. “We knew we were a vital lifeline for those looking for

13/07/2020

Story

When the museums open up again

As heritage attractions are given the go-ahead to reopen, we spoke to six museums, which, thanks to National Lottery players, have been helped by our £50m Heritage Emergency Fund.

2019's National Lottery Award winners

News article

Enwebwch eich ‘arwyr’ treftadaeth am wobr Loteri Genedlaethol

Mae'r Loteri Genedlaethol yn chwilio am arwyr y cyfyngiadau symud yn y DU fel rhan o wobrau'r Loteri Genedlaethol eleni – pwy fyddwch chi'n eu henwebu?

08/07/2020

News article

Lansio prosiect Treftadeth Ddigidol am ddim i'r sector

Mae prosiect treftadaeth ddigidol newydd y Gynghrair treftadaeth yn cynnig hyfforddiant am ddim, dosbarthiadau meistr a chanllawiau i helpu sefydliadau treftadaeth i wneud gwaith digidol ar eu cyfer.

06/07/2020

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Yorkshire and Humber

Follow us on Twitter: @HeritageFundNOR

Upcoming events

Saving the green spaces that helped us through lockdown

Heritage Emergency Fund supports hundreds of organisations across the UK

Government’s £40million Green Recovery Challenge Fund opens for applications

Full steam ahead for Merseyside ship following emergency grant

Liverpool’s black history kept alive thanks to emergency funding

South Asian Heritage Month: truth-telling and transformation

Making heritage websites accessible to all

Farmers at heart of groundbreaking nature recovery project

Blyth Tall Ship kept afloat thanks to National Lottery funding

When the museums open up again

Enwebwch eich ‘arwyr’ treftadaeth am wobr Loteri Genedlaethol

Lansio prosiect Treftadeth Ddigidol am ddim i'r sector

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