The National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) has committed to increasing funding fivefold for public access to archives over the next three years.
The fund has awarded £5m to Archives Revealed, a long-running partnership between The National Archives, the Pilgrim Trust and the Wolfson Foundation.
The Archives Revealed project works to make archival collections that represent the lives and perspectives of people across the UK more accessible to the public.
NLHF’s funding will include grants of up to £150,000 for collaborative projects over multiple collections, as well as support for a new skills development programme. The fund says the investment is in line with its Heritage 2033 strategy for investing in the future as well as the present.
“I am delighted that National Lottery funding will support Archives Revealed to unlock many more of these stories right across the UK and safeguard them for future generations,” NLHF Chief Executive Eilish McGuinness said.