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Funding opportunities for UK heritage projects
The Heritage Funding Directory provides over 400 potential funding sources, along with guides to help you secure financial support.
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Academic, Learning
Archaeology
Built Heritage
Community Heritage
Conservation
Culture and Memories
Industrial, Maritime & Transport
International
Landscape, Parks & Nature
Museums, Libraries & Archives
Places of Worship
Sector Support
Traditional Skills
Academic, Learning
Archaeology
Built Heritage
Community Heritage
Conservation
Culture and Memories
Industrial, Maritime & Transport
International
Landscape, Parks & Nature
Museums, Libraries & Archives
Places of Worship
Sector Support
Traditional Skills
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Resources for charities
Funding application guidance
We've documented the process and best practices you'll need to know to make your charities application successful.
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We have hundreds of opportunities for charities in our directory.
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Resources for not-for-profit organisations
Funding application guidance
We've documented the process and best practices you'll need to know to make your application successful.
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We have hundreds of opportunities for charities in our directory.
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Resources for commercial organisations
Funding application guidance
Applying for heritage funding can be daunting. We've written a total beginners guide to the world of funding applications, which you may find helpful.
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We have plenty of funders in our diary who are happy to support your cause, even if you're not a registered organisation.
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Resources for individuals
Funding application guidance
Applying for heritage funding for the first time can be daunting. We've written a total beginners guide to the world of funding applications, which you may find helpful.
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Browse the directory
We have plenty of funders in our directory who are happy to support your cause, even if you're not a registered organisation.
Search funding opportunities
Resources for funders
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The transformative effects of funding
Creative Land Trust was established to be part of providing a lasting solution – a social enterprise that will own the buildings in which studios are housed so they can be used by artists and makers in perpetuity.
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There is no incentive to maintain a building: it’s easier to fundraise for a building in disrepair because so few funders will help with the routine costs of maintenance and staffing, all of which have rocketed since 2021.
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Prioritising data collection and evidenced-based discussion of the impact and social value of our work, in terms that are linked to similar work in adjacent sectors, is essential to change how the sector model is funded and what kind of work is rewarded.
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Routine underfunding of local government means they need the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) “community ownership fund” programme. It’s prescriptive, politically skewed and quite onerous.
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Funding guidance
Whether you’re a fundee seeking to optimise the likelihood of succeeding in a grant application to a funding body or a funder looking for support with financial planning or marketing, our guidance notes and resources are here to help.
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