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Creating a sustainable future for the National Trust: £26M savings sought

The National Trust argues that its job is increasingly tough due to sustained cost pressures beyond our control.

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UPDATE: Coalition secures Peter Womersley’s Bernat Klein Studio for the nation, for £279,000

image for illustration: Bernat Klein Studio 2010 by Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons A coalition of leading Scottish heritage and design organisations – The Bernat Klein Foundation (BKF), the National Trust for Scotland (NTS) and Scottish Historic Buildings Trust (SHBT) … Continue reading

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THA’s refreshed Heritage Funding Directory is Live

After months of research and development, we successfully unveiled the refreshed Heritage Funding Directory, with thanks to our sponsors Historic Houses Foundation, PixelFridge, and Architectural Heritage Fund.

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AHF: £400K+ grants help communities rescue & repurpose England’s Historic Buildings

The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) is very pleased to announce that it has awarded additional grants through the Heritage Revival Fund, with £424,738 given in support of nine different projects in June, ranging from a former parish school in Gateshead … Continue reading

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Funding the future of traditional skills in Scotland: ‘Centre of Excellence for Canals & Traditional Skills’

image for illustration: Thatching in Scotland by Fiona Newton A new national training centre for Scotland, focused on traditional skills, has secured £3.7m of National Lottery support.

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AHF Publishes 2024/25 Impact Report

The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) is sharing its fifth annual Impact Report.

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SAVE at 50! Fundraising appeal aims for £100K

image for illustration SAVE Britain’s Heritage – SAVE – is 50 this year, and asking for donors to be part of its anniversary year for which there is ongoing appeal with a target of £100,000.

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IHBC’s Research Signpost: UKRI – New fund will focus research investment on local priorities

image for illustration UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) reports that an allocation of  at least £30 million for each of 10 regions across the UK will set local experts at the heart of research and innovation investment, to grow local … Continue reading

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England’s Dormant Assets Scheme: Forgotten assets to help families and young people thrive

The England’s first ever Dormant Assets Scheme Strategy unlocks £440 million funding.

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Scotland’s urgent Church Challenge helped by National Lottery Heritage Fund Grant to Scotland’s Churches Trust & Soc Ant Scot

image for illustration: St John’s, Ballachulish by Fiona Newton The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (Soc Ant Scot) and Scotland’s Churches Trust have announced a £229,015 grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to help ensure a sustainable future for … Continue reading

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Built heritage trusts in Glasgow receive new funding from council

image for illustration (edited to remove person): The Glasshouse, Queens Park, Glasgow by Chris Haikney, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Total funding of £290,000 for the Glasgow Building Preservation Trust (GBPT) and the Glasgow City Heritage Trust (GCHT) … Continue reading

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IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: South Downs NP on ‘… investing in built heritage skills’

IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and this week features the South Downs National Park (NP) on investing in built … Continue reading

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National Trust calls for investment in ‘national renewal’ as research shows emotional connection ‘between Brits and their local heritage’

image for illustration: Joanna Theobald Heritage should play a central part of the Government’s plans to promote national renewal, following new research that shows how highly the British public value their local history, reports The National Trust.

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Government announces 25 ‘trailblazer neighbourhoods’ to receive long-term investment

The government has announced 25 trailblazer neighbourhoods that will receive up to £20 million over the next decade?as part of a new fund announced at the Spending Review.

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Over £1Mn for towns and cities to clean up chewing gum stains

52 councils across the UK will receive funding to remove chewing gum stains and clean up our streets.

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£85M to support arts and cultural organisations across the UK, open to EoIs from 30/06

image for illustration: Nottingham Town Hall by Fiona Newton Local people’s access to arts venues across the country set to be protected with cash to support vital repairs and upgrades, reports government, and Expressions Of Interest (EoI)opening from 30 June.

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Micro-grants for new organisers of Heritage Open Days: Applications open for £350 for festival event, to 30 June

Heritage Open Days want to help you share new stories and sites and applications are now open for a second round of grants to support organisers new to the festival.

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Next generation of builders and carers set to rebuild Britain

Government has announced radical skills reforms giving young people opportunity to develop skills in priority areas for the country.

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Major investment partnership of Crown Estate and Lendlease: £24Bn to transform key growth sectors and deliver affordable housing across UK

A major new partnership between the Crown Estate and Lendlease has been agreed which will unlock housing and science innovation hubs across the UK worth £24 billion.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Historic England gives £500K to Winter Gardens project

image for illustration: The Winter Gardens, Great Yarmouth by Evelyn Simak / The Winter Gardens, (detail) A landmark project to save one of Great Yarmouth’s most iconic buildings has received a major funding boost. Historic England has awarded a £500,000 grant towards … Continue reading

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HES announces £3.9Mn funding to third-sector organisations

Seven projects will receive a share of £3.9million in funding through Historic Environment Scotland’s Partnership Fund.

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AHF funds support revival of Jacobs Wells Baths as ‘multi-use hub’

image for illustration: Jacob Wells Baths Bristol by Samuel Loxton (artist), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) is delighted to announce that it has awarded a Project Development Grant to Trinity Community Arts to advance plans … Continue reading

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Cross-party MPs urge Government to make Listed Places of Worship Grants Scheme permanent and remove devastating cap

image for illustration: by Joanna Theobald The National Churches Trust has reported how, during a Westminster Hall debate on 13 May 2025, MPs from different political parties urged the Government to fund church buildings if they want to continue to … Continue reading

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IHBC’s ‘Research’ Signpost: Scottish Parliament launches Areas of Research Interest (ARIs) pilot to support climate scrutiny

image for illustration The Scottish Parliament has launched its first Areas of Research Interest (ARIs) as part of an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) –funded programme enhancing engagement with the research community to support scrutiny of climate change.

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Grants totalling c£75k awarded to 10 Theatres at Risk

The Theatres Trust has announced the third round of grants awarded through its Resilient Theatres: Resilient Communities programme.

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