Our Priorities

St Michael's and All Angels, Addingham, Cumbria. The tiny C16th church recently received a £19,000 Places of Worship grant from English Heritage and Heritage Lottery Fund to repair the roof. Introduction
There is a very high demand for English Heritage Grants, so we are not always able to offer a grant to every project that qualifies for support. Most of our grant schemes are administered by the staff in our regional offices who can advise you whether your project will be a priority for support. To find out what region you are in and the contact details for regional offices please select Contact Us.

Our aims
One of English Heritage’s main aims is to promote a wider appreciation of the historic environment and in most cases grants are offered on condition that a guaranteed level of public access is provided for a minimum of ten years after grant-aided work has been completed.

We expect work carried out with the support of our grants to be sympathetic to the character and importance of the building, site or landscape. We also aim to ensure that repairs are completed to a high standard and that the property in question is regularly maintained in the future in order to achieve high quality, sustainable results as well as value for money.

Our priorities
All applications are assessed against EH’s national priorities.

Our national priorities are:

Significant elements of the historic environment at risk
We will consider your property to be at risk if it is either on our Buildings at Risk Register or you can demonstrate that it is at serious risk from neglect or repair. The Buildings at Risk Register can be accessed here.

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Projects where there is a lack of alternative sources of funding
In order to qualify for a grant under this heading, we will need to be satisfied that you are not eligible for any other obvious sources of public or charitable funding, for example from the Heritage Lottery Fund, Single Regeneration Budget and specific funding (such as funding for coalfields or housing).

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