Wales
![Two people do an activity in the foundry building, a large brick industrial building at the National Slate Museum in Wales](/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_desktop/public/media/imgs/national_slate_museum_wales_foundry_1.jpg.webp?itok=cxmc7dJe)
From our coastlines and castles to our landscapes, literature and the oldest spoken language in Europe, Wales has an ancient and mythical heritage. It’s the land of rolling hillsides, historic ruins and an industrial heritage that once saw Welsh slate and coal being exported across the world.
Take a look below at some of the projects we have funded.
Funding
National Lottery Heritage Grants
Our National Lottery Heritage Grants funding programme is open – if you have an idea for a project in Wales, we would love to hear from you. Grants are available from £10,000 up to £10m.
Find out more and apply for funding.
Local Places for Nature Capital Fund
A grant scheme helping communities in Wales to restore and enhance nature, offering grants between £10,000 and £250,000.
Application advice events
Our regular funding workshops and advice sessions are a great opportunity to:
- find out about our funding
- get tips on how to make a good application
- network with other organisations from your area
Contact us
Follow us on Twitter/X: @HeritageFundCYM
Email: wales@heritagefund.org.uk
Telephone: 029 2034 3413 (Monday to Friday, 9.00am–5.00pm)
Address: Clockwise Offices, Brunel House, 2 Fitzalan Road, Cardiff, C24 0EB
We are fully operational and open for business, but we are conducting much of our day-to-day business remotely.
Please send any items via email to your contact or via: wales@heritagefund.org.uk
Contacting us in Welsh
We welcome telephone calls (Option 1 to speak to a member of staff in Welsh) and emails in both Welsh and English. Using Welsh will not lead to a delay in responding.
For further information on the Welsh Language and to hear more on our current progress in updating our current Welsh Language Scheme, please visit our Welsh Language page.
Visiting and access
If you wish to visit us in person, please email or call us in advance to book an appointment.
Access to the building is on a flat paved surface and there are both revolving and power-assisted doors. The entrance to reception is stepped with assistance handrails, and there is also a wheelchair-accessible platform lift. The office is located on the reception floor, and is accessible. There are accessible toilets in the building and passenger lifts to all floors.
Projects
The experiences of women workers in the manufacturing industries in Wales 1945-1975
The Women’s Archive of Wales recorded the experiences of women working in factories across the country after 1945, filling a gap in our social history.
![Great Orme Tramway - Half Way Station & Engineering Works The tram on its way to the summit with a view of a beach below](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/16465.jpg.webp?itok=Yrb77ni1)
Projects
Great Orme Tramway - Half Way Station & Engineering Works
This ambitious project to refurbish the only remaining cable-hauled street tramway in the UK has helped to preserve the heritage attraction for generations to come.
![Blaenavon Forgotten Landscape Partnership Hills landscape in Blaenavon](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/projects/lp-08-00111_views03_0.jpg.webp?itok=A1vCwor5)
Projects
Forgotten Landscapes Partnership
Strong community involvement was at the heart of an ambitious Landscape Partnership scheme to conserve and create better access to the former industrial landscape of the Blaenavon World Heritage.
![Pontypool Townscape Community Project Children learning about homes in the past](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/projects/pontypool_townscape_community_archivelearning_about_homes_in_the_past_.jpg.webp?itok=2PZFwEbB)
Projects
Pontypool Townscape Community Project
This two-year project was designed to involve and engage the local community of Pontypool with their local area.
![Narberth Museum: Letters from the Front Narberth Museum: Letters from the Front](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/szrht_0vlu4jihqooqxirkufxlmnfcw2sxbaddw46yu.jpg.webp?itok=aQwZOX6v)
Projects
Letters from the Front: Learning from the past
Narberth Museum is researching the letters of a Narberth soldier who shared his experiences on the frontline with friends and family back in Wales.
Projects
Stories of those named on Flintshire's WW1 memorials
This community-led project aimed to expand digital archives and discover the stories of every soldier whose name appears on a Flintshire First World War memorial.
Projects
Park Place Remembers the Great War
Young people in Tredegar explored the history of a local memorial plaque through creative work and film-making.
![Montgomery First World War Monument Montgomery First World War monument](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/img_2305.jpg.webp?itok=37tM7z-T)
Projects
Research into the fallen: restoring a war monument and creating a memorial garden
Montgomery Town Council restored an existing First World War memorial, created a small memorial garden and researched the names of those fallen in the war, gathering stories to create a leaflet and exhibition.
![From Tips to Technology - young people explore their heritage Young people in front of a vintage bus](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/projects/fromtipstotechnology_pr-2.jpg.webp?itok=ZlMhM6pw)
Projects
From Tips to Technology
A group of young disabled people explored the heritage of South Wales to develop a sense of their identity.
Projects
Treuddyn Urdd Project
The community of Treuddyn, Flintshire worked on a project celebrating the ninetieth anniversary of Urdd Gobaith Cymru, Wales' largest youth organisation.
![Documenting the history of Chinese immigrants in Swansea Documenting the history of Chinese immigrants in Swansea](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/projects/as-12-02441_130523_hlf_sf015-resized.jpg.webp?itok=1Zi-JXOU)
Projects
Recording the experience of first generation Chinese immigrants in Swansea
The Swansea Chinese Community Co-op Centre led a 12-month project to explore the experiences of Chinese immigrants in Swansea and surrounding areas.
![Participants from the Cardiff and Newport Multicultural Project Participants from the Cardiff and Newport Multicultural Project](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/picture2_3.png.webp?itok=5BuomGji)
Projects
Cardiff and Newport Multicultural Project
Cardiff People First delivered a two year project working with people with learning disabilities from predominantly BAME cultural backgrounds, to learn about Welsh heritage in both Newport and Cardiff.