Publications
How our pioneering programme showed what a vital public resource parks are
Explore the evaluation of our three-year initiative to help towns and cities across the UK transform their use and management of green space.
Culture Asia performance
News
Smaller grants making a big difference for Scottish communities
Six exciting projects in Scotland have secured £378,640 National Lottery funding to make a difference for people and heritage.
Videos
The 130-year-old ship with a contemporary mission
It is a survivor of the fleets that once fished the Irish sea. Now, thanks to a £245,000 Heritage Fund grant, Leader is becoming a familiar site in Northern Ireland’s ports again. Silvery Light Sailing, a charity in Northern Ireland, acquired the ship as the centrepiece of a project that will
Videos
Clive Gray is the National Lottery Awards Heritage Winner for 2022
Clive Gray’s National Lottery Award recognises his incredible leadership of Blyth Tall Ship, which changes lives through maritime heritage skills training, volunteering and experiences.
Videos
Dynamic Collections: behind the scenes at Pitt Rivers
How the historic Oxford museum "queered its collections" and changed the way it worked, forever.
News
Union Chapel to create 200-year archive including greatest music moments
A much-loved chapel, music and community venue and social enterprise in London’s Islington, has been awarded a £1million grant for their Sunday School Stories project.
Heritage Fund colleagues Mwiche and Alisha at the David Livingstone Birthplace
Stories
A brave new tribute to a famous Victorian explorer
How an independent museum in Scotland is preserving and re-examining the legacy of the nation’s most renowned explorer and anti-slavery campaigner
Publications
Heritage sector is concerned about financial outlook but committed to the environment
We surveyed organisations that manage and support all types of heritage across the UK. Explore what their responses reveal about current attitudes in our sector.
Publications
Understanding how we can be a more inclusive and equitable funder
Explore the findings from our independent research examining perspectives on heritage, inclusion and barriers to accessing our funding.
Children taking part in activities next to the River Eden
News
£15.6million funding boost for natural heritage across the UK
Eleven projects have been awarded a share of £15.6million National Lottery funding to support nature’s recovery – and we want to support more.
Blogs
Why we need to tell untold stories
Dr Edson Burton shares his experience of growing up in a diverse community, the importance of sharing everyone's heritage and his work on The National Lottery-funded project exploring 100 years of activism in Bristol.
Millennium Falcon Exhibition
Stories
The National Lottery Awards 2022 are open! Who will you vote for?
Nominations for Project of the Year recognise outstanding National Lottery funded projects that are making a difference for people and heritage across the UK.
News
A statement on the passing of Her Majesty The Queen
From Dr Simon Thurley CBE, Chair of The National Lottery Heritage Fund and National Heritage Memorial Fund.
An exhibition on the School for the Blind at the Museum of Liverpool.
Blogs
Diversifying workforces benefits staff, employers and heritage audiences
Esther Fox shares how even small changes can have big impacts on heritage workforces and build a more sustainable and equitable sector.
Common pipistrelle bat in flight. Bat Conservation Trust. Image credit: Hugh Clark
News
A lifeline for Scotland’s ‘species on the edge’
Urgent action to save 37 of Scotland’s most vulnerable coastal and island species is underway thanks to £4.2million funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
St Macartan’s The Forth Chapel. Credit: European Heritage Open Days
Credit: European Heritage Open Days
News
Five Northern Ireland heritage venues to explore on European Heritage Open Days
We’ve put together a list of five unmissable tours taking place during the European Heritage Open Days on 10-11 September – get out and explore your local heritage.
News
What’s it like at the frontline of heritage right now?
Share your views through our second UK Heritage Pulse survey. Your insights will influence how we and our partners support the sector.
Flow Country project. Image: Steven Andrews
News
Investment boost for Scotland’s nature sector
The National Lottery Heritage Fund is embarking on a new funding collaboration which will help organisations explore innovative funding models across Scotland’s nature sector.