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Wales

Since 1994 we have awarded over £410m to more than 2,700 projects in Wales.

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Coronavirus (COVID-19)

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: walescontact@heritagefund.org.uk.

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

We welcome telephone calls, emails and letters in both Welsh and English. We are complying with our current Welsh Language Scheme.

Email: walescontact@heritagefund.org.uk
Telephone: 029 2034 3413 (Monday to Friday, 9.00am–5.00pm)
James William House, 9 Museum Place, Cardiff, CF10 3BD

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Upcoming events

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 and network with other organisations from your area.

You can also find out what’s going on across the UK in our events calendar.

Billy the Seal statue in Victoria Park, Cardiff

News

New small grants programme to explore community heritage in Wales

The National Lottery Heritage Fund has partnered with Cadw – the Welsh historic environment body – to support projects that connect communities with heritage in their local area.

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News

New funding for community environment projects in Wales

Applications now open for The National Lottery Heritage Fund and Welsh Government’s new grant programmes helping communities to look after the natural world.

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Stories

Heritage Emergency Fund lifeline for Insole Court

A grant of £103,600 is helping the much-loved Victorian mansion in Cardiff stay open and serve the local community.

Publications

15-Minute Heritage Grants

Grants of between £3,000 - £10,000 for projects based in Wales that will encourage engagement with their local heritage.

Puffin on island

News

Welsh island puffins protected thanks to Heritage Emergency Fund grant

Thanks to a £48,000 National Lottery grant, wardens can continue to care for the vast colonies of rare seabirds that nest on Skomer and Skokholm.

People

Andrew White

Director of Wales

Publications

Community Woodlands guidance

Community Woodlands is a capital grant scheme intended to restore, create, connect and manage woodlands in Wales.

Publications

Local Places for Nature guidance

Local Places for Nature is a capital grant scheme intended to enable communities in Wales to restore and enhance nature.

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Hub

Digital Skills for Heritage

Digital Skills for Heritage is an ambitious two-year initiative designed to raise digital skills and confidence across the whole UK heritage sector.

Publications

Business Support Funding Wales

Funding is available for organisations or partnerships to support those working with heritage in Wales to build their skills in organisational leadership and management.

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St Grwst Church, Conwy.

News

RSA Heritage Index reveals the UK’s heritage hotspots

The 2020 report highlights the UK’s best areas for heritage and puts forward the case for heritage as a means of recovery in the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Kay Andrews. Image credit: Joe McGorty

Blogs

How the '15-minute city' can inspire heritage in Wales

Our new Welsh grant programme takes inspiration from a planning concept which says people should be able to meet most of their needs within 15 minutes of their home.

Publications

Wales Committee meeting minutes June 2020

Minutes of the meeting of the Committee for Wales held virtually on Thursday 11 June 2020 at 9.30am.

An infographic showing a map of the UK and a pie chart with a breakdown of grants by heritage type

News

Heritage Emergency Fund supports hundreds of organisations across the UK

In total, we awarded 961 grants worth £49.8million to help the heritage community support staff, cover essential maintenance and utility costs, and prepare to safely reopen. This figure represents a 77% success rate across the total applications received. Ros Kerslake, Chief Executive of The

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Alistair McNaught

Blogs

Making heritage websites accessible to all

When producing our new guide to online accessibility, Alistair McNaught’s research identified how heritage organisations can make their online content open to all. He tells us more.

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2019's National Lottery Award winners

News

Nominate your heritage ‘lockdown legends’ for a National Lottery Award

The National Lottery is searching for the UK’s lockdown legends as part of this year's National Lottery Awards. Who will you nominate?

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News

Heritage Alliance launch free digital training and resources for sector

The Heritage Alliance’s new Heritage Digital project offers free training, masterclasses and guides to help heritage organisations make digital work for them.

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Undergrowth, Isle of Wight Railway. Credit: John Faulkner

News

Heritage railways saved from 'serious jeopardy'

There is a light at the end of the tunnel for heritage railways stopped in their tracks by the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis.

People

Baroness Kay Andrews OBE

Deputy Chair of The National Lottery Heritage Fund and Chair of the Wales Committee

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News

Six projects chosen for Sustainable Project of the Year

Six heritage projects across the UK have been shortlisted for The National Lottery Heritage Fund's inaugural Museums + Heritage Sustainable Project of the Year Award.

People

Shaheen Sutton

Shaheen Sutton has worked in the field of equity, diversity, inclusion and social justice for two decades.