Need help planning a digital heritage project or advice on how to do digitisation on a budget? Want to ensure the public and future generations get the best value from investment in digital heritage?

Throughout March we’re hosting and supporting a series of free events – and publishing new resources – that can help. 

It’s all part of our Digital Skills for Heritage initiative, designed to raise digital skills and confidence across the UK heritage sector.

As the UK’s largest funder of heritage we have a keen interest in ensuring the digitisation projects we support are well planned and properly resourced.

Josie Fraser, Head of Digital Policy at The National Lottery Heritage Fund

Take part 

Heritage Dot conference, 22 March

Join a range of discussions on all things cultural and digital – from visitor experiences, accessibility and inclusivity, innovation and entrepreneurship, and licensing, to hybrid collections, heritage led regeneration, co-creation and public engagement, the use of artificial intelligence, and more. 

We’ve partnered with the University of Lincoln to deliver Heritage Dot. Our Chief Executive, Eilish McGuinness, will be delivering the conference’s opening speech, and our Head of Digital Policy, Josie Fraser, will be speaking at the closing plenary session.

Book a place at the Heritage Dot conference

Digitisation project planner and toolkit, 28 March, 11am–12pm

To coincide with the publication of our new digitisation project planner and toolkit, join the resource’s authors – Dr Mathilde Pavis and Dr Andrea Wallace, from The Centre for Science Culture and the Law – to learn more about: 

• using the planner and toolkit to turn your vision into a defined plan and apply for funding
• the key steps of digitisation
• taking advantage of free resources

Book a place at the Digital planner session.

Digitisation on a budget, 29 March, 2–3pm

To celebrate the publication of our new guide to low-cost digitisation projects, join the guide’s authors, Dr Andrea Wallace and Dr Mathilde Pavis, to learn more about: 

• the key steps to digitisation on a budget
• taking advantage of free resources
• inspiring examples of other low-cost digitisation projects

Book a place on the digitisation on a budget on a session.

Digitisation leadership event, 31 March, 12–5pm

We’re bringing together the UK’s leading digitisation organisations and experts to discuss investment in digital heritage. This event is happening in person at Hamilton House in London and online.

Across three panels, attendees will discuss and vote on what they think are the most important considerations and actions for governments, funders and small and volunteer-led heritage organisations.

Book a place on the digitisation leadership event.

Our commitment

Josie Fraser, Head of Digital Policy at the Heritage Fund, said: “As the UK’s largest funder of heritage we have a keen interest in ensuring the digitisation projects we support are well planned and properly resourced. 

“I am really pleased we’re able to contribute to the debates around maximising public benefit from investment in UK heritage digitisation and ensure that digitised collections represent the diversity of the UK.”

Find out more about our Digital Skills for Heritage initiative and explore how we can support your digital heritage project.