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Welcome to the Scotland team.

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

The strain on Scotland’s heritage sector due to the current coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is immense. 

We are working as hard as we can, using all of our resources, to help heritage projects navigate their way through this operational crisis and consolidate their recovery .

We are listening and we’re here to help.

Grants for Heritage

Our support includes a phased reopening of project funding through our National Lottery Grants for Heritage.

From 25 November 2020 - we will resume accepting applications for grants from £3,000-£10,000 and £10,000-£100,000.

From 8 February 2021 - we will resume accepting applications for grants from £100,000-£250,000 and £250,000-£5m.

Further details can be found in the blog from our CEO, Ros Kerslake.

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 via: scotlandcontact@heritagefund.org.uk.

Email: scotlandcontact@heritagefund.org.uk
Telephone: 0131 376 0033  (Monday to Friday, 9.00am–5.00pm)
Regus Office, 93 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 3ES

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Window on side of medium sized historic building
Kresen Kernow

News

Join our Committees in England and Scotland

It has been so rewarding to support the National Lottery Heritage Fund, make a profound difference to heritage and culture in the UK, and, importantly, for people, communities and the environment. - Izzy Mohammed, current Committee Member for England, Midlands & East Guide our funding We are seeking
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Braemar view. Credit: Cameron Cosgrove

Projects

Cairngorms 2030: people and nature thriving together

We have awarded nearly £12.5million to a life-changing project aiming to preserve the UK’s biggest National Park, bringing communities together to help nature and improve wellbeing.

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