National Lottery Grants for Heritage allows us to fund projects that connect people and communities to the national, regional and local heritage of the UK.

• Is your organisation looking to connect people and communities to heritage in the UK?
• Will your heritage project last up to one year?
• Do you require a grant of between £3,000 and £10,000?
• Are you a not-for-profit organisation or a private owner of heritage?

If you answered yes to these questions, then National Lottery Grants for Heritage are for you.

Using money raised by the National Lottery, the National Lottery Heritage Fund inspires, leads and resources the UK’s heritage to create positive and lasting change for people and communities, now and for the future.

National Lottery Grants for Heritage is our open programme for all types of heritage projects in the UK.

This guidance will tell you more about the programme and the types of project we can fund.

Our funding priorities

To support the sector in its continued recovery from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and through the cost of living crisis, we are prioritising heritage projects that:

• promote inclusion and involve a wider range of people (a mandatory outcome)
• boost the local economy
• encourage skills development and job creation
• support wellbeing
• create better places to live, work and visit
• improve the resilience of organisations working in heritage

Projects must achieve at least our inclusion outcome. In addition to our outcomes, all projects must also consider long-term environmental sustainability.

Deadlines: there are no deadlines so you can apply whenever you are ready.