The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) sustains and transforms a wide range of heritage through innovative investment in projects with a lasting impact on people and places. As the largest dedicated funder of the UK’s heritage, with around £180 million a year to invest in new projects and a considerable body of knowledge and evaluation over 15 years, the HLF are also a leading advocate for the value of heritage to modern life.

From museums, parks and historic places to archaeology, natural environment and cultural traditions, the HLF invest in all aspects of heritage. HLF has supported more than 33,900 projects allocating £4.4 billion across the UK.

The Heritage Lottery Fund is administered by the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) which was given the responsibility of distributing a share of money raised through the National Lottery for Good Causes, to heritage across the UK, in 1994. The HLF is a non-departmental public body accountable to Parliament via the Department of Culture, Media and Sport.

Through the Townscape Heritage Initiative (THI) programme, grants are made to help communities to regenerate Conservation Areas displaying particular social and economic need throughout the United Kingdom.

The THI encourages partnerships of local organisations to carry out repairs and other works to a number of historic buildings, structures or spaces within these defined areas.