Publications
How the learnings from our endowment programme can help your fundraising
The final evaluation of Heritage Endowments shows how endowment schemes can help protect heritage and strengthen organisational resilience.
Welcoming visitors to St Tydecho Church in Gwynedd, Wales. Credit: National Churches Trust
News
£1.9million to increase the resilience of places of worship
We’re partnering with the National Churches Trust on a new funding programme, targeting three areas of the UK.
Boardwalk at RSPB Loch Lomond
News
Working together to fund growth in investment in nature and communities
We are teaming up with the Scottish Government and NatureScot to support communities and boost local economies through responsible investment.
Display of gig posters at The Museum of Youth Culture
The Museum of Youth Culture
Stories
Future-proofing museum collections: four Dynamic Collections successes
We look at four projects getting underway in museums, libraries and archives that are working innovatively to make the most of their collections.
Mark Etheridge, Curator of LGBTQ+ History in front of 'Wales is… Proud' display.
Stories
Wales is Proud: a look into a national LGBTQ+ collection
Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum of Wales is actively collecting objects, documents, photographs and oral histories to fully represent the LGBTQ+ community and lived experience in Wales
Wildlife Trust workers Lorna Parker and Kate Carver with Great Fen insulation products
News
£8million Heritage Horizon Award to visionary Fens Peatland project
How The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire is exploring the potential of wetland farming to tackle climate change and ecological crises.
Rickshaw being painted as part of the South Asia Gallery at Manchester Museum
Manchester Museum
News
Hello Future: Manchester Museum to reopen following ambitious transformation
Supported by National Lottery players, the museum will offer visitors the chance to see never-before-displayed collections, explore unique co-curated galleries and learn about extraordinary projects and research.
The slogan ‘It’s OK 2BU’ became an emblem to represent what it means to be out on the Quantock Hills. Quantock Landscape Partnership Scheme
Blogs
Learnings from an LGBTQ+ project: creating pride in the countryside
Jem Gibson shares how they engaged young gender-diverse people with a natural heritage project and created a sense of place and belonging.
Children explore a mature woodland
News
Over £1million invested in Welsh woodlands, with more funding available
Six projects to create or improve woodlands for local communities to use and enjoy are receiving funding from The Woodland Investment Grant (TWIG).
Conal McFeely (St Columb’s Hall Trust), Anne-Marie Gallagher (St Columb’s Hall Trust), Dr Paul Mullan (the Heritage Fund) and Helen Quigley (St Columb’s Hall Trust) inside St Columb's Hall.
News
A new dawn for St Columb’s Hall as future is secured
An iconic venue that has been the backdrop to the political and cultural history of Derry/Londonderry will be re-awakened thanks to £751,727 National Lottery funding.
Publications
How collaboration can help deliver better heritage projects
Our guide will help you learn more about cohort working and when to use it as part of your delivery programme.
Several organisations are working to improve the diversity of the heritage sector's workforce. Pictured: volunteers with the South Riverside Community Development Centre.
News
Heritage organisations collaborating to tackle workforce challenges
We’ve awarded more than £840,000 to pioneer new ways of working through our Heritage Innovation Fund.
A colony of gannets. Credit: Dave Boyle
News
£3.78million for protected sites and species across Wales
Bats, oysters, bumblebees and other rare species will benefit from the second round of grants from the Nature Networks Fund.
Visitors stand in front of The Pool of Bethesda painting. Credit: Matthew Andrews
News
£4.9million to restore the heritage treasures of St Bartholomew’s Hospital
Thanks to the National Lottery funding, the ‘Sharing Historic Barts’ project will address urgent repairs to historic spaces situated in the Grade I listed North Wing of the hospital, including the 18th-century Great Hall. It will also provide a public programme with heritage and wellbeing at its
Outside in the stunning setting of Glencoe
News
£1.4million to transform the Highlands’ Glencoe Folk Museum
The community-run museum is set to enhance its visitor experience and bring the village of Glencoe’s unique heritage alive for current and future generations.
Seagrass with sunlight. Credit: Lewis Jefferies / WWF UK
Copyright Lewis Jefferies / WWF UK
News
North Wales seagrass meadows will help tackle the climate crisis
We have awarded £1million to Seagrass Ocean Rescue to restore 10 hectares of seagrass meadows off Pwllheli, Abersoch and Anglesey.
Magna Fort with Walltown Crags beyond
Vindolanda Charitable Trust
News
Roman Magna Project to uncover stories of Hadrian’s Wall fort
We have awarded the Vindolanda Charitable Trust over £1.6million to support research excavation and explore the impact of climate change on this important cultural heritage site.
Tour guides at the Foyle Valley Railway and Transport Museum posing with visitors. Credit: Destined
Stories
Why you should involve people with lived experience in your heritage project
An interpretive centre run by people with learning disabilities is showcasing Derry/Londonderry’s historic railway heritage and highlighting the importance of inclusion.