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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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Richard Kennedy stands in a living room in front of paintings and a bookshelf
Richard Kennedy was a founding member of Cara-Friend. Credit: Timothy O’Connell.

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Founding Cara-Friend: Preserving At Risk LGBTQIA+ Heritage

An exhibition and interviews celebrate the trailblazing founders and volunteers of Northern Ireland’s oldest LGBTQ+ charity.

A group of volunteers gather around white bathtub-shaped planters during a planting session at the site
A Growing Space planting session. Credit: Brink! Stories CIC.

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Belfast’s urban garden brings people together

A Growing Story has helped transform a brownfield site into a vibrant garden, where people can share great food and big ideas for our climate’s future.

Arthur Berry, wearing a flat cap and holding a script, talks with the cast of one of his plays at the Victoria Theatre, Stoke.
Arthur and cast at the New Vic Theatre by Horace Wetton (1986). Credit: Victoria Theatre Archive.

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Stoke-on-Trent to celebrate centenary of local cultural icon Arthur Berry

Our funding will shine a spotlight on Arthur Berry – poet, painter, playwright, teacher and broadcaster – during a special year for his home city of Stoke-on-Trent.

A group of four colleagues, holding up a blue Heritage Fund roundel, stand in the middle of the stage of the Leith Theatre, looking out to the empty stalls and grand circle above.
Lynn Morrison, Anna Higham, Douglas Frost and Aisha Fatunmbi-Randall from Leith Theatre Trust. Credit: Leith Theatre Trust.

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Bringing Leith Theatre back to life

Our funding brings plans for the restoration and rejuvenation of one of Edinburgh’s most loved cultural venues a step closer.

View from Knockchree hill as the sun rises over woodland towards the Irish Sea
The heritage project at Mourne Park will double the amount of pathways, creating an additional 6km of walking trails that will access the viewpoint at Knockchree. Credit: Jill Jennings/ WTML.

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Mourne Park: boosting access to natural heritage

The Woodland Trust has received £2.5million towards a five year project to enhance the natural heritage of the ancient woodland at Mourne Park and expand public access and engagement.

Two people look at an overgrown pond, one person is wearing waders
Restoring a green space in Brighton. Photo: The Wild Mind Project.

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Wild Mind LGBTQ+ natural heritage wellbeing workshops

The Wild Mind Project is restoring a neglected green space in Brighton through nature programmes for the young LGBTQ+ community.

Leaders of the project pose for a group photo
From left to right: Scott Cuthbertson, Director of The Rainbow Project, Mukesh Sharma, The National Lottery Heritage Fund Northern Ireland NI Committee Chair, Cara McCann, Director of HERe NI and Adam Murray, Community Development Manager at Cara-Friend.

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Creating Northern Ireland’s LGBTQ+ heritage archive

A collaborative effort will record and share Northern Ireland’s modern LGBTQ+ history.

Looking up at a red brick windmill with large white sails, as the sun sets to the right.
John Webb's windmill at Thaxted, Essex. Credit: Acabashi, Wikimedia Commons.

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Thaxted Windmill - Conserved for its Community

Together with Historic England, we have awarded a total of £1.6million to bring the last remaining windmill in Thaxted, Essex back into working order.

Four young musicians stand together in a large room within Canada House, prior to the restoration.
Young musicians in Canada House, Sheffield. Credit: Vox Media.

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Creating a music hub for Sheffield's next generation

We have awarded £4.7million to transform Canada House, a Grade II* listed Sheffield landmark, into an innovative centre for music education and performance.

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