The Heritage Alliance’s Funding Directory is an invalauble tool when it comes to looking for monies to support heritage and archaeology projects. The directory contains details of more than 400 potential funds, including several dedicate industrial heritage and industrial archaeology funders. These include:

The Charles Hayward Foundation, which funds projects for the adaptation of former Industrial Heritage sites to creative and educational spaces: https://thehowardtrust.wordpress.com

The TransportTrust, which offers loans to members for the restoration of artefacts – whether mobile or part of the infrastructure.

And finally, the Association for Industrial Archaeology who offer research grants and restoration grants (up to £30k) to promote and preserve industrial archaeology and heritage.

To explore the directory follow this link: https://www.heritagefundingdirectoryuk.org/