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The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) is a fund established in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 under the National Lottery etc. Act 1993. The Fund opened for applications in 1994. It uses money raised through the National Lottery
National Lottery (United Kingdom)

The National Lottery is the largest lottery in the United Kingdom. It is operated by Camelot Group, to whom the licence was granted in 1994, 2001 and again in 2007....
 to transform and sustain the UK’s heritage
Cultural heritage

Cultural heritage is the legacy of physical Cultural artifacts and intangible attributes of a group or society that are inherited from past generations, maintained in the present and bestowed for the benefit of future generations....
. From museums, parks and historic places to archaeology, the natural environment and cultural traditions, HLF provides grants to support all aspects of the UK's diverse heritage.






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The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) is a fund established in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 under the National Lottery etc. Act 1993. The Fund opened for applications in 1994. It uses money raised through the National Lottery
National Lottery (United Kingdom)

The National Lottery is the largest lottery in the United Kingdom. It is operated by Camelot Group, to whom the licence was granted in 1994, 2001 and again in 2007....
 to transform and sustain the UK’s heritage
Cultural heritage

Cultural heritage is the legacy of physical Cultural artifacts and intangible attributes of a group or society that are inherited from past generations, maintained in the present and bestowed for the benefit of future generations....
. From museums, parks and historic places to archaeology, the natural environment and cultural traditions, HLF provides grants to support all aspects of the UK's diverse heritage.

By 2008, HLF had awarded a total of £4 billion to more than 26,000 projects across the UK.

Large projects


Major projects supported by HLF include:-

  • Restoration of the Kennet and Avon Canal
    Kennet and Avon Canal

    The Kennet and Avon Canal is a canal in southern England. The name may refer to either the route of the original Kennet and Avon Canal Company, which linked the River Kennet at Newbury, Berkshire to the River Avon, Bristol at Bath, Somerset, or to the entire navigation between the River Thames at Reading, Berkshire and the Bristol Har...
    , Somerset
    Somerset

    Somerset is a Counties of England in South West England. The county town is Taunton, which is in the south of the county. The Ceremonial counties of England of Somerset borders the counties of Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west....
     – awarded £25 million
  • Creation of the National Waterfront Museum
    National Waterfront Museum

    The National Waterfront Museum, Swansea or NWMS is a museum situated in Swansea, Wales, forming part of the National Museums and Galleries of Wales ....
    , Swansea
    Swansea

    Swansea is a City status in the United Kingdom and subdivisions of Wales in Wales. Swansea is in the Historic counties of Wales of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower peninsula and the Lliw uplands....
     – awarded £11 million
  • Acquisition of Raphael
    Raphael

    Raphael Sanzio, usually known by his first name alone was an Italy Painting and architect of the High Renaissance, celebrated for the perfection and grace of his paintings and drawings....
    ’s Madonna of the Pinks
    Madonna of the Pinks

    The Madonna of the Pinks is an early devotional painting by the Italian Renaissance master Raphael. It is painted in oil painting on fruitwood and now hangs in the National Gallery, London, London....
     (for the National Gallery) – awarded £11.5 million
  • Restoration of Cutty Sark
    Cutty Sark

    The Cutty Sark is a clipper ship. Built in 1869, she served as a merchant vessel , and then as a training ship until being put on public display in 1954....
    , London
    London

    London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
     – awarded £21.7 million
  • Kelvingrove Gallery, Glasgow
    Glasgow

    Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and List of largest United Kingdom settlements by population in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's Scottish Lowlands....
     – awarded £13 million
  • Heaton Park
    Heaton Park

    Heaton Park, covering an area variously reported as , , and is the biggest park in Greater Manchester, England and one of the biggest Urban park in Europe....
    , Manchester
    Manchester

    Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. Manchester was granted City status in the United Kingdom in 1853....
     – awarded £8.5 million


Small projects

HLF also supports a wide range of smaller, community-focused schemes. More than half of its grants are for ‘Your Heritage’ for example The Ballet of Change
The Ballet of Change: Piccadilly Circus

The Ballet of Change is a series of four films , each one about a world famous landmark in London - London Bridge, Leicester Square, Trafalgar Square and Piccadilly Circus....
 project and ‘Young Roots’ projects that encourage local community groups and young people to explore the past that interests them.

Administration

Although HLF is branded as though it a body in its own right, it is actually administered by a pre-existing non-departmental public body
Non-departmental public body

In the United Kingdom, a non-departmental public body is a classification applied by the Cabinet Office, HM Treasury and Scottish public bodies to certain types of public bodies....
 - the Board of Trusteees of the National Heritage Memorial Fund
National Heritage Memorial Fund

The National Heritage Memorial Fund is a non-departmental public body set up under the National Heritage Act 1980 in memory of people who gave their lives for the United Kingdom....
 (NHMF). The turnover of the HLF is consiserably larger than the ongoing work of the NHMF (funded from Exchequer grants and endowments). Although HLF is not a government department, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport is a UK cabinet position with responsibility for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport....
 issues financial and policy directions to the organisation, which reports to Parliament through the Department.

HLF decisions about policies and large applications are made by the Trustees of the NHMF. There are also decision-making committees in the English regions, Scotland
Scotland

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, Wales
Wales

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 and Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland

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.

Offices

Head office is in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, with separate offices in each of the English regions, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

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