National Lottery Heritage Grants: £10,000 to £250,000

National Lottery Heritage Fund
Ongoing

Funding

£10,000 – £250,000

Location

England

Applications

Rolling (always open)

Overview

The National Lottery Heritage Fund offers grants from £10,000 to £250,000 for heritage projects across the UK. You can apply for money to restore buildings, conserve nature, record oral histories, or create digital archives. Anyone can apply including community groups, charities, private owners, and local authorities. There is no fixed deadline as applications are accepted on a rolling basis. You do not need to provide match funding for grants under £250,000. Your project must be heritage-related and based in the UK. The fund supports all types of heritage work from physical restoration to community history projects.

Eligibility

Who can apply:

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Key requirements:

  • Must be a heritage project
  • Project must be based in the UK
Who is this for?

This grant is for anyone working on heritage projects in the UK. You could be a community group, charity, private owner, or local authority. Your project must focus on heritage such as building restoration, nature conservation, or recording local history.

Regions

Full details from National Lottery Heritage Fund

Funding for all types of heritage projects in the UK. Open to anyone: community groups, charities, private owners, local authorities. Projects can include restoring buildings, conserving nature, recording oral histories, creating digital archives, and more. Rolling applications with no fixed deadline.

How to apply

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis with no fixed deadline. You can apply through the National Lottery Heritage Fund website. Contact them directly for application guidance and requirements.

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Last updated: 5 April 2026