Areas, buildings and monuments
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Thanks to National Lottery players, since 1994 we have awarded £3.3billion to more than 10,300 area, historic building and monument projects across the UK. See stories from projects we've funded below.
We provide grants for heritage projects from £10,000–£10million to ensure that heritage is valued, cared for and sustained for everyone, now and in the future.
These projects can help to sustain jobs, support economic growth and protect heritage at risk. They can also bolster local pride, nurture traditional craft skills and help communities enjoy and make use of the places they care about.
What do we support?
Projects we fund include:
- investment in places of worship
- conservation and repairs to historic buildings and places
- finding appropriate new uses for historic buildings
- community archaeology projects
Places of worship
Places of worship are among the UK’s oldest and most cherished historic buildings. We want to help congregations become truly resilient and their buildings genuinely sustainable.
Project ideas
Our funding could help people:
- repair and transform a historic building at the heart of their community
- help volunteers learn building conservation skills
- rescue a building on a Buildings at Risk register
- undertake a community archaeology project
- regenerate a historic town centre or high street
- look after and learn about a local war memorial
How to get funding
Our National Lottery Heritage Grants programme is open for applications.
![Funds have been awarded to Leith Theatre Trust. A group of four colleagues, holding up a blue Heritage Fund roundel, stand in the middle of the stage of the Leith Theatre, looking out to the empty stalls and grand circle above.](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_body_full/public/media/imgs/leith_theatre_trust.jpg.webp?itok=pmEpNgB0)
Projects
Bringing Leith Theatre back to life
Our funding brings plans for the restoration and rejuvenation of one of Edinburgh’s most loved cultural venues a step closer.
![Young musicians in Canada House, Sheffield. Four young musicians stand together in a large room within Canada House, prior to the restoration.](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_body_full/public/media/imgs/young_musicians_in_canada_house_sheffield_c_vox_media_0.jpg.webp?itok=IruHdvsz)
Projects
Creating a music hub for Sheffield's next generation
We have awarded £4.7million to transform Canada House, a Grade II* listed Sheffield landmark, into an innovative centre for music education and performance.
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Projects
Saving the Home of Auld Lang Syne
Around the world people come together singing Auld Lang Syne. National Lottery funding is helping to secure the future of the Scottish farm where Robert Burns wrote it.
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£27million awarded to save seven lesser-known UK heritage treasures
![Cranleigh Cottage Hospital A timber-framed building covered in snow](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_body_full/public/media/imgs/cranleigh-cottage-snow-2.jpg.webp?itok=wISmBNCt)
Projects
Reviving the first cottage hospital in England
Led by Cranleigh Heritage Trust, this project will transform Cranleigh Cottage Hospital into a multi-purpose heritage and wellbeing community hub.
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We’re supporting communities to secure the future of their churches
![A person at an archaeological dig site holds up a piece of stone which has been excavated](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_body_full/public/happy_namestone_copy.jpg.webp?itok=qtkBJn0W)
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Heritage organisations to share innovative solutions to workforce challenges
![Maison Dieu conversation works a group of people wearing hard hats and high-vis jackets stand inside the building looking at conservation works](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_body_full/public/media/imgs/youth-hard-hat-tour-of-maison-dieu.jpg.webp?itok=m0lIsIn8)
Projects
Reawakening Dover's Maison Dieu
This internationally significant NeoGothic building will be accessible to the public for the first time in its 800-year history.
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![Redruth Buttermarket dining hall A room with a high vaulted ceiling, a large glitter ball and trestle style tables. The room is warmly lit. Large glass doors look out onto a courtyard.](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_body_full/public/media/imgs/buttermarket_dining_hall_and_courtyard.jpg.webp?itok=3tGCB9SZ)
Projects
Rediscovering the market town of Redruth
A cluster of Grade II listed buildings, collectively known as the Buttermarket, has been transformed into a thriving cultural and community hub.
![The exterior of Calverley Old Hall following the restoration.](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_body_full/public/media/imgs/caverley_old_hall_drone-7_website.jpg.webp?itok=NWgIQm-A)
Projects
Reviving Calverley Old Hall in West Yorkshire
Conservation of the medieval building along with contemporary design has brought the site into new use as self-catering accommodation and a community space.
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Projects
Saltdean Lido’s iconic 1930s building restored for the community
The much-loved open-air pool complex has been reinstated as the centrepiece of the town’s seafront, following a campaign led by local volunteers.