Good practice guidance

What we expect from our projects – advice and ideas on how your project can help tackle the climate and ecological emergencies.

This guidance will help you address our inclusion priority in your project. It is for everyone applying for a grant, regardless of the size or type of organisation you represent or the amount you are requesting.

This guidance will help you address the outcome ‘People will have greater wellbeing’ in your project. It is for everyone applying for a grant, regardless of the size or type of organisation you represent or the amount you are requesting.

Introduction One of the outcomes you can choose to focus on is people will develop skills through your project Whether your project is entirely focused on training with defined outcomes for learning, or if training and skills development is one element of a wider project, this guidance sets out what

This guidance is designed to help you meet our outcome: with our investment your organisation will be more resilient.

This guidance is designed to help you meet our outcome: How your project can boost your local economy.

This guidance is designed to help you meet our priority outcome: the local area will be a better place to live, work or visit.

An activity plan sets out everything you will do as part of your National Lottery-supported project to achieve positive outcomes for the people involved. These might be participants, visitors, volunteers or trainees but might also include new and existing staff and your trustees or steering group.

We recommend that you read this guidance in full before submitting your project enquiry or expression of interest and before filling in your application form.

The best way to tackle the long term care of historic buildings is to concentrate on regular preventative maintenance.

A guide to developing a business plan for your organisation, to apply for funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Community Grant Schemes are a ring-fenced pot of money that you can use to fund other groups/organisations to deliver small, seperate projects.

About conservation planning If you are anticipating making changes to your heritage you should start the conservation planning process as early as possible, as it will help you make important decisions about the aims and scope of your project. It is also important that the conservation planning

The National Lottery Heritage Fund digital requirements apply to all projects.

We've pulled together some useful links to information from the Government and other agencies to help heritage organisations to prepare for the UK’s exit from the European Union.

How to carry out an evaluation of your National Lottery-funded project.

If you are applying for over £250,000 under the National Lottery Grants for Heritage Programme, we will ask you to prepare a management and maintenance plan during your development phase.

Oral history is the recording and archiving of people’s memories, feelings and attitudes.