Children and young people
Heritage has a crucial role to play in enriching the lives of children and young people, creating a more inclusive society.
Since 1994, we are proud to have invested over £60million across the UK in projects working with children and young people. This includes the £10m Kick the Dust programme.
We are committed to supporting greater inclusion, diversity, access and participation in heritage – including for younger generations. We know that children and young people can play a significant role in creating innovative and exciting heritage projects that speak to them.
Explore some of our work below and find inspiration for your project, then discover whether your idea is eligible for funding.
![Bees, blossom and biodiversity: supporting wildlife in your garden A bee sits on a flower](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/pressnews/4._bombus_sylvarum_on_nashenden_down_rochester.jpg.webp?itok=STiULEh1)
Choosing the right flowers for your garden can be a real help for bees
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Bees, blossom and biodiversity: supporting wildlife in your garden
It's World Biodiversity Day, the perfect opportunity to explore how you can use your garden to support wildlife.
![Music to Bristol’s ears! Historic music hall given the go-ahead for restoration project Bristol Music Trust has secured nearly £5m to redevelop Colston Music Hall](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/pressnews/hg-16-00884_colstonhall.jpg.webp?itok=PlTU9li9)
Colston Hall is run by Bristol Music Trust
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Music to Bristol’s ears! Historic music hall given the go-ahead for restoration project
It’s the site of a famous Beatles flour-bombing incident, and suffragettes Vera Holme and Elsie Howey once hid here overnight so they could shout ‘votes for women’ during a speech the next day. Now, Colston Hall is set to become one of the country's best arts and learning facilities.
![Aelodau o Geidiad De Cymru Aelodau o Geidiad De Cymru](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/rangers_0.jpg.webp?itok=lG9CXb1G)
Aelodau o Gymuned Geidiad Beechwood
News
Newport Gun Girls and Girl Guides' film goes international
An animated film about the Newport Gun Girls will be shown at international film festivals around the world this year.
![Pobl ag anableddau dysgu yn cael adrodd eu straeon am gyfeillgarwch Preswylydd â Syndrom Down yn cymryd rhan yn y prosiect Clywed y Cyn-Guddiedig](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/pressnews/ely_hospital_2_cred._jurgen_schadeberg_1967_0.jpg.webp?itok=rlJPogZ7)
Preswylydd â Syndrom Down yn cymryd rhan yn y prosiect Clywed y Cyn-Guddiedig
News
People with learning disabilities tell their stories of friendship
A project celebrating the real life stories of friendships and relationships experienced by people with learning disabilities has been awarded nearly £400,000 of National Lottery funding.
![Dathlu cyfeillgarwch diolch i’r Loteri Genedlaethol Preswylydd â Syndrom Down yn cymryd rhan yn y prosiect Clywed y Cyn-Guddiedig](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/pressnews/ely_hospital_0.jpg.webp?itok=V4OxH51q)
Preswylydd â Syndrom Down yn cymryd rhan yn y prosiect Clywed y Cyn-Guddiedig
News
Celebrating friendship thanks to the National Lottery
An innovative project capturing the real life stories of friendships and relationships experienced by people with learning disabilities has been awarded nearly £400,000 of National Lottery funding.
![Beth mae treftadaeth yn ei olygu imi Aelod Pwyllgor CDL Cymru, Jamie Davies](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/pressnews/img_4464.jpg.webp?itok=aRat3yF8)
Aelod Pwyllgor CDL Cymru, Jamie Davies
Blogs
What heritage means to me: Jamie Davies
Jamie Davies tells us about juggling PhD study with being an HLF Committee member for Wales
![£10miliwn o gefnogaeth i brifysgol hynaf Cymru Prifysgol Aberystwyth](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/pressnews/old_college_-_yr_hen_goleg_aberystwyth_0.jpg.webp?itok=4MIYvaDo)
Prifysgol Aberystwyth
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Aberystwyth's university college given £10million lifeline
More than £10million has been earmarked for a major restoration of Aberystwyth University’s iconic Old College, the birthplace of university education in Wales.
![Bywyd Newydd i’r Hen Goleg! Prifysgol Aberystwyth](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/pressnews/old_college_-_yr_hen_goleg_aberystwyth.jpg.webp?itok=AgSa1FyB)
Prifysgol Aberystwyth
News
New Life for Old College!
£10million National Lottery support to redevelop Wales’s oldest university college.
![Pobl ifanc Cymru’n ymgolli yn eu treftadaeth Aelodau o Fforwm Ieuenctid Amgueddfa Cymru gyda’u detholiad nhw o wrthrychau o’r Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf.](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/pressnews/amgueddfa_cymru_national_museum_wales_young_people_ww1_objects.jpg.webp?itok=972OVtnF)
Aelodau o Fforwm Ieuenctid Amgueddfa Cymru gyda’u detholiad nhw o wrthrychau o’r Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf.
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Young people in Wales get hands on with heritage
Thanks to National Lottery players, £875,000 is helping involve more young Welsh people in heritage.
![Pobl ifanc yn serennu Rhai o’r bobl ifanc sydd ynghlwm â’r prosiect tuallan i stiwdio Burton Taylor](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/pressnews/img_5690_credit_julian_james.jpg.webp?itok=Jlej3TNX)
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Stars in their eyes
A few young people will get a taste of fame as they walk the red carpet at the premiere of a new film they have developed using Richard Burton’s teenage diaries. The Hollywood star and heartthrob was also a prolific diarist, and thanks to £34,000 of National Lottery funding young people from Burton
![Helpu pobl ifanc ddadorchuddio cyfrinachau tref drwy gyfrwng dyddiaduron Richard Burton Eirwen Hopkins, Cyfarwyddwr Prosiect ym Mhrifysgol Abertawe](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/pressnews/eirwen_hopkins.jpg.webp?itok=ICSJapVa)
Eirwen Hopkins, Cyfarwyddwr Prosiect ym Mhrifysgol Abertawe
Blogs
Helping young people uncover town’s secrets with Richard Burton's diaries
Eirwen Hopkins led a group of young people to explore Port Talbot’s history through the diaries of Richard Burton.
![Golwg newydd ar hen dreftadaeth Digwyddiad i bobl ifanc yn edrych ar hanes modern a chanoloesol drwy ffotograffiaeth](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/pressnews/history_through_photography_2.jpg.webp?itok=jsb7lqIS)
Digwyddiad i bobl ifanc yn edrych ar hanes modern a chanoloesol drwy ffotograffiaeth
News
Heritage, but not as we know it
Thanks to National Lottery players, young people across Wales are about to embark on a game-changing project that looks at the past in a whole new light.