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Four members of the Trust stand outside the Tomb of the Eagles visitor centre.
The local community look forward to welcoming visitors back to explore the site. Credit: The South Ronaldsay and Burray Development Trust.

Projects

Bringing a 5,000-year-old Orkney tomb back to life

Our support is helping the communities of South Ronaldsay and Burray to reopen one of Scotland’s most important ancient archaeological sites to the public.

A group of conservationists gather on the salt marshes bordering the Solway Firth. In the distance, the waters of the Firth and mountains can be seen on the horizon.
A community group gather on the salt mashes of the Solway coast.

Projects

Rejuvenating the habitats of the Solway Firth

Our funding will support a council-led partnership to protect and celebrate the natural environment of one of Britain’s most important estuaries.

Three musicians with guitars and an accordion and four women dancers wearing traditional Eastern European dress.
Romane Cierhenia are a family group of Roma musicians and dancers from Poland.

Projects

Roma Empowerment Through Heritage

This pilot project trained volunteers including young Roma people to record heritage and ran a Roma cultural heritage festival.

An elevated view across the pews of St. Andrew's, towards the large organ and stained glass windows.
A view of the interior of St. Andrews. Credit: Leith St. Andrew's Trust.

Projects

Leith St. Andrew's Centre: a building for the community

The people of Leith are planning to take ownership of a much-loved church building, creating a hub for wellbeing services.

A close up of a red squirrel on a tree branch
The project is supporting local community groups to get involved and run their own red squirrel conservation activities.

Projects

Providing a future for the UK's native red squirrels

Over the next five years the Red Squirrel Recovery Network will work to protect and conserve populations of red squirrels in the north of England and southern Scotland.

A drone photograph of the church of St. Margaret's, nestled between houses and lush green fields.
An aerial view of St. Margaret's Church in Braemar. Credit: The St. Margaret's Trust.

Projects

St. Margaret's, Braemar: restoring a hidden Scottish masterpiece

Historic Churches Scotland is working in partnership with a community trust to save, adapt and regenerate a nationally significant building at the heart of historic Braemar.

The tall ship RRS Discovery stands in dry dock neighbouring Dundee's branch of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
RRS Discovery sits in dry dock, neighbouring the V&A Dundee. Credit: Dundee Heritage Trust.

Projects

Launching a new era for Discovery in Dundee

In 1901, RRS Discovery carried Scott of the Antarctic toward the South Pole. Today, transformative redevelopment plans will open up new frontiers for visitors to its Tayside home.

A group of stonemasons talk to Caroline Clark from the National Lottery Heritage Fund about their craft, discussing models of their work on a table in front of them.
Left to right: stonemasons Jason Boag, Billy King and Ross Cowie, speaking to Caroline Clark, Director of Scotland at the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Credit: Kirsty Anderson.

Projects

Lock 16: Scotland’s centre of excellence for canals and traditional skills

In a former Irn Bru factory on the Forth and Clyde Canal, an inspirational new centre of learning is being built, to protect the future of Scottish heritage.

A group of different ages discuss nostalgic objects in the Wee Museum of Memory.
A community group enjoying a reminiscence session at the Wee Museum of Memory. Credit: The Living Memory Association.

Projects

Supporting Scottish communities to record their own histories

The Living Memory Association is providing groups across Scotland with the skills and knowledge they need to create unique heritage projects.

A visitor to Cladh Hallan on Uist uses augmented reality through the camera of their phone to see what the original structures on the site looked like.
Augmented reality archaeology at Cladh Hallan, Uist. Credit: Uist Virtual Archaeology Project.

Projects

Augmented reality technology to reawaken Hebridean history

Our funding will support the University of the Highlands and Islands to digitally reconstruct archaeological wonders on the islands of Barra and Harris.

A gymnast leaps through the air in a field on Orkney, with sheep and standing stones nearby.
A gymnast prepares for the games on Orkney. Credit: Kirstin Shearer.

Projects

Capturing memories from four decades of the Island Games

This project will celebrate and preserve oral histories from the rich heritage of the Games, ahead of the 20th edition taking place in Orkney in July 2025.

A group of four colleagues, holding up a blue Heritage Fund roundel, stand in the middle of the stage of the Leith Theatre, looking out to the empty stalls and grand circle above.
Lynn Morrison, Anna Higham, Douglas Frost and Aisha Fatunmbi-Randall from Leith Theatre Trust. Credit: Leith Theatre Trust.

Projects

Bringing Leith Theatre back to life

Our funding brings plans for the restoration and rejuvenation of one of Edinburgh’s most loved cultural venues a step closer.

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