News
Reimagining Reality wins Sustainable Project of the Year
Interactive science exhibition took home the Heritage Fund-sponsored category at the Museums + Heritage Awards.
Blogs
The heritage project that helped me tackle my loneliness
When I closed my gardening business and moved town, I felt completely lost. Giving back as a volunteer helped me start again.
Videos
Dynamic Collections: a visit to Craven Museum
Take a look at how the museum opened up its collections and worked closely with the community.
Blogs
A practical guide to more inclusive hiring
Our new Racial equity in nature toolkit can help organisations gain the tools and confidence to recruit and retain more diverse staff and volunteers.
Last year's award winner Pollinating the Peak.
News
Submit your heritage nominations for this year's National Lottery Awards (external link)
The National Lottery Awards celebrate the people and projects that do extraordinary things with National Lottery funding. Put forward your favourite heritage nominees by 1 June 2022.
Engagement Manager Dawn Bainbridge (centre) on the job – visiting a jazz archive project
Blogs
Luton: A vibrant, diverse town with a rich heritage identity
Our Engagement Manager for England, Midlands & East, Dawn Bainbridge, tells us about our work and investment into Luton’s heritage – one of our 13 Areas of Focus.
Publications
Heritage sector is resilient to the pandemic, despite economic challenges
Organisations have a positive financial and strategic outlook, but concerns remain over staffing and the uncertainty of the economic climate.
News
New online resource to answer the sector’s digital questions
From content and engagement to planning and leadership, the free website aims to help small to medium-sized organisations boost their digital knowledge and capability.
Stories
Top tips for hybrid working in the heritage sector
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has driven many heritage organisations to take the leap into hybrid working. This is where staff and volunteers split their time between working in an office and other locations such as their home. In March, senior heritage professionals took part in the first
Drew Bennellick building birdboxes with the London Wildlife Trust team. Credit: Broni Lloyd-Edwards
Blogs
Green Futures: art, drone shows and the spectacle of nature
Drew Bennellick, our Head of Land & Nature Policy, reflects on how we have supported the UK’s City of Culture to embrace a green future.
Frankie Toner, Policy and Public Affairs Manager at National Lottery Heritage Fund with Simon Milne MBE, Regius Keeper and Emma Lacroix, Director of Development at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Credit: David Cheskin
News
£4million to save Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh's iconic glasshouses
The investment will also help to look after rare, extraordinary plants, encouraging visitors of all ages to care about the environment.
News
Working in partnership to improve places in Scotland
We’re teaming up with Historic Environment Scotland to co-fund heritage projects that support place-based regeneration and boost local economies.
Publications
Placing heritage at the heart of communities
We compare the findings of our two £22m Great Place Schemes to learn how culture and heritage can drive positive change locally.
Publications
A review of green finance in the UK
Exploring new approaches to investment in natural heritage and support for nature’s recovery.
Videos
Glasgow’s Burrell Collection reopens after six-year, £68.25million refurbishment
The transformation – part funded by £16.5m from the Heritage Fund – has made the museum greener and increased gallery space by 35%.
News
Revamped North Yorkshire museum reveals new name
Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum in North Yorkshire to be renamed Land of Iron when it reopens in autumn 2022.
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.
Simon Thurley, Chair of the Heritage Fund, walking between Chantelle Lindsay and Bobbi Benjamin-Wand, from London Wildlife Trust, at Camley Street Natural Park in London. Image © Broni Lloyd-Edwards.
News
£5million to improve access to nature and combat climate change
We’re partnering with The Wildlife Trusts to bring nature to the heart of communities across the UK, as part of our Platinum Jubilee legacy investment.