Archive Lottery Advisory Service
Lottery Funding

Since 1994 the Lottery has proved a significant additional source of funding to the UK archive sector. To date, over £80million has been given by the Heritage Lottery Fund to archive projects.

The information on this website is designed to direct you to appropriate sources of lottery funding for archives. It also aims to give additional information and guidance on how to plan a project successfully. If you have queries that are not answered by the information on this site please contact the NCA's Archive Lottery Adviser.

To search for funding information across all the lottery distributors go to National Lottery Funding or ring 0845 275 0000. For more information on the programmes most commonly used by archive projects please click on the list below.


Detail from a 1929 poster advertising the White Star Line. Courtesy of the History of Advertising Trust.


Mud March of the Suffragettes, 1907. Courtesy of The Womens' Library.