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Scotland

People are together playing instruments outside
"Brass?Aye" celebrate the reopening of Glasgow West Boathouse
Since 1994 we have awarded over £970m to 5,000 projects in Scotland.

Scotland's rich heritage varies from glorious landscapes, shorelines and islands to vibrant urban environments. It has a distinctive and diverse people, culture, and heritage with a history of inventors and innovators known across the world. Take a look at some of the projects in Scotland we have been proud to support.

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Our Scots logo

Heritage Fund Scots logo

We launched our Scots logo on 21 February 2022 for International Mother Language Day.

We are the first funder in Scotland to have a Scots language logo, which organisations can display on historic sites, at events, in project materials and online to acknowledge and celebrate our funding. It comes in addition to our Scottish Gaelic logo.

We’re excited to see projects begin to use it and for Scots speaking communities to enjoy seeing their own language on their local heritage.

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Our National Lottery Heritage Grants funding programme is open – if you have an idea for a project in Scotland, we would love to hear from you. Grants are available from £10,000 up to £10m.

Find out more and apply for funding.

Our regular funding workshops and advice sessions are a great opportunity to:

  • find out about our funding
  • get tips on how to make a good application
  • network with other organisations from your area
Book onto an upcoming webinar

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Email: scotlandcontact@heritagefund.org.uk

Telephone: 0131 376 0033 (Monday to Friday, 9.00am–5.00pm)

Cubo Offices
40 Princes Street
Edinburgh, EH2 2BY

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Visiting and access

If you wish to visit us in person, please email or call us in advance to book an appointment.

Enter through the main entrance to 40 Princes Street. Once in the building, you will be greeted by reception. The offices are on the 6th floor and can all be reached via lift with the main Cubo reception located on the 4th floor. Please report to reception on the 4th floor and we will then come to meet you. There are accessible toilets on site and access via stairs. 

four children hold up large letters spelling FERN, the name of the diplodocus skeleton on display behind them
Children from the local community reveal the name of Fern the Diplodocus. Photo: Trustees of the Natural History Museum.

News

#HeritageIsOpen: ten new places to visit this summer 

From museum gardens to a 1930s lido, there are plenty of opportunities to visit heritage that we have supported this summer.
The western end of Sauchiehall Street at dusk: on the right people are walking and cycling by a People Make Glasgow banner and on the left a group of people are standing outside a bar
Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow, which will be revitalised with input from the community and local organisations.

Projects

Sauchiehall Street: Culture and Heritage District

A long-term effort to regenerate Glasgow's Sauchiehall Street has received support through our Heritage Places initiative.

A group of children and adults sit and stand as they pose for a photo while cutting a ribbon.
Local children joined National Galleries of Scotland for the opening of the new Scottish galleries at the National. Credit Neil Hanna

Projects

Celebrating Scotland’s Art: The Scottish National Gallery Project

10 accessible gallery spaces boasting the work of pioneering Scottish artists have transformed visitors’ experience of the national collection.

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.

A group of people in hard hats and hi-vis jackets standing under Glasgow Meat Market's historic sheds.
Caroline Clark, The National Lottery Heritage Fund Director for Scotland (centre) with Cllr Susan Aitken, Leader of Glasgow City Council, and representatives of Glasgow Meat Market Regeneration CIC.

Projects

A thriving community hub is taking shape at Glasgow's Meat Market

Regeneration plans for Glasgow’s former East End Meat Market to become a thriving hub for community, sport and local business have been given a huge boost with the announcement of £2.3million of National Lottery support.

A group of people some wearing high-vis jackets stand together in front of a round house made from wood with a thatch roof
Some of the team stand in front of the newly completed roundhouses.

Stories

Case study: The Scottish Crannog Centre

The local community and natural environment are central to this sustainable museum, joint winner of Sustainable Project of the Year at the Museums + Heritage Awards 2024.
A rock walled mineshaft illuminated by torchlight stretched into the distance, in the foreground the silhouette of a person wearing a miners helmet and looking along the tunnel
In Lochnell Mine visitors can experience how Wanlockhead's miners worked.

Projects

Lead turns Gold! The Museum of Lead Mining is 50

Situated at the top of the Mennock Pass the museum is a hub for information, equipment and permits for gold panning in the area.

In the foreground to the left is a standing stone long shadows reach out to it from a group of standing stones behind. The sun is setting with orange tinged light filtering through the cluster of stones
Sunset at Calanais Standing Stones.

Projects

Biggest investment at Calanais in 5,000 years

Our support is helping ensure a balance is struck between supporting tourism and protecting this important community heritage.

Working at the wool mill
Uist Wool now has a skilled group of people, living locally in Uist

Projects

Calanas – transforming textile traditions

Uist Wool Mill is now a vibrant hub of economic activity, skills development and a centre that celebrates the wool-producing heritage of the region.

Tomintoul and Glenlivet landscape with a river, woodland and mountain backdrop
The Tomintoul and Glenlivet landscape.

Projects

Tomintoul and Glenlivet Landscape Partnership

Restoring Scotland’s stunning landscapes, threatened species and endangered habitats was central to this project in the Cairngorms National Park.

Rugged landscape at sunset including mountains and jagged rocks in the Scottish uplands
On Sgorr Tuath in Assynt in the far north west of Scotland.

Projects

Coigach and Assynt Living Landscape Partnership

The project, part of an ambitious 40-year vision, restored parts of the rugged landscape in the far north-west of Scotland, including pathways, blanket bog and heath moor.

Looking South East over the site, a finger of grass covered land with water either side and a thin causeway visible at the top of the image. Trench J in bottom left; Trench P in centre, and Trench T in distance
The Ness of Brodgar site in Orkney.

Projects

Ness of Brodgar: past, present and future

As two decades of archaeological investigation at the ancient Scottish site come to an end, our support will ensure more people than ever can share in its history.

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