Visitors get an incredible view of Brunel’s SS Great Britain from the dry dock.
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Get involved in #HeritageTreasures on 14 January 2025
Heritage Treasures Day is our annual moment to showcase the amazing diverse heritage across the UK.
DigVentures will engage 4,000 participants to help map archaeological sites and ecological habits in the third phase of its Heritage Innovation Fund project.
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Heritage organisations to share innovative solutions to workforce challenges
The third phase of our Heritage Innovation Fund is supporting projects across the UK to roll out creative new ways of working.
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Sign up your project for National Lottery Open Week 2025
It’s a great way to acknowledge your Heritage Fund grant, reach new audiences and benefit from a UK-wide PR campaign.
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Nine ‘game changing’ heritage moments made possible by National Lottery funding
Celebrating the impact of 30 years of grant giving, from the natural environment to our maritime and transport legacy.
A young boy taking part in a community gardening project as part of Nextdoor Nature. Image: Gavin Dickson.
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Our local nature initiative reached eight times further than planned
When we invested £5million in Nextdoor Nature, our partnership with The Wildlife Trusts, we aimed to reach 200 communities. Instead, we reached 1,600.
Photo: Tim Jones Photography 2015.
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Over £3.5million funding awarded to Welsh woodlands and tiny forests
Two new rounds of grants are helping projects across Wales to create, restore or enhance woodlands and engage local communities in nature.
Members of the Heritage Fund's Scotland team attended an event at Paisley Abbey.
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Places of worship in Scotland and Wales targeted for National Lottery support
Events to highlight our support for places of worship took place last week to encourage organisations to apply for funding.
Manchester Museum’s experimental Top Floor supports collective action in response to the climate and ecological crises.
Credit: Manchester Museum.
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Enter the Sustainable Project of the Year award 2025
We’re proud to sponsor the sustainability prize at the Museums + Heritage awards, celebrating outstanding projects and exhibitions that are addressing the climate crisis.
Celebrations are underway as we announce £10m of funding to bring the Grade II* listed Birnbeck Pier back to life (left to right: Gill Crocker, Marni Eddins and Lou Eddins).
Credit: Chris Gorman/Big Ladder.
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£10million awarded to help save Birnbeck Pier
The unique Victorian landmark has been given a lifeline on its 160th anniversary, thanks to National Lottery players.
Two people doing our #ThanksToYou crossed finger selfie outside the synagogue in Merthyr Tydfil.
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Get involved in Crossed Finger Selfie Day 2024
Join us on social media on Tuesday 19 November to say a big thank you to National Lottery players for making your heritage project possible.
The Chew Valley Hoard. Credit: © British Museum.
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Major Norman Conquest coin hoard secured for the UK
The Chew Valley Hoard, which at £4.3million is the highest valued treasure find on record, has been acquired by the South West Heritage Trust thanks to National Lottery funding.
Former dock worker Leslie Morgan (centre) and children from the Gateway Learning Academy schools (waving flags representing the Windrush generation), alongside Tilbury port's 16ft docker puppet, celebrate the Tilbury Riverside Station grant in the building that will be transformed into a creative community hub.
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£30million awarded to 15 heritage projects ahead of our 30th birthday
In our latest round of funding decisions, we’ve given grants to transform a historic port, boost the habitat of freshwater pearl mussels, save a pub, revitalise a park and more.
Pearson Park in Kingston upon Hull.
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£15million to help put nature at the heart of our towns and cities
New support for local authorities and community organisations to improve access to green space within our urban neighbourhoods.
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Meet seven people who’ve ‘changed the game’ across heritage, land and nature
From founders to activists and trailblazers, we’re celebrating those who you nominated as having extraordinary impact across 30 years of National Lottery funding for heritage.
A market at St Mary's Church in Totnes, which received National Lottery funding earlier this year. Photo: Adam Glennon.
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How we’ll help secure the future of the UK’s places of worship
We expect to invest £100million in churches, chapels, synagogues, gurdwaras and more over the next three years.
Making kimchi. Credit: Korean British Cultural Exchange.
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Celebrating East and South East Asian heritage: sharing memories, stories and even kimchi
From building communities in Chinatown to memories of work and home life, these projects are preserving East and South East Asian history thanks to National Lottery players.
Members of Wells Cathedral’s Vicars’ Choral stand outside their homes on Vicars’ Close. Photo: © Mark Pickthall.
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Cherished churches and cathedral’s choral street receive £7.4million
From restoring buildings with centuries of choral heritage to championing environmental sustainability, these heritage gems will thrive again thanks to National Lottery players.
Learning at The Leach Pottery. Credit: © Ellen Love.
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£7.6million awarded to unique museums around the UK
From iconic football shirts to the world’s first deep-sea diving helmet, we’re supporting projects to share rare historic objects with the public.