Community heritage
Since 1994 we have awarded over £510million to more than 24,600 community and cultural heritage projects across the UK.
What do we support?
We fund projects that are researching, conserving and celebrating the heritage of a community or place.
These projects could include lots of types of heritage, such as people celebrating living customs or improving a historic green space. What's most important is that the project involves and benefits the community.
Project ideas
Our funding could help people:
- research the impact of a historical event on their town, and share their findings through displays, talks and online
- investigate the names on a war memorial
- crowdsource documents and photographs linked to the LGBTQ+ community, creating an online archive and exhibition
- set up an audio trail around a range of buildings, parks and monuments in a town
- enable a youth group to research their local history and create an animated film about their learnings
For more inspiration, see the stories below or browse projects we've funded.
How to get funding
If you have an idea for a project, we would love to hear from you.
Projects
Local people have their say on Stoke-on-Trent monuments receiving repair funds
War memorials, tombs, fountains and sculptures that tell the city’s story are sharing £240,000 in repair and conservation funding – and were largely chosen by a public vote.
Projects
Celebrating women's football heritage in England
A community-led project documented and shared never-before-heard experiences of players, their families and fans from the 1970s to the present day.
Projects
Cairngorms 2030: people and nature thriving together
We've awarded nearly £12.5million to a transformative project aiming to preserve the UK’s biggest National Park, empowering communities to help nature and improve wellbeing.
Projects
Inspiring pride in Wales’ iconic slate landscape
In Gwynedd, north Wales, our £1.7million grant is helping put a community at the heart of their natural and industrial heritage.
Projects
Shining a light on the untold experiences of female footballers in England
This project celebrated the history of women's football and the achievements of players from the 1970s to the present day.
Projects
Community effort saves historic Suffolk village pub
Our funding supported hundreds of locals to rescue Wickham Market’s last pub, preserving a valued gathering place.
Projects
Creating Cornwall’s first food hall
A cluster of Grade II listed buildings known as the Buttermarket has been transformed into a thriving food and cultural hub, reviving Redruth’s heritage as a popular market town.
News
Reopening Dewsbury Arcade as the UK’s first community-run shopping centre
Projects
Securing a sustainable future for the People's Hall
Our investment has helped bring St Columb's Hall back into community ownership and is funding improvements to make it welcoming, accessible and no longer at risk.
News
Seven historic buildings we’re funding to become community hubs
Stories
Growing a sustainable future through food heritage
Blogs