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
Restoring the Future of St John’s in Notting Hill
St John’s Notting Hill have fully restored their organ whilst engaging their community in a programme of activities.
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Hastings Pier
The Hastings local community came together to help restore and transform the historic Hastings Pier.
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Polesworth Abbey Community Archaeology Part 2
Hundreds of local people took part in a community archaeology project at Polesworth Abbey, near Tamworth.
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Crime and Punishment - Leeds Town Hall
A £46,600 grant allowed a glimpse into the world of Victorian crime and punishment by breathing new life into the nineteenth century courtroom in historic Leeds Town Hall.
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Manchester's Victoria Baths - Our Heritage
Victoria Baths Trust and the Friends of Victoria Baths have been working towards the restoration and reopening of Victoria Baths since 1993.
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Gartnavel Royal Hospital Chapel
Gartnavel Chapel in Glasgow was repaired and restored to create a cancer support centre where patients and their families can receive free support and care.
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Grotto Restoration - Education Project
Painshill Park Trust returned a breathtaking crystal cave to its 18th-century glory.
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Handel organ restoration and heritage outreach
A church organ with rare and historically important connections, including Georg Frederick Handel, has been fully restored and its heritage explained.
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Regeneration of New Theatre Royal in Portsmouth
The project involves the re-imagining of New Theatre Royal, Portsmouth.
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Pennine Horizons
The Pennines are known as the 'hills that shaped the modern world' and with their 1,000-year history of rural and industrial heritage, their story has now been documented and preserved forever through a £573,400 project.
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Finchingfield Guildhall – A Building Story
Finchingfield Guildhall in Essex was on the Buildings at Risk Register until National Lottery funding helped secure its restoration.
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Deane Road Cemetery Restoration
Liverpool Old Hebrew Congregation restored Deane Road Cemetery to become a self-sustaining learning resource and site of interest.