Areas, buildings and monuments
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.
Projects
Back to Backs: People to People
This unique historic attraction gives visitors an opportunity to see how ordinary people lived in 19th-century Birmingham.
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Restoration of St Patrick's stone steps
This project restored the stone steps of St Patrick's Church in Gateshead, re-instating the main access route into the church and the Parish rooms.
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Darsham Forward 2013
All Saints Church, Darsham carried out urgent structural repairs and went from being a cold formal space to a vital community hub.
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World War 1 memorial stained glass window, Peace Chapel, Stoke Minster
The Friends of Stoke Minster preserved and shared the story of their war memorial window.
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Stories of those named on Flintshire's WW1 memorials
This community-led project aimed to expand digital archives and discover the stories of every soldier whose name appears on a Flintshire First World War memorial.
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Green Reflections
Young people from Lincolnshire explored their area's rich built heritage and gained an insight into traditional building skills.
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Bradford City Centre CAPS
Historic buildings and streets in Bradford City Centre Conservation Area were the focus of this project.
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Refurbishing the Lighthouse in Glasgow
Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Lighthouse building in Glasgow was refurbished to create a Centre for Architecture and Design.
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Bringing Manchester's Victoria Baths back to life
This project has renovated and refurbished Manchester’s Victoria Baths, regarded as Britain’s finest historic municipal swimming pool.
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Parkhead Cross THI
The Parkhead Cross Townscape Heritage Initiative was designed to help regenerate the former local town centre.
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Restoration of the Theatre Royal in Bury St Edmunds
This ambitious restoration project helped return the Theatre Royal in Bury St Edmunds to its original glory.
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Rotherham Churches Tourism Initiative
The Rotherham Churches Tourism Initiative involved 32 local churches, most of which are listed buildings with notable heritage aspects.