Publications
How the Species Survival Fund helped nature recovery across England
The two-year programme exceeded its habitat targets and delivered lasting benefits for wildlife, communities and environmental organisations.
Bookable and impromptu tours of the church's history and mosaics helped thousands of new visitors understand the heritage of this Catholic church in Droitwich, Worcestershire. Credit: Church of the Sacred Heart and St Catherine of Alexandria.
Stories
Grantee Q&A: attracting visitors to Droitwich’s Catholic gem required a lot of volunteers
From carefully planning public engagement to administrative hitches, Jim Spink and Peter Vella share their insight into connecting people with a little-known piece of Worcestershire’s heritage.
Publications
Heritage Places: interim evaluation reports
Explore our progress and what we’ve learned about inspiring pride in place through engagement and investment in selected towns, cities and regions across the UK.
The historic shopfronts and glazed roof have been restored and a range of independent businesses occupy the units, with more coming soon. Credit: Kirklees Council.
News
Reopening Dewsbury Arcade as the UK’s first community-run shopping centre
With the help of £4.5million from us, customers are back under its beautifully restored glass and cast-iron roof for the first time in a decade.
Blogs
We’ll invest £1.4billion in heritage and communities over the next three years
Our Chief Executive introduces our new delivery plan for 2026–2029 and shares the next steps to achieving our ambitious 10-year vision for the UK’s heritage.
The Deputy Mayor of Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council looks at plans for Ballycastle Museum. Credit: Causeway Coast and Glens Museum Services.
News
Seven historic buildings we’re funding to become community hubs
From a cart and wagon shed on the site of the UK’s first war dog school to the oldest building in Britain’s first recorded city, explore recently-funded projects restoring historic spaces as venues for local people and visitors.
Growing Communities is helping families get hands-on with their food heritage. Credit: Rhi Ellis.
Stories
Growing a sustainable future through food heritage
In a climate and cost-of-living crisis, reconnecting with our food heritage could offer a way forward.
The programme will support vulnerable amphibian and reptile species which are threatened by habitat loss.
News
Over £1.8million awarded to transform industrial sites into wildlife havens
Coalface to Wildspace will restore habitats for amphibians and reptiles through 31 community conservation projects in Scotland and Yorkshire.
Ballycastle Museum’s current home, the black and white building, will expand sideways into the cream building. Credit: Causeway Coast and Glens Museum Services.
Stories
Grantee Q&A: how Ballycastle Museum pivoted from project-ending issues to success
Dogged perseverance and good teamwork can overcome (almost) any problem says Dr Nic Wright, Ballycastle Museum Project Officer at Causeway Coast and Glens Museum Services.
Acknowledgement mosaic, Stockton Northern Gateway Townscape Heritage Project. Credit: Stockton Borough Council.
News
Announcing the winners of our acknowledgement awards 2026
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council has been named the winner of our acknowledgement awards, with Hyde Park Picture House, Black Country Living Museum and Hull Maritime recognised as runners-up.
Historic gardens are on the frontline of climate change with severe weather shifts affecting all aspects of designed landscapes. Credit: Chiswick House and Gardens © Chris Gorman, Big Ladder Photography, August 2026.
News
Hotter summers and wetter winters forcing change at historic parks and gardens
We asked owners and managers of historic parks and gardens across the UK about how the climate crisis is affecting the places they care for.
The project uncovered Keith Armstrong's photographic archive, who photographed events from within. Credit: Shape Arts.
Blogs
Taking experiences with historic collections outside the archive’s walls
Shape Arts shares how it worked with disabled people to remove barriers, share power and build an archive informed by lived experience.
For 120 years this 1,125 seat venue has been at the heart of Edinburgh’s cultural scene. Credit: Anneleen Lindsay.
Stories
Edinburgh communities involved in the future of the reopened King's Theatre
While one of Scotland’s oldest theatres was being redeveloped, local people shaped the project’s extensive community activity programme.
A handcrafted banner. Credit: Aled Llywelyn.
News
Supporting Welsh heritage at The National Eisteddfod 2026
This summer our Wales team are heading to Llantwd, Sir Benfro (Pembrokeshire) to connect with communities and share the work we support at The National Eisteddfod.
Rough Tor in the Cornwall National Landscape. Credit: Cornwall National Landscape.
News
We’re investing in five more UK landscapes to support nature and communities
From Morecambe Bay to Mourne Gullion, these Landscape Connections projects will restore nature, strengthen climate resilience and help more people engage with natural heritage.
Leith Theatre was removed from the Theatres at Risk Register in 2026. Credit: Theatres Trust.
Stories
How a community grants programme protected theatres at risk
Over three years, a package of support strengthened the theatre sector and helped groups and organisations find a way forward for their historic spaces.
Bradford-based dancers representing a mix of cultures come together to mark the opening of Bradford Arts Centre. Credit: Guzelian.
Stories
Grantee Q&A: how small organisations can rise to the challenge of a large capital project
From contractors and funders to local communities and trustees, Alex Croft, CEO of Bradford Arts Centre, reflects on why communication is key to delivering a successful redevelopment project.
Crystal Palace Park's dinosaurs were created in the 1850s. Credit: Historic England Archive.
News
Crystal Palace dinosaurs removed from Heritage at Risk Register after conservation
The world-famous sculptures have been preserved for future generations following a transformational project at one of London's most historic parks.