Our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion | The National Lottery Heritage Fund

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Cleaning an antler behind the scenes at Norfolk Museums

Ensuring everyone in the UK has opportunities to explore, access and enjoy heritage has been at the heart of The National Lottery Heritage Fund’s mission since we were established in 1994.

As part of our Heritage 2033 strategy, one of our investment principles that guides our decision-making is inclusion, access and participation: supporting greater inclusion, diversity, access and participation in heritage.

When we talk about inclusion, we mean equal and fair access for everyone, regardless of age, sex, disability, race, sexual orientation, gender identity, faith, class or income.

However, we recognise that we need to do more to achieve equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in all aspects of our organisation and its work. Bringing about change is an ongoing process. We are listening and learning to help drive the change we want to see.

On this page we share our commitment to that work and our actions to progress it.

People on the streets celebrating Hull Pride

News

Putting diversity and inclusion at the heart of decision-making

The North Committee has appointed three impressive new committee members who offer strong regional awareness and expertise both in the heritage sector and in promoting diversity and inclusion. “We want our decision-making to be as diverse and inclusive as the communities we work with.” David Renwick

31/03/2021

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Publications

Public Sector Equality Duty for England, Scotland and Wales

Section 149 of the Equality Act 2010 details the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED). The PSED consists of a general equality duty (the Duty) that requires non-departmental public bodies such as The National Lottery Heritage Fund, when exercising our public functions, to have due regard to

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Dancers taking part in the Bhangra Renaissance project in Kirklees

News

Help us to be a more inclusive funder

We're carrying out research to ensure fair and equal access to our funding: deadline to take part extended.

16/12/2021

Young people receiving training from the Windsor Fellowship

Photo credit: Windsor Fellowship

Stories

Training and employment opportunities to build a diverse heritage sector

We’ve launched a programme in partnership with Windsor Fellowship to help Black, Asian and minority ethnicity (BAME) graduates kickstart their careers.

People

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Review Task Force

Meet the Task Force overseeing our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Review.

News

We want to do more to eliminate racism and drive greater equality, diversity and inclusion in heritage

The National Lottery Heritage Fund is launching a wide-ranging review of its approach to diversity and inclusion.

23/06/2020

Gender pay gap

Publications

Gender pay gap

All organisations with 250 or more employees are required to publish data on their gender pay gap (the difference in hourly pay between male and female employees) each year.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

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Our commitment to diversity

The National Lottery Heritage Fund is committed to building a diverse and valued community of staff, reflective of the diversity of the UK public and the communities we work within.