Landscapes, parks and nature
Since 1994 we have awarded over £2.1billion of National Lottery and other funding to more than 4,900 land, nature and biodiversity projects across the UK.
Protecting the environment is one of our four Heritage 2033 investment principles. Our vision is for heritage to be valued, cared for and sustained for everyone, now and in the future.
We are prioritising landscape and nature projects that:
- support nature’s recovery
- deliver nature-based solutions to address climate change
- reconnect people to landscapes, marine environments and nature
The climate crisis
The heritage sector has an important role to play in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and tackling climate change. Find out more about what we're doing to tackle the climate crisis.
What we expect from projects we fund
We want all kinds of heritage project, large and small, to:
- limit any potential damage on the environment
- make a positive impact on the environment and particularly for nature
Read our environmental sustainability guidance.
How to get funding
Our National Lottery Heritage Grants funding programme is open, providing grants from £10,000 up to £10million.
Find out more
Discover what projects we fund, and what you could do with our investment to help protect our natural world.
We support projects that conserve and enhance habitats and protect and preserve the UK's precious species.
We expect successful projects to show how they will address the key challenges faced by the UK's landscapes and nature.
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Projects
All-ability access to Garnock landscape
Many more people will have the opportunity to access the River Garnock’s natural beauty spots and experience the health benefits being outdoors can bring.
Projects
Reviving the Mount
A community-led restoration project of a renowned and important coastal garden.
Projects
Green Fingers: improving wellbeing through woodland skills training
The Green Light Trust improved individuals’ wellbeing using a programme of traditional woodland skills.
Projects
Help for Hedgehogs
During this project, volunteers made their cemetery a haven for hedgehogs and wildlife.
Projects
'Go Toads!' Community Project
Volunteers helped migrating toads cross busy roads and raised awareness of declining toad numbers.
Projects
Back from the Brink: saving England’s most threatened species
While our built and cultural heritage continues to grow, our natural heritage is declining in abundance, diversity and condition at an increasingly fast rate.
Projects
Denby Dale as a community and wildlife resource
The Friends of Churchfield, Denby Dale have created a wildlife haven and public amenity on their doorstep.
Projects
EchoLocation Location: producing Nottinghamshire's 'Batlas'
Nottinghamshire Bat Group is recruiting and training volunteers to map the distribution and status of bats in the county.
Projects
Restoration of our Clarence Elliott Cascade
To see impressive giant redwood trees or 200 varieties of alpine plants, the people of Yorkshire can either take a plane to California and the Alps or they can visit Whinfell Quarry Gardens.
Projects
Sharing heritage skills to create woodland futures in Scotland
The Woodland Futures project connected young people aged 11 to 18 years old with the natural heritage sector by learning rural skills and heritage crafts.
Projects
WoodWorks - Young people revealing the history and realising the potential of Scotland's woodlands
Young people celebrated the heritage of Scottish woodlands by learning traditional wood-based skills and developing woodland-based enterprises.
Projects
Engaging communities to enhance urban greenspaces in Cumbernauld
Young people from local secondary schools in Cumbernauld have been reconnecting with nature to learn about the town's valuable greenspaces.