National Lottery Grants for Heritage
The
National Lottery (TNL) Grant for Heritage programme can offer funding to charity and community organisations with projects that connect people and communities to local, regional, and national heritage within the UK.
Amongst its various programmes, their scheme offers two levels of grants for organisations and private owners of heritage:
The Funders advise the monies can support a broad range of activity and
cover a wide range of direct project costs.
These costs could include volunteer expenses, event costs, capital works, repair/maintenance, new staff, professional fees, and costs to improve access.
At the time of writing, there was no specified deadline for funding below £250,000, so applications could be made at any time.
However, the funders advise applications above £250,000 will require an Expression of Interest to be made by the 12th November 2025 with further dates to be announced later.
More
information can be found at the funder’s dedicated
website.
Standard Funding Stream from The National Heritage Memorial Fund
Charities, public bodies, and other third-sector organisations can apply for funding from the
National Heritage Memorial Fund to help buy anything which is of outstanding importance to the national heritage and
either at risk, or of memorial character.
The funders advise there is no upper limit to what can be applied for, and that they do not define heritage, importance, or risk (it is up to applicants to make the case for each):
However, they do enforce the National Heritage Memorial Fund is a
funder of last resort, so applicants will be expected to show that they have exhausted or are exploring other potential sources of funding.
At the time of writing, there was no specified deadline, which suggests applications can be accepted at any time.
For
more information and how to apply, visit the Funders
website.
If you would like to see coverage of specific funding or grant rounds to help your charity, your project, your community group or enterprise, you can get in touch by at
info@mva.org.uk, you can also
contact MVA via the
website.