Projects we’ve funded

Changing Chalk is restoring rare chalk grassland and helping local communities reconnect with the area’s rich natural and cultural heritage.

With our funding, Chatsworth House Trust will safeguard one of the UK’s most renowned water features for future generations while expanding the Trust's community outreach work.

A transformational grant of £4million will help a partnership of local and national organisations restore and protect at-risk habitats across the county.

Our support is helping the communities of South Ronaldsay and Burray to reopen one of Scotland’s most important ancient archaeological sites to the public.

Ninety acres of species-rich farmland in County Fermanagh has been purchased by Ulster Wildlife, thanks to money raised by National Lottery players.

Through working with national partners, a team of dedicated volunteers has unearthed remarkable photographic treasures documenting the history of Northern Ireland.

Our funding will support a council-led partnership to protect and celebrate the natural environment of one of Britain’s most important estuaries.

Community spaces, access and restoration are at the heart of the six-year project in one of London’s Magnificent Seven.

People from different cultures and backgrounds came together for workshops and celebration events about Roma and Irish Traveller cultural heritage organised by Armagh Roma Traveller Support.

The Roma Heritage Project will work with local people in Manchester to share traditional dishes and record oral histories from Roma communities.

This pilot project trained volunteers including young Roma people to record heritage and ran a Roma cultural heritage festival.

Using National Lottery money, The Romani Cultural and Arts Company have been able to record, celebrate and preserve the cultural heritage of Gypsy and Traveller communities in South Wales.