UK grants for heritage

Funding for historic buildings, local history, archives, museums and heritage skills.

105 grants open now, each read from the funder’s own pages. More added as we read them.

The Moray Council
Common Good Fund Grants (Moray)
Amount not specifiedRolling — apply any time
Grants from the Common Good Funds of eight former royal burghs in Moray - Buckie, Cullen, Dufftown, Elgin, Findochty, Forres, Keith and Portknockie - for purposes that benefit the burgh's community, such as donations to local philanthropic institutions, street decorations and memorials. Councillors decide each application on its merits, using 'reasonable judgement' for the benefit of the community. One application form covers all eight funds; groups say which fund they are applying to. Lossiemouth's fund has no income to give.
- Community
- Local
- Heritage
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Lichfield District Council
Heritage Shopfront Grant Scheme
Up to £30,000Rolling — apply any time
Grants of up to £30,000 towards restoring or improving shopfronts in the Lichfield City Centre Conservation Area, for property owners, leaseholders with landlord consent and independent businesses. There are three tiers: up to 75% (max £30,000) for full heritage reinstatement, up to 50% (max £15,000) for partial restoration and up to 30% (max £7,500) for minor enhancements such as signage and lighting, so the applicant always contributes. The council's scheme totals £400,000 and is competitive; expressions of interest are taken on a rolling basis until 31 March 2028 or until the money is committed.
- Heritage
- Enterprise
- Local
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Idlewild Trust
Conservation: Objects and Works of Art
Up to £8,00012 February 2027
The Idlewild Trust's Conservation grant gives one-off grants of up to £8,000 to UK Registered Charities and UK Publicly Exempt Charities to conserve objects and works of art of recognised national or international importance, held in museums, libraries, galleries, historic buildings or landscapes that the public can visit. Applicants must own the object and must already have a conservation report or treatment proposal from an accredited conservator. Priority goes to projects that share knowledge with other professionals or the public. The next round opens on 7 December 2026 and closes at midday on 12 February 2027.
- Heritage
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Shropshire Historic Churches Trust
Shropshire Historic Churches Trust Grants
Up to £10,00015 December 2026
Grants from the Shropshire Historic Churches Trust for the preservation, repair, renovation and improvement of churches, chapels and meeting houses in the Archdeaconries of Salop and Ludlow, and of their contents. Most grants are for fabric repairs (roofs, gutters, down-pipes, drains, stone, brick, slate and wood), but the Trust also helps make churches more welcoming and accessible, for example with lighting, heating, ramps, kitchens and toilets. The maximum grant is £10,000; grants over the last three years averaged about £4,285. Trustees meet four times a year.
- Heritage
- Faith
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Yorkshire Historic Churches Trust
Yorkshire Historic Churches Trust Grants
Up to £15,0005 March 2027
Repair grants for Christian churches and chapels of any denomination, listed or unlisted, that are used for public worship within the pre-1974 county of Yorkshire. It funds repairs to the church fabric and the conservation of fixtures and fittings, aiming to help churches near the end of fundraising with a shortfall; common grants are about £2,000 to £10,000. Schemes must be prepared or approved by an architect or conservation-accredited surveyor, and every applicant gets a site visit from a member of the Grants Committee.
- Heritage
- Faith
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Historic England
Neighbourhood Heritage: Grants for Communities
Up to £15,00027 November 2026
Grants of up to £15,000 from Historic England for co-created, community-led projects that use local heritage to help underrepresented communities understand, influence and shape the future of their neighbourhood. The communities must live in the 30% most deprived areas of England (IMD deciles 1-3), though the applicant can be based anywhere in England. Around 21 grants will be made, for projects completing by 11 August 2028. Match funding is not required.
- Heritage
- Community
- Communities Experiencing Racial Inequalities
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Stanley Smith (UK) Horticultural Trust
Stanley Smith (UK) Horticultural Trust Grants
£3 – £5,00015 February 2027
Grants to individuals, organisations and institutions for horticultural projects of public benefit, mostly in the UK: creating, developing and restoring gardens, plant study trips and expeditions, publications, exhibitions, and horticultural research and conservation. Grants range from a few hundred pounds to £5,000 and are typically £3,000-£4,000. There are two deadlines a year, 15 February and 15 August; because the August 2026 round was oversubscribed, applications for the 15 February 2027 round are not accepted until after 1 January 2027, and the Trust may refine its criteria during December.
- Environmental
- Heritage
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The J G Graves Charitable Trust
J G Graves Charitable Trust Grants
Amount not specified31 December 2026
Grants for charities, CICs and community groups whose work benefits the City of Sheffield, from the trust set up by John George Graves in 1930. Trustees prefer capital projects and special projects rather than topping up normal income, but also support 'seed corn' funding and running costs. A typical grant is £500 to £3,000, and the Trust rarely covers a project's whole cost unless it is modest. Applications are considered at quarterly trustees' meetings; the next closing date is 31 December 2026.
- Community
- Local
- Heritage
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The Gerry Holdsworth Special Forces Charity
Gerry Holdsworth Special Forces Charity Grants
Amount not specified1 April 2027
A small number of modest grants each year for serious research and commemoration of the heritage of the wartime Special Operations Executive (SOE) and special forces. Researchers and organisations such as specialist museums and archives can apply for museum collections, conferences, research leading to publication, memorials and plaques, and commemorative visits and events. Trustees decide twice a year: applications received by 1 October are decided that winter, and by 1 April that summer.
- Heritage
- Veterans/Military
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North Yard Community Trust CIO
North Yard Community Trust Grants
Up to £5,000Rolling — apply any time
Grants for projects, activities and events that benefit the communities of Barne Barton, Kings Tamerton, St Budeaux, Keyham and parts of Weston Mill in Plymouth, near the North Yard of Devonport Dockyard. There are several tiers. Community Grants of £500 or less can be awarded up to three times a year. Small Grants go up to £5,000, and General Grants are for more than £5,000 and can take up to six months. There are also Multi-Year Grants of up to three years and a Schools Grant. Charities, CICs, schools, sports clubs, constituted groups and businesses can apply. Applications are rolling, decided at bi-monthly trustee meetings; the next cut-off is 2 November 2026.
- Community
- Local
- Environmental
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The Roughley Trust
Roughley Trust Grants to Organisations
£1,000 – £3,0001 October 2027
Annual grants, normally £1,000 to £3,000, for local Birmingham registered charities with a turnover under £1 million, working inside the city boundary. Areas include community work, special needs, health and wellbeing, education, arts, heritage and environment. Applications open each year on 1 August and close on 1 October, for a trustees' meeting in late November. The 2026 round has closed: the next opens on 1 August 2027 and closes on 1 October 2027. You email a typed form, a signed letter and two or three photos.
- Community
- Children and Young People
- Older People
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Millichope Foundation
Millichope Foundation grants
£1,000 – £5,000Rolling — apply any time
A Shropshire family foundation that gives grants, mostly unrestricted and for one to three years, to registered charities and CICs working in Shropshire and the surrounding region. Current priorities are social welfare, youth, skills and employment, heritage, arts and environment. Grants average £1,000-£5,000. Apply at any time on a short form sent by email; applications go to the next grant round and a decision normally comes within three months.
- Poverty
- Children and Young People
- Education and Skills
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (administered by Church Urban Fund's Near Neighbours programme)
Windrush Day Grant Scheme 2027
£5,000 – £25,00029 October 2026
Government grants of £5,000-£25,000 for community projects in England that commemorate, celebrate and educate about the Windrush generation and their descendants around National Windrush Day (22 June 2027). Each project picks one aim (raise awareness, foster pride, or encourage and inspire young people) and must deliver all three outcomes: community cohesion, a lasting impact and wider acknowledgement of the Windrush contribution. Charities, CICs, social enterprises, community benefit societies, constituted community groups and local authority-led consortia can apply. Applications close at 23:59 on 29 October 2026.
- Communities Experiencing Racial Inequalities
- Heritage
- Community
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Laslett's (Hinton) Charity
Laslett's (Hinton) Charity grants for churches and charitable organisations
Amount not specifiedRolling — apply any time
A Worcester charity dating from 1879 that makes modest grants in two strands. Churches: repairs and improvements to Church of England churches and chapels in the Dioceses of Worcester, Hereford, Gloucester, Lichfield, Coventry and Birmingham, usually £1,000-£5,000. Organisations: registered charities helping poor, aged or infirm people, with a strong preference for work benefiting people in Worcestershire or close to its boundaries. Trustees meet quarterly; apply by emailing the fillable PDF form.
- Heritage
- Faith
- Older People
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The D'Oyly Carte Charitable Trust
D'Oyly Carte Charitable Trust Grants
£500 – £8,00022 January 2027
Grants of £500 to £8,000 for UK registered charities, for work that widens access to the arts, creative health and heritage crafts for communities facing barriers to opportunity. Grants can fund defined projects or organisational costs, and charities with income under £250,000 can ask for unrestricted funding. The next round opens the week of 23 November 2026 and closes at 5pm on 22 January 2027 (charities with income over £5m have a first-stage deadline of 8 January 2027); decisions are made on 9 March 2027.
- Arts
- Health and Wellbeing
- Heritage
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GrantScape
The Sandsfield Community Fund
£5,000 – £20,000Rolling — apply any time
A Landfill Communities Fund grant from Sandsfield Gravel Co.'s landfill site at Brandesburton, East Yorkshire, run by GrantScape, for capital projects within 10 miles of the site, with priority within 2 miles. Grants are typically £5,000 to £20,000 for public amenities, built heritage and biodiversity, and the project must be open to the public. Each grant needs a Contributing Third Party donation to Sandsfield Gravel Co. (about £11.50 per £100 of grant), and the applicant must own the site or have at least 5 years left on a lease. Applications are taken at any time, with a decision within three months.
- Community
- Environmental
- Heritage
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The Roger & Douglas Turner Charitable Trust
The Roger & Douglas Turner Charitable Trust Grants
£2,000 – £5,000Rolling — apply any time
Core funding or project/capital grants for registered charities doing specific charitable work in Birmingham, the four Black Country boroughs, Worcestershire and Herefordshire. The Trust funds six themes: adults in need, young people in need, hospices, mental health support, poverty, and environment and heritage. Most grants are between £2,000 and £5,000; larger grants may be considered for regular beneficiaries and capital projects. Applications are emailed in at any time and decided at three trustees' meetings a year.
- Disabled People
- Children and Young People
- Health and Wellbeing
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Orkney Islands Council (Culture Service)
Orkney Islands Council Culture Fund 2027/28
£500 – £3,00030 October 2026
Orkney Islands Council's annual Culture Fund (the 'Open Pot') supports not-for-profit organisations delivering arts, heritage or Orkney dialect activity in Orkney between 1 April 2027 and 31 March 2028. It can pay for an organisation's general running costs as well as specific projects, and non-cultural organisations can apply for the cultural parts of their work. There is no set limit, but requests of about £500 to £3,000 are invited, and asking for a smaller share of total costs improves the chances. Applications close at 5pm on Friday 30 October 2026, with results in December.
- Arts
- Heritage
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Newport City Council
Welsh Church Fund (Newport)
Up to £10,00031 December 2026
Newport City Council's Welsh Church Fund gives grants of up to £10,000 to groups and organisations, and up to £1,000 to individuals in proven financial need, for charitable purposes that benefit Newport residents. Despite the name it is no longer only for churches: the purposes set by the Welsh Church Acts cover education, the arts and Welsh heritage, relief of poverty and sickness, places of worship, older and disabled people, recreation facilities and more. Applications for 2026/27 must arrive by 31 December 2026, and decisions follow in late March or early April 2027.
- Community
- Faith
- Heritage
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High Peak Borough Council
Towns and Villages Regeneration Fund
£500 – £4,00031 October 2026
High Peak Borough Council grants of £500 to £4,000 for projects that attract visitors and residents to town and village centres, such as signage, trail maps, accessibility improvements and public events. Open to parish and town councils and constituted community organisations in 17 named parishes. Applicants must raise 20-50% of the project cost elsewhere, and grants are paid in arrears.
- Community
- Local
- Heritage
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Community Foundation Wales
Powys Welsh Church Act Fund
£1,000 – £5,0007 June 2027
A charitable trust fund under the Welsh Church Act 1914, run by Community Foundation Wales, giving grants of £1,000 to £5,000 (up to £10,000 in exceptional cases) to churches and organisations working with residents of Powys. It funds the refurbishment and upkeep of churches, chapels and community or village halls, historic buildings, work addressing disadvantage, social and recreational activities, and the arts; multi-year and core funding of up to 3 years is possible. The fund is closed now; its next window is 5 April to 7 June 2027.
- Heritage
- Community
- Arts
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Norfolk Community Foundation
Small Projects Fund…forThetford
£500 – £25,00030 November 2026
Capital grants of £500 to £25,000 from Norfolk Community Foundation for voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations operating in and embedded in Thetford, funded by the Government's Pride in Place programme. Projects must deliver on Thetford's 10-Year Regeneration Plan priorities and community outcomes, and be completed within 12 months. Funding is for capital only (equipment, furniture, building and refurbishment), not running or activity costs; the deadline is 12 noon on 30 November 2026.
- Community
- Local
- Heritage
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Cheshire Community Foundation
Liverpool Bay CCS Limited Community Benefit Fund
Up to £20,0002 November 2026
A new community benefit fund from Liverpool Bay CCS Limited (the carbon capture and storage project in the HyNet North West cluster), delivered by Cheshire Community Foundation for 24 wards around Chester, Ellesmere Port, Neston, Frodsham and Helsby in Cheshire West and Chester. Charities and not-for-profits can get up to £20,000 for projects of up to 12 months on education, the local environment, and/or local heritage and culture; about six or seven Cheshire grants are expected, many below the maximum. Year one of a four-year programme (2026-2029); deadline 2 November 2026. Flintshire projects apply separately through Community Foundation Wales.
- Education and Skills
- Environmental
- Heritage
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The National Archives (Spaces, Places and Belonging Community Hub, with Leeds Museums & Galleries, the National Library…
Community Hub Project Grants
Up to £30,00016 November 2026
Project Grants of up to £30,000 fund collaborative community heritage projects between at least one gallery, library, archive, museum or heritage organisation and at least one community group, anywhere in the UK. Projects should be co-designed and community-led, recording or sharing histories, cultures or stories and exploring space, place and belonging, with a focus on inclusion, sustainability and impact. The second and final 2026 round opened on 1 September 2026 and closes at 12pm on 16 November 2026, with the panel in January 2027; projects must be finished and spent by December 2027. All applicants, successful or not, get access to a skills and training programme.
- Heritage
- Community
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The P & C Hickinbotham Charitable Trust
The P & C Hickinbotham Charitable Trust grants
£250 – £1,000Rolling — apply any time
A Quaker-rooted family trust (est. 1947) giving one-off grants to registered charities, with preference for groups working in Leicestershire and Rutland, plus a small number in North Wales and Northern Ireland. It supports a wide range of causes, from disability, homelessness and addiction to prisoner rehabilitation, asylum, the arts, heritage, youth, community development and the environment. Grants tend to be £250 to £1,000, with no upper limit for very special applications; applications are reviewed regularly with no deadlines.
- Disabled People
- Poverty
- Arts
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Marsh Charitable Trust
Marsh Charitable Trust Grants Programme
£300 – £2,000Rolling — apply any time
Small unrestricted core-funding grants of £300 to £2,000 for UK registered charities, with new grantees receiving amounts at the lower end. The Trust aims to build long-term relationships, renewing support each year subject to review, and makes many modest grants (around 500 charities a year) across social welfare, arts and heritage, literature, education and training, and environmental and animal welfare. There is no application form or deadline: send a short cover letter and your latest annual report and accounts by post.
- Arts
- Heritage
- Environmental
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Northamptonshire Historic Churches Trust
Northamptonshire Historic Churches Trust Grants
Amount not specifiedRolling — apply any time
Grants for repairs, conservation and improvements to Christian places of worship of any denomination in the historic county of Northamptonshire (now North and West Northamptonshire) that are over 50 years old and in regular use for worship. The trust helps 20-40 churches and chapels a year; 2025 grants ranged from £1,000 to £10,000, and it also gives £500 towards roof alarms. Applications are accepted year-round on a simple form and decided at Trustee meetings twice a year.
- Heritage
- Faith
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The Charles Littlewood Hill Trust
Charles Littlewood Hill Trust grants
Amount not specified20 January 2027
A general grant-making trust (registered charity 286350) that gives grants to UK registered charities and Community Interest Companies, with a long-standing bias towards projects in or benefiting the people of Nottinghamshire and Norfolk. It funds community healthcare, health education, lifelong learning, community development, social welfare, crime prevention, tackling isolation, the environment, church heritage and the arts. Trustees meet in March, July and November; the next application deadline is 20 January 2027. No grant sizes are published.
- Health and Wellbeing
- Education and Skills
- Community
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North Wessex Downs Landscape Trust
The North Wessex Downs Sustainable Development Fund
£150 – £3,000Rolling — apply any time
The Sustainable Development Fund gives grants of £150 to £3,000 (most around £1,000) for projects that bring environmental, social and economic benefits to the North Wessex Downs National Landscape. It is managed by the North Wessex Downs Landscape Trust on behalf of the North Wessex Downs National Landscape Partnership. Applications are taken at any time, starting with an online expression of interest, and grants normally cover no more than 75% of project costs, so match funding (including in-kind and volunteer time) is expected.
- Environmental
- Heritage
- Community
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Sussex Community Foundation
The Chagossian Fund
From £1,000Rolling — apply any time
The Chagossian Fund is a grants programme funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and managed by Sussex Community Foundation, for not-for-profit organisations supporting Chagossian people living in Crawley and other parts of Sussex. Small grants are £1,000 to £10,000 and large grants (above £10,000) usually go only to established organisations with a track record of managing grants. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis and grants must be spent by 31 March 2028. The fund has given over £680,000 to 17 organisations so far.
- Community
- Education and Skills
- Health and Wellbeing
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