The National Lottery Grants for Heritage funding programme has been created as part of National Lottery Heritage Fund Strategic Funding Framework 2019 to 2024.

The funding will support a broad range of heritage projects and activities, such as industrial sites, castles and historic places of worship, to the stories and memories of communities, and through to public parks, natural landscapes and native wildlife 

During 2021-22, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, priority will be given to at least one or more of the following outcomes:

• A wider range of people will be involved in heritage' (mandatory outcome)
• The funded organisation will be more resilient
• People will have greater wellbeing
• People will have developed skills
• The local area will be a better place to live, work or visit
• The local economy will be boosted

The other three outcomes are:

• Heritage will be in better condition.
• Heritage will be identified and better explained.
• People will have learnt about heritage, leading to change in ideas and actions.

The three priorities for heritage remain:

• Landscape and nature.
• Community heritage.
• Heritage at risk.

ange of heritage projects and activities, such as industrial sites, castles and historic places of worship, to the stories and memories of communities, and through to public parks, natural landscapes and native wildlife.