The Heritage Lottery Fund is continuing to make a big difference by helping people to access and enjoy historic buildings and sites, and making sure that these are restored and preserved for the future.

We particularly want to encourage projects that help to save buildings at risk or which find appropriate new uses for old buildings.

We want our grants to have real benefits for every community, and so we fund buildings and sites of local value as well as those of outstanding national importance.

Many of our grants help to contribute to the regeneration of deprived areas.

We fund buildings and structures that are scheduled, listed, sited in a conservation area, or of locally-valued importance.

If you don`t know whether your group's building or structure is in one of these categories, your local council may be able to tell you.

The good news is that we have already funded over £770 million on over 3,500 historic building projects.