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Heritage can be anything from the past that you value and want to pass on to future generations.

Explore the inspiring projects we’ve funded and help inform your own application.

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A stilt walker in an elaborate gold and blue costume with a flowing robe. Behind them other stilt walkers in a range of multi-coloured costumes
Moko Jumbe Stilt Walkers at the Edinburgh Festival Carnival.

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Youth ambassadors champion Edinburgh's carnival heritage

Young people are at the heart of this two-year project to document, celebrate and safeguard the cultural heritage of Edinburgh’s ethnically diverse communities.

Cattle grazing in the landscape at Steart Marsh
Cattle grazing at Steart Marsh. Credit: Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust.

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Wetter for Waders: enhancing Somerset's coastal wetlands

This project has restored and improved more than 370 hectares of coastal and floodplain grazing marsh and freshwater habitats, supporting over 500 species of plants and animals.

A group of people holding Roman artefacts stand in front of a mosaic wall in the Calleva Gallery
The renamed Calleva Gallery at Reading Museum. Credit: Reading Museum.

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Sharing the stories of Reading’s Roman past

Reading Museum will relaunch their Silchester Gallery as a more accessible space that showcases Roman life and engages new visitors.

Two Egyptian cartonnage figures on a table
Egyptian cartonnage figures, part of the collection at The Egypt Exploration Society. Credit: The Egypt Exploration Society.

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Building the future of The Egypt Exploration Society

Our support is helping to transform the home of Egyptology in the UK into an accessible, innovative and sustainable heritage centre.

A close up of Cromwell's Watch, shown in a silver case.
It is one of only two watches thought to have belonged to Cromwell, the other being in the British Museum. Credit: Simon Hill, The Cromwell Museum.

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Bringing Oliver Cromwell’s watch home to Huntingdon

The Cromwell Museum secured the small pocket watch for its permanent collection following a public appeal and is now sharing its story with new audiences.

Digitising tape reel recordings on a machine
A digitising machine transfers old recordings to a digital archive. Credit: Sounds of the South West.

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Saving the sounds of the South West

A three-year project by Bristol Archives is protecting more than 8,000 rare and at-risk audio recordings.

Three people stand in front of a steam train with the Heritage Fund acknowledgment stamp on the front
Talyllyn Railway. Credit: Nathan Spence, 2026.

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Building the future of Talyllyn Railway

Talyllyn is protecting much-loved industrial heritage and strengthening a volunteer movement that pioneered railway preservation.

An elevated view across the busy market stalls of Alnwick towards Northumberland Hall, which runs along the far side of the market square.
Northumberland Hall, in the heart of Alnwick, on market day. Photo: Bailiffgate Museum and Gallery.

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Reimagining Alnwick's Northumberland Hall as a community museum

The Heritage, Creativity and Community project will restore a historic Georgian building and create a new home for the town's award-winning Bailiffgate Museum and Gallery.

A view of the museum and the glass Winter Gardens across the lake of Mowbray Park.
Our grant will improve the visitor experience and how the site interconnects with the surrounding park environment. Photo: Sunderland City Council.

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Transforming Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

We're supporting Sunderland City Council to rejuvenate a gem at the heart of the city’s cultural scene.

De La Warr Pavilion on the coast.
Sitting on the Bexhill seafront, the Pavilion welcomes more than 350,000 visitors each year. Credit: Burst Photos.

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An icon for everyone: restoring the De La Warr Pavilion

After decades of exposure to the coastal environment, the Grade I listed building is undergoing urgent conservation work to protect it for future generations.

Aerial shot of Assizes Court building in Devizes
Assizes Court, a Grade II* listed building on the Heritage at Risk Register. Credit: Wiltshire Museum.

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Assizes for Devizes: a new home for Wiltshire Museum

The at-risk Devizes Assize Court will be transformed to house some of the UK’s finest Bronze Age archaeology.

Holy Trinity Church in the centre of Hastings.
The project aims to remove the building from Historic England’s Heritage at Risk Register. Credit: Holy Trinity Hastings Church.

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Saving Holy Trinity Hastings: a gothic landmark for the community

Our funding is restoring a Grade II* listed church, preserving its heritage and transforming it into a space for all.

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