National Lottery Grants for Heritage – £3,000 to £10,000

National Lottery Grants for Heritage – £3,000 to £10,000: We 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. At this grant level, we can also fund activities to support a group taking on new responsibility for heritage, or to build new skills and capacity in organisations that already have responsibility for heritage.

We will only fund projects that: *are clearly focused on heritage – this can be national, regional or local heritage of the UK. *take into account the current COVID-19 pandemic and consider any potential risks or impacts this will have on project delivery. *address the mandatory Inclusion outcome and any other priority outcomes as applicable. *address the mandatory requirement on environmental sustainability. *have a clear plan with a defined start, middle and end. *have not already started. *and will last up to one year.

National Lottery Grants for Heritage are able to support a broad range of types of activity. We can cover a wide range of direct project costs. As an example, your heritage project could include: *volunteer expenses *training costs *event costs (including room hire, refreshments and equipment) *small capital works *repair and maintenance (revenue) *new staff posts *professional fees (for example, legal costs) *paid training placements *costs to improve access to your heritage *activities to help you strengthen your organisation *costs associated with taking on new responsibility for heritage (for example, feasibility studies) *digital outputs *repair and conservation *the purchase price of collection items or property

This funding will support activity that will address our mandatory requirements of inclusion and environmental sustainability, and if relevant, other priority outcomes.

Your heritage project could include: *NATURE works to improve habitats or conserve species, as well as helping people to connect to nature in their daily lives. *DESIGNED LANDSCAPES improving and conserving historic landscapes such as public parks, historic gardens and botanical gardens. *LANDSCAPES AND THE COUNTRYSIDE LARGE-SCALE RURAL PROJECTS that help improve landscapes for people and nature, by for example, restoring habitats and celebrating the cultural traditions of the land. *ORAL HISTORY RECORDINGS of people’s stories, memories and songs, as a way of communicating and revealing the past. *CULTURAL TRADITIONS exploring the history of different cultures through storytelling, or things that you do as part of your community. This could be anything from dance and theatre, to food or clothing It could also include the heritage of languages and dialects. *COMMUNITY ARCHAEOLOGY involves the active participation of volunteers in archaeological activities, everything from investigating, photographing, surveying to finds processing. Can occasionally include excavation. Sometimes called public archaeology. *HISTORIC BUILDINGS, MONUMENTS AND THE HISTORIC ENVIROMENT from houses and mills, to caves and gardens. Areas that are connected to history and heritage. *MUSERUMS, LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES making the collections that museums, libraries and archives hold more accessible through new displays, improving public buildings and galleries, or engaging people with interpreting new and existing collections. *ACQUIRING NEW OBJECTS help towards the cost of acquiring one-off objects or collections as part of a collections development policy. *COMMEMORATIONS AND CELEBRATIONS telling the stories and histories of people, communities, places or events related to specific times and dates. *INDUSTRIAL, MARITIM AND TRANSPORT this might be places and objects linked to our industrial, maritime and transport history.

Under this programme, we accept applications from: *not-for-profit organisations *private owners of heritage

Decisions are made locally, dependent on the grant amount. Up to £250,000 - These decisions are made on a monthly basis at Area/Country delegated decision meetings. These meetings are managed and chaired by Heads of Investment.

Here are some examples of the types of organisation we 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 *private owners of heritage (for example, individuals and commercial organisations)

We 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. If you are a private owner or a private owner is involved in your project, we will assess whether public benefit outweighs any private gain so please consider this in your application. We usually expect the owner of the heritage to fill in the application form and, if you are successful, receive the grant and report on progress. If the owner of the heritage is not making the application, then we will ask them to sign up to the terms of grant.