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Wales

The Green Valley Conservation and Heritage project
The Green Valley Conservation and Heritage project
Welcome to the Wales team - since 1994 we have awarded over £420m to more than 3,000 projects in Wales.

National Lottery Grants for Heritage 2022-23

Applications are now open for National Lottery Grants for Heritage from £3,000 up to millions of pounds.

Local Places for Nature

Local Places for Nature is a capital grant scheme intended to enable communities in Wales to restore and enhance nature. Grants available of up to £250,000.

Local Places for Nature – Breaking Barriers

Breaking Barriers aims to increase the engagement of excluded and disadvantaged communities with the Local Places for Nature programme, and break down barriers they face when accessing nature. Grants available of up to £100,000.

The Woodland Investment Grant (TWIG)

TWIG is a grant scheme intended to create, restore and enhance woodlands in Wales, as part of the Welsh Government’s National Forest initiative. Grants available of up to £250,000.

Email: wales@heritagefund.org.uk 
Telephone: 029 2034 3413 (Monday to Friday, 9.00am–5.00pm)

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

Please send any items via email to your contact or via: wales@heritagefund.org.uk 

We welcome telephone calls (Option 1 to speak to a member of staff in Welsh) emails and letters in both Welsh and English. Using Welsh will not lead to a delay in responding. For further information on the Welsh Language and to hear more on our current progress in updating our current Welsh Language Scheme, please visit our Welsh Language page. 

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.

Find out about upcoming events here.

People tending to an urban garden

Programme

Local Places for Nature

A capital grant scheme to enable communities in Wales to restore and enhance nature. Grants up to £250,000 available.
A group of children sitting down in front of a row or trees, listening to someone giving a talk

Programme

The Woodland Investment Grant

A grant scheme intended to create, restore and enhance woodlands in Wales, as part of the Welsh Government’s National Forest initiative.
Three children hold tomatoes to their noses

Projects

Green Valley Conservation and Heritage Project

A derelict site in Cynon Valley has been transformed into a community garden full of people, nature and wildlife – and is now the perfect place for boosting mental health.

Three people sitting around a table discussing ideas

Programme

Heritage Innovation Fund

Support for projects to explore, test and grow new ways of working across the heritage workforce.
Three children and one adult approach historic house
Marble Hill House in Twickenham, London has recently reopened thanks to National Lottery funding.

News

Take part in #HeritageIsOpen this summer!

Join us on social media to let visitors know your #HeritageIsOpen and get involved in our social media moment on Tuesday 21 June.
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Minister for Heritage, Nigel Huddleston, at YHA Ironbridge Coalport with Manager and Deputy Manager Ben Platt (left) and Andrew Philipson (right).

News

Charity YHA awarded almost £1million from the Culture Recovery Fund

The organisation – which provides hostel stays and experiences to improve mental and physical wellbeing for young people – is receiving a financial boost to help it recover from the pandemic.