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
Cornwall’s Marine Heritage Project
Your Shore worked across five Voluntary Marine Conservation Areas (VMCAs) in Cornwall to provide activities to help local people understand why they must look after the sea and its wildlife.
Projects
Get Into Dry Stone Walling
Disadvantaged 16-25 year olds took part in a successful training programme in dry stone walling across the North East.
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Rose of the Shires
People learned about, recorded and became actively involved in caring for the fascinating built and natural heritage on their doorstep.
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Chilterns Commons Project
The four-year Chiltern Commons project came to a successful conclusion having conserved habitats and historic features on 26 areas of common land.
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Wild Place, Your Space
The RSPB and Lee Valley Regional Park Authority worked together on this three-year social inclusion project to reach new audiences.
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Protecting Kent's heritage trees
This project has been designed to increase people’s physical access to heritage trees across Kent.
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Helping hen harriers to thrive on moorlands
Through a programme of community engagement and learning activities, the RSPB inspired people to help conserve hen harriers across their remaining breeding strongholds in northern England.
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Restoring our Fenland Heritage
The acquisition of Holmewood Estate, by the local wildlife trust, was a vital part of the creation of the Great Fen, one of the largest and most ambitious habitat restoration projects in Europe.
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Growing Together at Strawberry Hill
Volunteers and apprentices worked together to restore Horace Walpole’s 18th-century garden as a space for the whole community to learn in and enjoy.
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Ty Hyll bee initiative
This 18-month project focused on informing and educating about the importance of pollinators.
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Saving Scarborough's Secret Garden
Volunteers have revitalised and restored Scarborough's cemetery for local communities to discover the stories of those buried there.
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Celebrating our Heathland Heritage
Highgate Common is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and an ancient lowland heath in South Staffordshire. It is home to over 5,000 species of insects and 140 species of wasps and solitary bees.