Heritage Funding

There are also grants available for different sums toop. For example, the Sharing Heritage scheme awards grants of between £3000 and £10000. Details of this and other schemes are available on the Heritage Lottery Fund Pick a Programme page.

From the Application guidance:-

Heritage includes many different things from the past that we value and want to pass on to future generations, for example:

• archaeological sites;
• collections of objects, books or documents in museums, libraries or archives;
• cultural traditions such as stories, festivals, crafts, music, dance and costumes;
• historic buildings;
• histories of people and communities;
• histories of places and events;
• the heritage of languages and dialects;
• natural and designed landscapes and gardens;
• people’s memories and experiences (often recorded as ‘oral history’);
• places and objects linked to our industrial, maritime and transport history; and
• natural heritage including habitats, species and geology.

We fund projects that make a lasting difference for heritage, people and communities in the UK.

When we say project, we mean work or activity that:

• is defined at the outset;
• has not yet started;
• will usually take no more than three years to complete (maximum five years);
• will contribute to achieving the outcomes we describe.

The assessment process is competitive and we cannot fund all of the good-quality applications that we receive. As a guide, the following are unlikely to win support:

• projects outside the UK;
• projects where the main focus is meeting your legal and/or statutory responsibilities, such as the requirements of the Equality Act 2010;
• promoting the cause or beliefs of political and faith organisations.