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Make the most of our funding with our practical advice and top tips.

We want to help you get funding. We also want to help you run a successful heritage project.

Take a look below at our advice, resources and top tips, drawing on our more than 25 years' experience and expertise in supporting the sector.

Still got a question? Please don't hesitate to get in touch. 

Our funding

We provide different levels of funding to heritage of all shapes and sizes. Our grants range from £3,000 up to millions of pounds. Take a look at our various funding programmes and decide which one might be right for you.

Find all information about applying for funding, read our good practice guidance and discover what we expect from all of the projects we fund.

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

We have a range of recovery funding and other support available to help your heritage organisation get through the COVID-19 crisis.

Digital

We are offering training and free resources to help all heritage organisations thrive in the digital era through our Digital Skills for Heritage initiative.

Capacity and resilience

introduced programmes and resources to help the heritage sector become more robust, enterprising and forward looking through our Business Support and Enterprise Development campaign.

Advice, resources and top tips:

People pointing at a laptop screen

Stories

Advice: Understanding our licence requirement

At The National Lottery Heritage Fund, we are committed to ensuring the greatest possible public, social and economic benefit from the work we fund. Today (16 September) we are updating our licencing requirements to better support that. Use of digital technologies to create opportunities to connect
BFI at Home Cast & Director Q&A – Judas and the Black Messiah. © British Film Institute
BFI at Home Cast & Director Q&A – Judas and the Black Messiah. © British Film Institute

Blogs

Running digital events: top tips from the BFI

BFI Southbank is the nation’s film theatre, and the physical home of British film heritage, culture and learning. When we had to close our venue doors in March 2020, we were determined to continue offering audiences the very best in film programming and contextual events. We used our digital
Man taking a picture of himself using a touchscreen at an interactive exhibition
Museum of Making in Derby

Hub

Digital Skills for Heritage

Digital Skills for Heritage is designed to raise digital skills and confidence across the whole UK heritage sector.
'Absolute Unit' sheep
'Absolute Unit'. Credit: The Museum of English Rural Life, University of Reading

Stories

Using digital in heritage: the 'absolute unit' way

Adam Koszary, formerly Digital Lead at the Museum of English Rural Life in Reading, tells us how heritage organisations can use digital to drive success.
Brighton Pride, 1995
Brighton Pride, 1995. Credit: Sally Munt

Blogs

Future-proofing heritage: experience and advice from Brighton LGBT+ leaders

Lesley, Chief Executive of New Writing South, and David, Co-Artistic Director of Marlborough Theatre, are collaborating on the project, Building Brighton LGBTQ+ Heritage. The project involves: skills development for volunteers establishing a youth board building capacity strengthening partnerships
Tips for promoting your project

Publications

Tips for promoting your project

Getting the media to talk about your project is a great way of letting people know what you are doing with your grant. It also shows everyone how National Lottery players' money is being used.
Emma-Jane Harrington, Oral History Development Worker, MECOPP
Emma-Jane Harrington, Oral History Development Worker, MECOPP

Blogs

How to tell family stories

Emma-Jane Harrington explains how an oral history project brought intergenerational stories to life.