Funding our literary heritage

20 November 2014

Fiona TalbottHead of Museums, Libraries and Archives

UK-wide heritage funding

National Heritage Memorial Fund

and

Heritage LotteryFund

National Heritage Memorial Fund

Home of Hedd Wyn – Welsh First World War poet

National Heritage Memorial Fund criteria

Importance to the national heritageand

Outstanding interest

and either

At riskor

Memorial nature

HLF grant programmes

Sharing Heritage

• Grants of £3,000 to £10,000 to help share and celebrate community heritage

• projects should last no longer than 12 months

• applications take 8 weeks to assess and can be made at any time

• there is no fixed match-funding requirement

• applications must meet a minimum of one outcome for people

• any not-for-profit group can apply

Our Heritage

• Grants of £10,000 to £100,000 to help share and celebrate community heritage

• applications take 8 weeks to assess and can be made at any time

• there is no fixed match-funding requirement

• applications must meet a minimum of one outcome for heritage and one outcome for people

• not-for-profit groups and private owners of heritage can apply

Heritage Grants

• Grants of £100,000 and over; applications from not-for-profit groups or partnerships led by a not-for-profit group

• quarterly deadlines with bids up to £2million decided upon by our local Committee; bids over £2million by Trustees

• match-funding is required and depends on the size of the grant request

• applications between £100,000 and £2million must deliver a minimum of one outcome from each of the categories (heritage, people and communities); applications of more than £2million must contribute to more than one outcome from each of the categories

How to apply

Key Questions to Ask Yourself

• Why is this heritage important?

• Who is it important to?

• What difference will your project make to your heritage?

• What difference will your project make for people?

• Who will benefit?

• How will you maintain the benefits in the long term?

• Get advice from us before work on a bid is started.

• Get feedback on a project proposal before applying.

• We can give advice, especially on meeting outcomes.

• Respond to all submitted project enquiry forms within 10 working days.

The project enquiry form

• 1st Round [Basic Proposals]• 3 month assessment• Competitive round

• Development work [0-18 months]• Capital costs review

• 2nd Round [Detailed Proposals]• 3 month assessment• Competitive round

Two Round Assessment Process

• outline proposals and costs that tell us who the project will involve, and the sort of activities you are planning

• outline information about how the project will deliver against HLF outcomes

• detailed information about the development phase, costs and timeframe for the work to be funded.

A first round application

• detailed proposals; an activity plan, conservation and business plan (if appropriate)

• detailed costs

• detailed information about how the project will deliver against HLF outcomes

• detailed information about how the heritage will be maintained after the project ends including how the scheme will be evaluated.

A second-round application

Important things to think about

If a bid is unsuccessful, can weapply again?

Yes…

If we have received funding before from HLF, can we apply again?

Yes… but, we won’t fund a project we have funded before.

What about the pre-application advice from HLF’s development officer?

Take this on board - it is surprising how many do not!

Outcomes, outcomes outcomes!

People will have …

• changed their attitudes and/or behaviour

• developed skills

• had an enjoyable experience

• learnt about heritage

• volunteered time

Outcomes

As a result of our investment ...

Community / society …• environmental impacts will be reduced

• more people and a wider range of people will have engaged with heritage

• your local area / community will be a better place to live, work or visit

• your local economy will be boosted

• your organisation will be more resilient.

Outcomes

As a result of our investment ...

Proportionate approach

Sharing Heritage – one outcome for people

Our Heritage – one for heritage and one for people

Heritage Grants under £2m - one each for heritage people and communities

Heritage Grants over £2m – a wide range of outcomes achieved (at least two for heritage, people, communities)

John Murray Archive

Acquisitions

Literary acquisitions

Capital projects

Cathedral Libraries

Activity projects

Tennyson Research Centre

Bishopgate Institute

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