£250,000 to £5million Available for National Lottery Grants for Heritage

Deadline: 25-Aug-21

The Heritage Fund is seeking applications for its National Lottery Grants for Heritage to fund projects that connect people and communities to the national, regional and local heritage of the UK.

Priorities

The impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic means they will prioritise heritage projects that:
- promote inclusion and involve a wider range of people (a mandatory outcome)
- boost the local economy
- encourage skills development and job creation
- support wellbeing
- create better places to live, work and visit
- improve the resilience of organisations working in heritage
Other considerations:
- COVID-19 regulations: factor in assumptions on social distancing, without causing significant financial risks. Ensure you refer to national and local guidance.
- Risk: they will make a measured judgement on the potential risks your project might face due to COVID-19. Please carefully consider contingency costs within your application.

Funding Information

Amount: This guidance is for applications for grants from £250,000 to £5million.

What they can Fund?

They fund projects that connect people and communities to the national, regional and local heritage of the UK.
Heritage can mean different things to different people. It can be anything from the past that you value and want to pass on to future generations.
As a guide, this could include:
- people’s memories and experiences (often recorded as ‘oral history’)
- cultural traditions (for example, stories, festivals, crafts, music and dance)
- nature (for example, habitats, species and geology)
- natural and designed landscapes such as parks and gardens
- community archaeology
- historic buildings, monuments and environments
- collections of objects, books or documents in museums, libraries or archives
- histories of people and communities or places and events
- the heritage of languages and dialects
- places and objects linked to their industrial, maritime and transport history

Eligibility Criteria

Under this programme, they accept applications from:
- not-for-profit organisations
- partnerships led by not-for-profit organisations
Here are some examples of the types of organisation they can fund:
- charities, trusts and charitable incorporated organisations
- community and voluntary groups
- community/parish councils
- community interest companies
- faith based or church organisations
- local authorities
- other public sector organisations
They will ask to see your constitution or governing document. You must have at least two people on your board or management committee who are not related by blood or marriage or living at the same address.