Grants for heritage
Applications are open for National Lottery Grants for Heritage from £3,000 to £5million.
We are prioritising six outcomes for heritage projects to respond to the COVID-19 context: skills and jobs, inclusion, organisational resilience, better places, the economy and wellbeing.
Contact us
We are fully operational and open for business, but we are conducting much of our day-to-day business remotely.
This means we are unable to access our post. In the interim, please send any items via email to your contact or to londonandsouth@heritagefund.org.uk.
London and South East
Email: londonandsouth@heritagefund.org.uk
Telephone: 020 7591 6171 (Monday to Friday, 9.00am–5.00pm)
Mezzanine Floor, International House, 1 St Katharine’s Way, London, E1W 1UN
South West
Email: londonandsouth@heritagefund.org.uk
Telephone: 01392 304006 (Monday to Friday, 9.00am–5.00pm)
Third Floor, The Senate, Southernhay Gardens, Exeter, EX1 1UG
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
We are supporting heritage to become more resilient and to play a key part in the UK's recovery from the pandemic.
Decisions
View London & South committee and delegated decisions
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Upcoming events
Our 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.
Helping You Apply: Grants of £3,000 - £250,000 webinar
Our informal free two-hour webinar will help first-time applicants based in the London & South region. Explore what a well-planned heritage project looks like and get tips to develop a strong funding application.
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24 June, 10am FULLY BOOKED
7 July, 10am FULLY BOOKED
5 August, 10am
9 September, 10am
29 September, 2pm
Projects
Our Past, Our Future: working together for the New Forest
This £4.4million landscape partnership scheme has worked to restore lost habitats, develop skills and inspire young people to champion and look after the New Forest.
Projects
All The Moor Butterflies: preserving rare species and improving wellbeing
This project helped to safeguard some of South West England’s rarest butterfly and moth species. The conservation work engaged a wider range of people through working with partners.
Projects
Cody Dock: regenerating the lower River Lea in London
Gasworks Dock Partnership is regenerating Cody Dock in the lower Lea River to transform it in a vital wildlife corridor in Newham, East London.
News
£2.3million for Tamara Landscape Partnership Scheme
News
Full range of National Lottery funding resumes with refocused priorities for 2021-22
News
Dr Simon Thurley CBE appointed as new Chair
Blogs
LGBT+ History Month: A space in the archives
Stories
Case study: Queering Spires - a history of LGBTIQA+ spaces in Oxford
Projects
Lady Malcolm's Servants' Ball: reviving London's 1920s & 1930s queer scene
A collective of performance artists re-enacted Lady Malcolm’s Servants’ Ball; a firm fixture of the queer scene in London almost a century ago.
News
£3.3million to transform Lambeth's Brockwell Hall
Projects
Voices Through Time: The Story of Care
Hundreds of volunteers are helping children’s charity Coram digitise and share its historic archive online.
News
Our new report uncovers impact of COVID-19 crisis on heritage
News
Brush up your business skills and strengthen resilience
News
Museums reopen in time for International Museum Day
News
National Lottery Open Week: saying a big 'thank you' to players
News
Contribute your perspective to our new research and development project
News
Podcasts: how the heritage sector is embracing the trend
News
Digital skills projects will support resilience and creativity in heritage sector
News
Applications open for second round of Green Recovery Challenge Fund
Publications
England, London & South: delegated decisions April 2020 to March 2021
Publications