Blogs
Flexibility and targeted support to help you through challenging times
Our Chief Executive shares how we’re responding to the heritage sector’s changing needs.
The Science Museum in London had the highest score in the Heritage Access 2022 benchmark tool for online access information.
Stories
Report: museums and heritage sites need to improve online accessibility information
A research project led by charity VocalEyes is calling for organisations to create a more inclusive environment for disabled visitors online – committing to equality, inclusion and anti-ableism.
Jodrell Bank previously offered free entry. Credit: Andrew Brooks.
News
Take part in National Lottery Open Week 2023
From 18 to 26 March 2023, share free offers for National Lottery players to thank them for their support in making your heritage project possible.
News
How you are shaping our new 10-year strategy
An update on the feedback we received through our strategy engagement and what this means for how we support the UK’s heritage.
Reimagining Reality's hovering ball exhibit is made from a cable drum and car vents. Visitors can change the direction of the air and hover more than one ball at a time. Credit: Discovering42
Stories
Case study: Discovering42 – Reimagining Reality
This interactive exhibition engaging audiences with science and sustainably won Sustainable Project of the Year at the Museums + Heritage Awards 2022.
Cleveland Pools, Bath. Credit: Historic England Archive
News
At-risk heritage sites saved thanks to National Lottery support
Historic England’s Heritage at Risk Register provides an annual snapshot of England’s most valued heritage sites that are at risk of being lost as a result of neglect, decay or inappropriate development. 175 sites have been added to the Register this year. However, it isn’t all bad news as the
Opening the main stable doors for work to begin on the three-year project. Pictured left to right: Chelsea Pensioners, James Little, BEM and Carol Knight.
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Chelsea Pensioners’ Stable Block to open doors for the first time
A new grant will allow the Royal Hospital Chelsea to publicly open part of its building for the first time, enabling visitors to learn more about its unique history.
Children take part in outdoor activities in Stour Valley Nature Reserve.
Stories
How to create sustainable urban green space in your area
We celebrated the end of our three-year Future Parks Accelerator (FPA) programme in October 2022 with the Naturally Thriving online conference, sharing learnings from the projects. The FPA programme, launched in 2019, has successfully shown the value of investing in parks and urban green spaces and
Wildflower meadow in Queen’s Park. Picture © BCP Council/ Mark Holloway.
Publications
How our pioneering programme showed what a vital public resource parks are
Explore the evaluation of our three-year initiative to help towns and cities across the UK transform their use and management of green space.
Culture Asia performance
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Smaller grants making a big difference for Scottish communities
Six exciting projects in Scotland have secured £378,640 National Lottery funding to make a difference for people and heritage.
Videos
The 130-year-old ship with a contemporary mission
It is a survivor of the fleets that once fished the Irish sea. Now, thanks to a £245,000 Heritage Fund grant, Leader is becoming a familiar site in Northern Ireland’s ports again. Silvery Light Sailing, a charity in Northern Ireland, acquired the ship as the centrepiece of a project that will
Videos
Clive Gray is the National Lottery Awards Heritage Winner for 2022
Clive Gray’s National Lottery Award recognises his incredible leadership of Blyth Tall Ship, which changes lives through maritime heritage skills training, volunteering and experiences.
Videos
Dynamic Collections: behind the scenes at Pitt Rivers
How the historic Oxford museum "queered its collections" and changed the way it worked, forever.
News
Union Chapel to create 200-year archive including greatest music moments
A much-loved chapel, music and community venue and social enterprise in London’s Islington, has been awarded a £1million grant for their Sunday School Stories project.
Heritage Fund colleagues Mwiche and Alisha at the David Livingstone Birthplace
Stories
A brave new tribute to a famous Victorian explorer
How an independent museum in Scotland is preserving and re-examining the legacy of the nation’s most renowned explorer and anti-slavery campaigner
Publications
Heritage sector is concerned about financial outlook but committed to the environment
We surveyed organisations that manage and support all types of heritage across the UK. Explore what their responses reveal about current attitudes in our sector.
Publications
Understanding how we can be a more inclusive and equitable funder
Explore the findings from our independent research examining perspectives on heritage, inclusion and barriers to accessing our funding.
Children taking part in activities next to the River Eden
News
£15.6million funding boost for natural heritage across the UK
Eleven projects have been awarded a share of £15.6million National Lottery funding to support nature’s recovery – and we want to support more.