The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) (National Heritage Memorial Fund Lottery Distribution) Annual Report and accounts for the year ended 31 March 2018 have been published.
Sir Peter Luff, Chair of NHMF, writes in the Foreword:
….Alongside the seventeen acquisitions we supported this year, we also concluded the Listed Places of Worship: Roof Repair Fund, operated by NHMF on behalf of DCMS. 907 places of worship were awarded a total of £53.4million through the scheme. I would like to thank all those NHMF staff who worked on the Roof Repair Fund over the past two years, for their hard work and exemplary dedication. This enabled important repairs to be made to places of worship to protect them for the communities they serve…..
Ros Kerslake OBE, HLF Chief Executive and Accounting Officer, writes in the Report of the trustees and accounting officer:
2017–18 was a very busy and important year for the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF). The work we undertook during this period has helped us to lay the foundations for the future. The fact that at the same time we successfully delivered the corporate priorities we set at the start of the year is a testament to the commitment of all the teams who deliver our National Lottery distribution business, the leadership of the Board of Trustees (the Board) and the strength of the Leadership Team…..
Government UK writes:
… Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) use money raised by National Lottery players to help people across the UK to explore, enjoy and protect the heritage they care about – from the archaeology under our feet to the historic parks and buildings we love, from precious memories and collection to rare wildlife.
