Blogs
How green spaces can improve our wellbeing
It’s good to be asked to write this blog to coincide with the publication of the Space to Thrive report.
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Boost for youth heritage thanks to £7million government investment
The National Lottery Heritage Fund is to distribute an extra £1.27m funding to its Kick the Dust programme, aimed at helping to involve young people in heritage.
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Public help solve mystery of 2000-year-old warrior
An Iron Age warrior found buried on a housing estate has gone on public display in Chichester thanks to National Lottery players.
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New award to champion sustainability
The National Lottery Heritage Fund is to sponsor a new annual sustainability category at the Museums + Heritage Awards.
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New funding for Aberystwyth's Old College
The iconic Old College is set to secure its future as a centre for culture, heritage, discovery, learning and enterprise, hoping to attract 190,000 visitors every year.
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Lifeline for species on verge of extinction
Species on the verge of extinction have been handed a lifeline as £7.4million from The National Lottery is awarded for nature projects across the UK.
Stories
#HeritageTreasures Day 2020 announced
As we reach a new decade, we proudly take a look back at the last 25 years of our heritage funding. We also look forward to the future and how we can continue to support and protect our heritage in a contemporary world. Since 1994, we have supported 44,000 projects and granted £8billion to heritage
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Nine ways to celebrate 2019
2019 was a year of looking back – to all the projects we’ve funded since the first National Lottery draw in 1994 – and looking forward, with our new name, structure and ways we give out our grants. This is just a few of the things we were proud to have achieved in 2019... A revolution in heritage
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René Olivieri appointed interim Chair
René Olivieri has been appointed interim Chair of The National Lottery Heritage Fund and National Heritage Memorial Fund following Sir Peter Luff’s retirement.
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Join our Committees for Wales and Northern Ireland
Two new members each are sought for our Committee for Wales and Committee for Northern Ireland. Apply by Friday 31 January 2020.
Blogs
Telling the nation's stories
Our outgoing chair Sir Peter Luff looks back at five years at The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Blogs
New funding for enterprise and business skills training programmes
From a total £3million investment we hope to fund: a UK-wide training programme to develop a stronger culture of successful enterprise in the heritage sector programmes across each of the four countries in the UK, focusing on business and leadership skills - including diversifying income, developing
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Pontypridd church celebrates 180th birthday
National Lottery funding is to help a local community come together to celebrate its oldest surviving church.
Blogs
Inclusion isn't a 'challenge', it's a chance for exciting possibilities
Two disabled women leaders tell us what needs to change in heritage - and their top advice.
#GivingTuesday kicks off the seven-day match funding campaign
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The Big Give Christmas Challenge 2019 is on!
We are championing 31 heritage charities in The Big Give Christmas Challenge, from 3-10 December — and you can donate to your favourite, too.
Stories
25 years: our advent calendar
Heritage can be so many things – memories, archives, parks, museums, landscapes, culture... This month we present just a small selection of some fantastic projects supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund over the past 25 years. We'll be sharing a different project on each day of advent
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25 years: astronaut Tim Peake celebrates National Lottery funding for world of science
Major Tim Peake reveals ten top scientific attractions in the UK to celebrate The National Lottery’s 25th Birthday - and the £596million it was awarded to science museums and science and education projects.