
Eilish McGuinness
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Chief Executive, National Heritage Memorial Fund, The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Grant investment; Heritage, Place, People. Views my own
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http://www.heritagefund.org.uk 10-08-2019 06:04:56
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We're celebrating a £10million funding milestone in North East Lincolnshire! 🙌 A recent grant of £250,000 to North East Lincolnshire Council to protect the natural heritage of Cleethorpe's coastline brings us to this landmark amount. Find out more 👉 heritagefund.org.uk/news/ps10milli… #HeritagePlaces


🎉 Thrilled to share we've received £4.7M #NationalLottery funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund for our Kingsley Hall Heritage Project! Empowering young people through heritage and skills + transforming our Grade II* home into a vibrant, supportive space #HeritageTreasures #HeritageFund

Ad | It’s Heritage Treasures Day!! We’re celebrating this thrilling new chapter for Colchester’s Jumbo Water Tower, thanks to support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund! The National Lottery Heritage Fund #NationalLotteryHeritageFund #HeritageTreasuresDay Visit Colchester

We welcome the significant funding for arts and culture in England announced today by Lisa Nandy MP Department for Culture, Media and Sport. New support for built heritage, museums and libraries will make a huge difference for organisations and the communities who use them. 🏛️

Delighted to see the first round of successful cataloguing projects from #ArchivesRevealed - making previously hidden history accessible to all. Proud that The National Lottery Heritage Fund is a major funder of this work with partners The National Archives Sector Pilgrim Trust Wolfson Foundation

Today at Stormont #NationalLottery distributors celebrated 30 years of National Lottery Good Causes. Elected representatives and game changing projects from every constituency shared the positive impact of £1.5 billion funding in communities across NI since 1994. #NationalLottery30


Today at the Welsh Parliament in Cardiff Bay, we're celebrating 30 years of National Lottery funding in Wales! 🏴 Since 1994, £2.2 billion has been awarded to 74,000+ projects! Wales Sport The National Lottery Community Fund Cymru Cronfa Treftadaeth y Loteri Genedlaethol Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru | Arts Council of Wales Welsh Government The National Lottery #NationalLottery30


Baroness Fiona Twycross visited the Florence Nightingale Museum 💙 today for The National Lottery #ThanksToYou! open week. This week you can explore free & low-cost days out: 🏰 Castles & museums 🌿 Nature 🏆 Sports venues 🎭 Art galleries & theatres Find out more 👉 lotterygoodcauses.org.uk/open-week


Funding news! 🥳 We're delighted to be supporting Open Eye Gallery with a grant of nearly £50k for their latest project TreeStory 🌳that will celebrate communities and local nature in and around the Flashes of Wigan & Leigh Find out more 👉heritagefund.org.uk/projects/trees…


Often called "the Lady with the Lamp," 💡 Florence Nightingale was not only a caring nurse but also a leader who transformed hospital care during and after the war This The National Lottery open week, funded venues including the Florence Nightingale Museum 💙 are saying #ThanksToYou! by offering free entry

DHC Robert_Fry 🇨🇦 joined The National Lottery Heritage Fund CEO Eilish McGuinness to unveil the newly restored 35005 Canadian Pacific — a heritage wartime steam engine train named after the Canadian Merchant Navy that played a critical role in the Allied war effort.


Full day in Glasgow with fellow The National Lottery Heritage Fund trustees and staff visiting projects and areas of heritage interest. Thank you to the team at The National Lottery Heritage Fund Scotland for organising the day! Great to see some amazing projects funded by Lottery Players!


We're celebrating a £1billion milestone across Scotland! 🎉 Over the past 30 years we’ve supported 5,000 projects, from Orkney to the Borders, helping connect the people of Scotland with their past and build pride in place 👉 heritagefund.org.uk/stories/invest… The National Lottery Heritage Fund Scotland


An unprecedented 4 awards for Dockyard Church at the Royal Institute of British Architects Southeast Awards last night - including Project of the Year. Huge congrats to superb design team Hugh Broughton Arch Martin Ashley Architects & contractors Coniston, with Paye Stonework and Restoration . All made possible by The National Lottery Heritage Fund London & South


We’re at #UKREiiF in Leeds today — ready to connect, collaborate and spark ideas. ✨ Visit our stand (with Historic England and Arts Council England) to chat about how heritage-led regeneration can unlock social value, drive sustainable growth, and shape vibrant places.



We're thrilled to invite you to the opening of our Heritage & Learning Centre on Sat 14 June 2025! First 100 visitors at 11am get a gift bag. First 50 National Lottery players with a valid ticket receive our new guidebook – as thanks for The National Lottery Heritage Fund's vital project support.



