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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 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.

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 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.

Three people standing at a gate. Behind them are white farm buildings. They are holding a blues circular The NAtional Lottery Heritage FUnd sign
Heritage Fund support for Saving the Home of Auld Lang Syne. Photo: Ian Findlay/Robert Burns Ellisland Trust.

Projects

Saving the Home of Auld Lang Syne

Around the world people come together singing Auld Lang Syne. National Lottery funding is helping to secure the future of the Scottish farm where Robert Burns wrote it.

Gardenining volunteers in the walled garden lookig after red roses
Volunteers tend to rose garden.

Projects

Saughton Park restoration project

The improved historic park in the south west of Edinburgh provides vital support for the community's wellbeing.

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