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Our 10th anniversary

Celebrating 10 years of the Cultural Protection Fund

June 2026 will mark a decade since the Cultural Protection Fund was first launched as the UK's main response to international cultural heritage protection. 

To date, CPF has awarded over £57 million to 178 projects in 20 countries enabling organisations and communities to protect, document, and conserve culturally significant sites, objects, and traditions.  

We will be celebrating our work to safeguard heritage at risk from conflict and climate change through a series of events, publications and other engagement activities.  

 

'10 Stories for 10 Years'

How do you end up protecting endangered cultural heritage? 

To highlight CPF’s work over the past decade, we commissioned Frazer Hay to produce a ten-part profile series, '10 Stories for 10 Years.' This collection of  interviews explores what drives those closest to the fund, tracing their varied paths towards protecting endangered heritage. 

  • HRH Princess Dana 
  • Sir John Whittingdale
  • Nadia Hashimi
  • Omniya Abdel Barr
  • Rashad Salim and Hannah Lewis
  • Mahmoud Soliman 
  • Shoshana Stewart
  • Eshraq Al-Abrash
  • Kimani Njogu 
  • Lama Abboud

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    Apply for funding

    To mark CPF's 10th anniversary, we've opened a brand new funding round. Apply by Monday 20 July.

‘I can’t tell you how impressed I am by the Cultural Protection Fund… it is again of even greater importance to ensure we have something left in the face of all the challenges and disasters around the world.’

King Charles III

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Ten years of the Cultural Protection Fund, yet the need is greater than ever

With CPF's extension to 2029, CPF Director, Stephanie Grant explains the work of the Fund and why it remains globally important.

Photograph of five women of the Bajuni community performing ‘Vugo’, a sacred and rhythmic pre-wedding performance that is traditionally sung and danced by women in the bride’s home as she prepares for marriage

Decoding Cultural Protection Fund's decade of supporting language preservation

Hear from Aksana Khan, CPF's Marketing, Communications and Engagement Manager, on why safeguarding and revitalising languages matters.

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