Heritage Places: Opportunities, Funding & How to Apply

🌍 Heritage Places – NLHF

Updated: 24 August 2025

Heritage Places is a 10-year, place-based investment from the National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) to embed heritage in local plans and make places better to live, work and visit.
It focuses on long-term regeneration by funding activity across whole places, not just single sites.

👉 Learn more about Heritage Places

📍 Local Context – Stoke-on-Trent

Stoke-on-Trent is among the first Heritage Places receiving targeted support:

• 🏛️ Stoke heritage roadshows & engagement

• 📑 NLHF project page – Heritage Collaboration Framework

🔄 Ongoing Information & Knowledge-Sharing

• 🌐 In your area (Midlands & East hub): View regional hub

• 📂 Projects we’ve funded: Explore projects

• 📅 Local events & workshops: Stoke council news

💷 NLHF Grant Schemes

🎯 £10,000–£250,000 – National Lottery Heritage Grants

Open to all types of heritage projects across the UK.

• 📘 Programme guidance

• ✉️ Submit a Project Enquiry (optional, ~10 working days)

🏗️ £250,000–£10 million – Major Grants

For larger, often multi-year projects.

• 📝 Expression of Interest (EOI) (mandatory)

• ⏳ If invited → 12 months to apply

• 📑 Preview application questions

👉 Not sure? Start here → All NLHF programmes

🛠️ How to Apply – Step by Step

1. Check eligibility

   • What we fund

   • £10k–£250k guidance

   • £250k–£10m overview

2. Pick your route

   • Small grants: Project Enquiry (optional)

   • Large grants: Expression of Interest (mandatory)

3. Use templates & good practice

   • 📋 Project plan & risk register (in guidance)

   • Good practice hub (evaluation, inclusion, sustainability, etc.)

4. Submit online

   • Application Portal

   • Login: Get & manage funding

5. If awarded

   • 🎉 Acknowledging & celebrating your grant

📌 Helpful Links

• Heritage Places (overview)

• All NLHF funding programmes

• How to apply – official

• Funded projects

• Good practice hub

🤝 Get Involved Now

• 💬 Share your ideas & stories on this platform

• 📅 Join upcoming workshops (see Events section)

• 👥 Partner with local groups (browse funded projects & regional news)