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Joint winners announced for Sustainable Project of the Year 2024
The Scottish Crannog Centre and Manchester Museum and Museum Development North West (MDNW) were crowned sustainability award winners at the 22nd annual Museums + Heritage Awards.
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We’re supporting Belfast 2024’s year of culture and creativity
Ten projects taking place across the capital are providing opportunities for people to be creative and get involved with heritage as part of a city-wide celebration.
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Competition: enter your creative Heritage Fund grant acknowledgement
Help us celebrate the innovative ways projects have acknowledged their funding and win the chance to have a social media film made about your project.
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£14.8million awarded to projects forging the future of our industrial past
We’ve recently awarded seven projects with funding to reimagine and protect the UK’s history of innovation, transport and industry.
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Over £25million awarded to projects creating and restoring natural habitats in England
Twenty projects are to receive funding from the Species Survival Fund, a partnership with Defra to boost the quality and quantity of wildlife-rich habitats.
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Six organisations shortlisted for Sustainable Project of the Year 2024
The Museums + Heritage Awards have announced the shortlist for the sustainability category. Discover how these projects are demonstrating best practice.
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£4.3million supports places of worship in Midlands and East of England communities
Three churches working to establish themselves as hubs for heritage and communities are receiving funding to support their plans for vital repairs and public activities.
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A statement on the passing of Lord Jacob Rothschild
The Heritage Fund is saddened to hear of the death of Lord Jacob Rothschild, 87, who was a champion for the UK’s heritage.
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Hundreds of special heritage offers across the UK this spring
National Lottery Open Week is back, taking place from Saturday 9 to Sunday 17 March.
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Our new Heritage 2033 National Lottery programme is open for grants from £10,000 to £10million
We’ve changed our application guidance and forms to reflect our new strategy, simplified our materials and made our requirements more proportionate to the amount of money you’re applying for.
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We've awarded £15.6million to help people get out into nature
From urban walking routes and dramatic wild landscapes to Regency gardens, we’re funding projects that will connect communities with their natural heritage.
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Celebrate your heritage champions for Heritage Treasures Day 2024
We’re kicking off our 30th birthday year by shining a spotlight on heritage leaders and people who make heritage projects possible, and we’re encouraging you to join in.
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Success for heritage projects in the National Lottery Awards
Leaders from six projects we’ve funded have taken home a prize this year.
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12 towns and cities to benefit from programme to bring disused heritage buildings back to life
Our £5 million partnership with The Architectural Heritage Fund will support local organisations from Cornwall to Caernarfon and Derry/Londonderry to Aberdeenshire.
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Nominate your #HeritageTreasures on 11 January 2024
We’re kicking off our 30th birthday year by celebrating our rich and diverse heritage on Heritage Treasures Day!
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Visit our Habitats of Hope exhibition at the Horniman Museum
From 30 November–10 December we are showcasing inspiring heritage projects that have enabled the survival of some of the UK’s rarest animal species, thanks to National Lottery support.
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Two awards for a programme putting nature at the heart of thriving urban places
The Future Parks Accelerator programme, a joint initiative with the National Trust, has won Social Project of the Year and the prestigious Overall Project of the Year Award.