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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 view looking up at the red brick facade and central clocktower of the Keelmen's Hospital.
More than three centuries since its founding, the Keelmen's Hospital will once again provide housing to the people of Newcastle. Photo: Steve Brock.

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Historic Newcastle almshouse to be transformed into affordable housing

Our £4.6million grant will secure the future of the iconic Keelmen’s Hospital, the city’s most at-risk building.

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.

Visitors stand in the courtyard of the Old Black Lion.
The Old Black Lion will offer a traditional welcome to visitors.

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Saving Northampton’s Old Black Lion

An ambitious repair project has successfully preserved the extraordinary heritage of one of Northampton’s oldest pubs.

A collage of black and white photographs of person smiling, two people laughing with their arms around one another and a runner with their arms in the air wearing a medal
The project will record and archive memories of learning disability and family life. Credit: Mencap Cymru.

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Preserving the heritage of learning disability and parenting

Mencap is collecting and sharing the stories of the families it’s supported across Wales over its 80-year history.

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