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.
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Stories
Changing lives: instilling confidence in Port Talbot teens
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News
A new horizon for ‘Iron Mad Jack’s’ Welsh ironworks
![Pobl ag anableddau dysgu yn cael adrodd eu straeon am gyfeillgarwch Preswylydd â Syndrom Down yn cymryd rhan yn y prosiect Clywed y Cyn-Guddiedig](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/pressnews/ely_hospital_2_cred._jurgen_schadeberg_1967_0.jpg.webp?itok=rlJPogZ7)
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People with learning disabilities tell their stories of friendship
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Ironworks of pioneer industrialist ‘Iron Mad Jack’ move closer towards regeneration
![Dathlu cyfeillgarwch diolch i’r Loteri Genedlaethol Preswylydd â Syndrom Down yn cymryd rhan yn y prosiect Clywed y Cyn-Guddiedig](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/pressnews/ely_hospital_0.jpg.webp?itok=V4OxH51q)
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Celebrating friendship thanks to the National Lottery
![Cofio bardd y Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf mewn digwyddiad emosiynol Y Tu Mewn Yr Ysgwrn](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/pressnews/cegin_yr_ysgwrn-3.jpg.webp?itok=kK46QY76)
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Iconic First World War poet remembered at emotional event
![Beth mae treftadaeth yn ei olygu imi Aelod Pwyllgor CDL Cymru, Jamie Davies](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/pressnews/img_4464.jpg.webp?itok=aRat3yF8)
Blogs
What heritage means to me: Jamie Davies
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Aberystwyth's university college given £10million lifeline
![Bywyd Newydd i’r Hen Goleg! Prifysgol Aberystwyth](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/pressnews/old_college_-_yr_hen_goleg_aberystwyth.jpg.webp?itok=AgSa1FyB)
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New Life for Old College!
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Young people in Wales get hands on with heritage
![Y Gwynt Yn Hwyliau Caernarfon Artistiaid Argraff – Caernarfon](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/pressnews/artist_impression_caernarfon_0.jpg.webp?itok=37pzb_xA)
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Caernarfon’s Quay to Success
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