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==National Lottery Heritage Lottery Fund==The Trustees of the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF), known as the National Lottery Heritage Fund and previously the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), distribute money raised by the Lottery that is allocated to heritage. HLF The Fund is a non-departmental public body accountable to Parliament via the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). It is the largest dedicated funder of heritage in the UK, distributing over £400 million each year with individual grants upwards from £3,000.

Typically HLF grants are in the form of match funding. These require the applicant provides a proportion of the project cost from the applicant’s own funds or raised by them in the form of other grants and donations. This can also include an in-kind amount, costed for volunteer hours that will be worked on that project. Grants to the SVR and associations connected with it have comprised: {| class="wikitable sortable"! Date!! Project !! Grant || Ref|-|1999 || Construction of [[Kidderminster Carriage Shed]]||style="text-align:right;" | £1,757,000||<ref>SVR News 130</ref>|-|2001|| Restoration of [[GNR 2701 Composite Corridor]]||style="text-align:right;" | £84,300 || <ref>SVR News 137</ref>|-|2001|| [[Kidderminster Railway Museum]]|| style="text-align:right;" | £177,500|| <ref>[https://www.heritagefund.org.uk/our-work/kidderminster-railway-museum-roof-and-canopy-restoration Heritage Lottery Fund]</ref>|-|2004 || Staging of [[Railcar50]]||style="text-align:right;" | £49,100|| <ref>SVR News 148, 149</ref>|-|2005|| [[Western Locomotive Association]] overhaul of [[BR Class 52 D1062 Western Courier|D1062 Western Courier]] ||style="text-align:right;" | £45,500|| |-|2005 || Construction of [[The Engine House]] ||style="text-align:right;" | £3,464,000|| <ref>SVR News 152</ref>|-|2006|| [[Trevithick 200]] construction of [[Catch Me Who Can]]||style="text-align:right;" | £10,000||<ref>[https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/grants/0030041930 National Lottery 28 November 2006] (Retrieved 13 April 2021)</ref>|-|2007-08|| Recovery from the [[2007 Storm Damage]] ||style="text-align:right;" | £250,000|| <ref>[[Bibliography#Books | Sowden (2012), P28]]</ref>|-|2014 || [[GWR 4930 Hagley Hall]]|| style="text-align:right;" | £95,000 || <ref>[https://www.svrtrust.org.uk/index.php?page=Hagley%20Hall Charitable Trust]</ref>|-|2017 || [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd#Endowment_Future_Fund|Future Fund]]|| style="text-align:right;" | £500,000 || <ref>[https://www.svrtrust.org.uk/Future-Fund Charitable Trust Future Fund]</ref>|-|2017-2019|| [[Falling Sands Viaduct]]|| style="text-align:right;" | £925,600 || <ref>[https://www.svr.co.uk/NewsItem.aspx?a=875 SVR website]</ref>|-|2020|| [[2020 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic]]|| style="text-align:right;" | £250,000 || <ref>[https://www.shropshirestar.com/entertainment/attractions/2020/07/15/severn-valley-railway-receives-250000-funding-boost-ahead-of-reopening/ Smith, R., 'Severn Valley Railway receives £250,000 funding boost ahead of reopening', Shropshire Star, 15 July 2020] (Retrieved 15 July 2020)</ref>|} Note: in 2020 [[SVR(H)]] received a further £906,000 from the Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage. This was funded by Government and administered at arms length by Historic England and the National Lottery Heritage Fund.<ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/news/445-heritage-organisations-saved-by-103-million-investment-from-government Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport] (Retrieved 9 October 2020)</ref> ==People's Postcode Lottery==In December 2017 the [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd | SVR Charitable Trust]] announced an award of £10,000 from the Postcode Local Trust, a grant-giving charity funded entirely by players of People's Postcode Lottery, to construct an Anderson shelter and covered seating area at The [[Engine House]].

*[[:Category:European Union (and predecessors) funding|European Union (and predecessors) funding]]*[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1990-1999]]<br>*[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2000-2009]]<br>*[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2010-2019]]