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

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National Lottery Heritage Grants £250,000 to £10million See all updates We fund projects that connect people and communities to the national, regional and local heritage of the UK. National Lottery Heritage Grants is our funding programme for all types of heritage projects in the UK. Use this guidance to apply for grants from £250,000 to £10m. You must first submit an Expression of Interest and, if you are successful, we will invite you to apply. Your application will usually go through two phases: a development phase of up to two years, enabling you work on your project proposal, and a delivery phase of no more than five years. If you think a two phase application is not right for your project, please contact your local office to discuss. Overview Is this the right programme for you? Is your organisation looking to care for and sustain heritage in the UK? Will your heritage project run for no more than five years (excluding the development phase)? Do you require a grant of between £250,000 and £10m? Are you a not-for-profit organisation or a partnership led by a not-for-profit organisation? Does your project take into account our four investment principles? If you answered yes to these questions, then National Lottery Heritage Grants could be for you. Remote video URL We've embedded content from YouTube here. As YouTube may collect personal data and track your viewing behaviour, we'll only load the video after you consent to their use of cookies and similar technologies as described in their privacy policy . We will also set a cookie to remember your preference. Accept Watch on YouTube Our investment principles Four investment principles guide all our grant decision making under our 10-year strategy, Heritage 2033: saving heritage protecting the environment inclusion, access and participation organisational sustainability You must take all four principles into account in your application. The strength of focus, and emphasis on each principle, is for you to decide and demonstrate. The investment principles, and our strategic initiatives , will help us achieve our ambitions for heritage to be valued, cared for and sustained for everyone’s future. Things you need to know Your project must not start before we make a decision. You must first submit an Expression of Interest to tell us about your idea, and we will let you know if you are invited to apply. Deadlines for development and delivery applications are quarterly Once we receive your application and all the correct supporting documents, we will assess your application within 12 weeks and, following assessment, it will be assigned to the next scheduled decision meeting. For grants under £1m, you must contribute at least 5% of your project costs. For grants over £1m, you must contribute at least 10% of your project costs. Payments for development grants under £250,000 are made in three stages: 50% in advance, 30% in advance, and then 20% in arrears. Payments for development grants over £250,000, and all delivery grants, are made in arrears. We provide lots of good practice guidance . We recommend that you read the guidance that is relevant to you to help you develop and manage your project. We may consider applications for over £10m for truly exceptional heritage projects. If this applies to your project, you should contact your local office to discuss this. Explore our position and advice on using artificial intelligence (AI) tools in your grant application. What we fund We fund projects that value, care for and sustain heritage for everyone across the UK, now and in the future. 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. This could include nature and habitats, historic buildings and environments, or cultures, traditions and people’s memories. Explore a wide range of the types of heritage that your project could include. We fund projects that: clearly focus on heritage – this can be national, regional or local heritage of the UK take into account all four investment principles have a clear plan with a defined start, middle and end have not already started can demonstrate the need for National Lottery investment It is important to plan your project carefully, including costs, timescales and getting support for your project before you start to fill out an application. The guidance below will help you think about what you should include in your project and the costs we can cover. Our heritage grants can support a broad range of activities and direct project costs, such as: volunteer expenses, new staff posts and training costs capital works, repair, maintenance and conservation professional fees, event costs and activities to strengthen your organisation acquisition of heritage and costs associated with the purchase costs to join Fit for the Future, a UK-wide environmental sustainability network We cannot cover existing costs or any activity that has taken p

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Source: gb.heritage-fund