Other sources of funding
Find alternative sources of funding for historic buildings and historic environment activities.
Several other bodies besides HES may be able to offer funding for activities related to the historic environment.
Your local authority may offer small grants from a Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme if it has attracted the relevant funding from us.
City Heritage Trusts
We also fund City Heritage Trusts in Scotland's cities to run grant schemes on our behalf. For more information about each City Heritage Trust, please see their websites:
Heritage Funding Directory
A comprehensive guide to funding for anyone seeking to repair, restore or convert a historic building in the UK.
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Scottish Rural Development Programme
Some schemes under the Scottish Rural Development Programme can help support the historic environment and traditional skills.
Take a look at Scottish Rural Development Programme funding schemes
Contact your local area office for advice
Funding from various sources
You may be able to assemble a number of grants from different bodies for a single project. For example, you may be able to use one of our grants as match funding for a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
There may be a limit to how much grant funding you can get from particular types of source – e.g. government departments and agencies may cap the total percentage of project funding you can receive from central government for a single project.
Each funding source will:
support specific types of activities
have its own rules around eligibility
operate its own application process