Community heritage
Since 1994 we have awarded £590million to more than 27,600 community and cultural heritage projects across the UK.
What do we support?
We fund projects that are researching, conserving and celebrating the heritage of a community or place.
These projects could include lots of types of heritage, such as people celebrating living customs or improving a historic green space. What's most important is that the project involves and benefits the community.
Project ideas
Our funding could help people:
- research the impact of a historical event on their town, and share their findings through displays, talks and online
- investigate the names on a war memorial
- crowdsource documents and photographs linked to the LGBTQ+ community, creating an online archive and exhibition
- set up an audio trail around a range of buildings, parks and monuments in a town
- enable a youth group to research their local history and create an animated film about their learnings
For more inspiration, see the stories below or browse projects we've funded.
How to get funding
If you have an idea for a project, we would love to hear from you.
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Learn more about Young Roots with HLF Wales on 14 September
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Communities come together to celebrate Durga Puja
Projects
Keeping Britain Afloat
The memories of Chatham Port Division veterans from the Second World War were recorded and interpreted for future generations.
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Heritage horticulturalists blossom and bloom at Cardiff Flower Show
Stories
Changing lives: Bishop Auckland brothers take castle by storm
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Students 'Roll With It' at Rockfield
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What’s the story, Rockfield glory?
Blogs
It’s time to unearth the real history of LGBTQ+ people in Wales
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Shedding the January blues with £3.5m for Welsh projects
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Exploring the stories of volunteering in Cardiff
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Pembrokeshire’s young people explore the First World War through soldier’s poignant handwritten letters
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