Outline of seminar

Background: Who is HLF?

What is heritage?

HLF’s grant programmes

Making a good application

How can we help?

Who we are

• One of four lottery funders in Scotland

• Support heritage projects – all sizes and types

• Funding projects that make a lasting difference to heritage and people

• Fund a variety of heritage through 16 different programmes

Priority Areas

• 3 Priority Areas in Scotland for 2013 – 2018

• 2 further Secondary Areas

• Dedicated Development Officer for each Priority Area

• Additional support to bring forward good applications

Priority Area Case Study

Falkirk was a Priority Area from 2008 – 2013. In these 5 years they doubled the HLF investment of the previous 14 and successfully brought forward a wide range of projects. These included Church repair projects, Young people led projects, Townscape Heritage, projects working in collaboration with other national or local authority led partnerships and large number of small grants focussed on local heritage.

A lasting difference for heritage and people

Strategic Framework 2013 – 2018

Funding

Good news HLF will award £400m this

year to projects across the UK - more than twice as much as we expected

in 2008

Butchallenging economic

conditions andcontinued pressure on

public sector finances

New opportunities

• Digital • Skills• Sustainability

• Heritage at risk

• Environment

What do we fund?

• Is there a heritage focus?

• Is it a project? – cannot fund core costs

• We give priority to not-for-profit organisations*

• Ownership requirements for land, objects or buildings

• Funding from £3,000 upwards!

What is heritage?

What is heritage?

Historic buildings and sites

Natural heritage (e.g. historic parks, biodiversity etc)

Museums, archives and collections

Industrial, transport & maritime heritage

‘Intangible’ heritage (e.g. oral history, language and dialect, place names, cultural traditions etc)

“Heritage is our legacy from the past, what we live with today and what we pass on to future generations.” UNESCO

Built heritage

• Historic buildings• Archaeological sites• Historic cemeteries• Bridges• Monuments• Churches• Harbours • Townscapes etc

Natural Heritage

• Woodland and forests• Mountains • Coasts and rivers • Bogs and wetlands• Species and habitats• Historic parks and gardens

Cultural heritage

For example:

Oral/ spoken history (people’s memories)

History of language and dialects

Place names

Cultural traditions (festivals, stories, crafts)

Heritage skills

History of traditional music and dance

Histories of people, communities, places and events

Museums, archives and collections

• Museums

• Archives and records

• Libraries (special collections)

• Old photographs

Industrial heritage

• Industries (e.g. mining, fishing,

agriculture)

• Maritime• Transport – railways etc

Grant Programmes

A lasting difference

Heritage

People

Communities

Better managed In better condition Better interpreted and explained Identified and/or recorded

Developed skills Learnt about heritage Changed their attitudes or behaviour Had an enjoyable experience Volunteered time

Environmental impacts will be reduced More people will have engaged with heritage Organisations will be more resilient Local economies will be boosted Local communities will be a better place to live

In assessing projects we will look at the benefits it will bring to the heritage, people and communities. We call these ‘outcomes’.

Grant Programmes

Sharing Heritage

• Celebrating community heritage• Grants from £3,000 - £10,000• Not-for-profit groups• 8 week assessment• No application deadline• Projects have to meet minimum of

one outcome for people

Grant Programmes

Other programmes up to £10,000

• Start-up grants• Catalyst Small grants• First World War: now and then• Celebrate

Grant Programmes

Our Heritage

• Replaces Your Heritage programme• All types of heritage project • Grants from £10,000 - £100,000• 8 week assessment• No application deadlines• Prioritise not-for profit groups but can also

fund private individuals and organisations*• Projects have to meet minimum of one

outcome for heritage and one outcome for people

Grant Programmes

Young Roots

• For projects led by Young People aged 11 – 25

• Relaunched Feb 13• Grants from £10,000 - £50,000• 8 week assessment• No application deadlines• Encourages partnerships between

Youth and Heritage Organisations• Emphasis on developing young

people’s skills and engaging with heritage

Our Grant Programmes

Grants for Places of Worship

• Grants from £10,000 - £250,000• 2 round process• Run with Historic Scotland• High-level, urgent repairs• Scope extended to provide facilities

to make buildings sustainable (up to 15% of total cost)

• Projects will need to meet minimum of one outcome for heritage and one outcome for communities

Our Grant Programmes

Heritage Grants

• Grants from £100,000 +• Two round process• Scotland committee makes decision for

requests up to £2million• Regular deadlines• Can apply for development funding• For not-for-profit organisations and

partnerships lead by not-for-profit organisations

• Projects have to meet minimum of one outcome for heritage, one outcome for people and one outcome for communities (up to £2million)

Our Grant Programmes

Other programmes £100,000 +• Parks for People• Townscape Heritage• Landscape Partnerships• Heritage Enterprise

Project enquiry

First round application

Development phase

Second round application

Delivery phase

Application process

Making a good application

What we will assessCompleting an application

What we will assess

• Value for money - overall benefits of the project in relation to the grant request

And how your application shows that the project:

• Has a clear heritage focus

• Meets our outcomes for heritage, people and communities

• Is an appropriate response to a need or opportunity

• Is financially realistic and has a clear need for lottery funding

• Is well planned and managed

• Will be delivered by an organisation capable of completing the project

Decision-making

Committee/ Board considerations:

Value for money

Case for public funding and risks of not doing project

Need for HLF funding in particular

Projects of exceptional value and lasting importance

How much funding an area has already received and if it is a priority area

What we are unlikely to fund

Projects outside the UK

Salaries of existing staff (we can contribute to full cost recovery for voluntary sector)

Core business or responsibilities (e.g. routine repairs)

Projects that promote the cause or beliefs of political or faith organisations

Common pitfalls in projects

The project has no heritage focus

Project has already started

Project delivers what could be considered ‘everyday work’ of an organisation

Project is too ambitious for the organisation

High costs of maintaining the heritage/benefits after project completion

Not enough partnership funding

No activities to engage people/communities

The application journeyIdea!

• Read the relevant guidance

• Fill in a project enquiry form online

• Act on advice given by Development Officer

Application • Describe what you want to do clearly and succinctly

• Assume we have no prior knowledge

• Make sure the project costs add up

• Ask someone who does not know the project to read a draft application form

• Attach any supporting documents and submit online

• Leave enough time for assessment

Project• If you’re successful you must apply to HLF for permission to start (don’t begin

without us!)

• Keep in touch – regular updates and photos are a must

How can we help?

• Project Enquiry advice – online form

• Monthly advice surgeries in Edinburgh

• Find us at Funding Fairs and Events (info on website)

• Ebulletin

• Website www.hlf.org.uk :

• Application materials

• Guidance documents

• Case studies – examples of projects we’ve funded

• Resources (model of good practice etc)

• Mentor support

Contact us

Megan Combe, Development OfficerHeritage Lottery Fund38 Thistle StreetEdinburghEH2 1EN0131 225 9450MeganC@hlf.org.uk