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Northern Ireland

Since 1994 we have awarded over £260million to more than 1,700 projects across Northern Ireland.
A family looking up at an outside wall mural
Newtownards Road Heritage Trail

From Belfast’s rich industrial and maritime heritage, to luscious landscapes and parks, to museums bursting with the stories of local people, Northern Ireland has it all.

We’re proud to play a role in protecting and celebrating Northern Ireland’s diverse heritage. Explore just some of the projects, organisations and communities we have supported below.

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Our grants programmes are now open again. If you have an idea for a project in Northern Ireland, we would love to hear from you. 

Find out more and apply for National Lottery grants for Heritage.

Contact us

We are fully operational and open for business, but we are conducting much of our day-to-day business from our home offices.

This means we are unable to access our post. In the interim, please send any items via email to your contact or via northernireland@heritagefund.org.uk.

Find out more about how we're working through the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. 

Email: northernireland@heritagefund.org.uk
Telephone: 02895 921901 (Monday to Friday, 9.00am–5.00pm)
Arthur House, 41 Arthur Street, Belfast, BT1 4GB

Follow us on Twitter: @HeritageFundNI

Family gathered on the platform at Whitehead Railway station watching a locomotive approach

Projects

RPSI 2020

Thanks to National Lottery funding and the support of their dedicated volunteers, the Railway Preservation Society for Ireland (RPSI) have been able to preserve and bring the story of Ireland’s railways to life.

An allotment with plants and greenhouse
Boundary Way allotments, Wolverhampton

News

Our new report uncovers impact of COVID-19 crisis on heritage

We commissioned Renaisi to find out how heritage organisations across the UK used our emergency funding, which was delivered at speed from April last year. The report reveals the positive impact the Heritage Emergency Fund had on the sector, as we distributed £49,829,600 to 961 heritage
People sitting at tables with modern displays of musical instruments
Music Gallery, Horniman Museum

News

Museums reopen in time for International Museum Day

A huge number of museums that have received National Lottery Heritage Fund support are reopening across the UK in time for International Museum Day. To celebrate, here's a selection of what's on offer.
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Nurses on the Mournes walk

News

Connecting communities: from the frontline to the front room

We believe heritage brings many benefits for communities. To mark Local and Community History Month this May, we caught up with the ‘Mourne Memories of Places from the Past’ project in County Down to discover how it’s supporting the local area. “We found that the walks were a fantastic opportunity

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