Hertfordshire Sustainable

Funding Fair : Hatfield

11 November 2013 Kate Brown Development Officer

- What is Heritage

- Information on our grant programmes

and

- How Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) can help you

Heritage Lottery Funding – Our

programmes outlined

How many of you play the

Lottery…? This is where

our money comes from

government

camelot

the lucky

winner!

retailer

good causes including

Heritage Lottery

Heritage Lottery Fund is

the UK’s largest

dedicated funder of

heritage

More than £4.4billion

spent across the UK…

£375million in the East

of England…

Over £30m across

Herts…

There is competition for

our funds.

Verulamium Museum, £850k

What is Heritage?

What do you think of when we

say Heritage?

Is it this?

What about this?

Or this? 26

Heritage can be all

of those things…

but it can also be…

learning…

getting

involved…

conservation…

enjoying

What is a “project”?

We see a “project” as work or activity that: is not

part of the everyday work of your organisation and

has a time limit for when it should be carried out;

and has specific aims.

We give priority to applications from not-for-profit

organisations. This can include charitable or

voluntary groups, a Local Authority (including town

or parish councils), and schools etc.

We can fund capital work such as restoring an

old bus, refitting a museum display or conserving

an archive.

We can pay revenue costs, such as new staff to

help deliver a project.

We can pay for volunteer training and activities

and events that help the community to get

involved.

A project may typically last for three years but

could be anything from six months to five years.

Heritage Lottery has moved

away from ‘criteria’; instead,

we want applicants to focus

on the ‘outcomes’ of the

project.

The outcomes are the

difference you will make with

Lottery money.

To help applicants, we have

created a menu of 14

outcomes.

outcomes

Bushey Rose Garden, £942,000

the outcomes in more detail

heritage

people

communities

outcomes for heritage

with HLF investment, heritage

will be:

- heritage is better managed;

- in better condition;

- better interpreted and

explained; and

- Identified and/or recorded

n Stevenage Town Centre Gardens £88K

outcomes for people

with HLF investment, heritage will

have:

- learnt about heritage (weighted

in all grants);

- developed skills;

- changed their attitude and/or

behaviour;

- had an enjoyable experience;

and

- volunteered their time

The de Havilland Airfield

Community Heritage project £37,100

outcomes for communities

with HLF investment:

- 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

Lost Rails of Hertfordshire £49K

why should we fund

your bid?

Meeting Outcomes is only

part of our assessment.

We look carefully at value

for money

Tell us why you need

Lottery money and why

now

Think about how you will

demonstrate evidence of

need: include letters of

support

Hertfordshire’s Hidden

Histories, £48,400

HOAC Green Flag Awards 15 August 2013

Cheshunt Cedars Park 50K

If my bid is unsuccessful, can I apply again?

Yes…

If I have received funding before from HLF,

can I apply again?

Yes! We won’t fund a project we have funded

before, and it may strengthen a new bid if you

can show ‘lessons learned’ from any previous

project.

If you are planning lots of bids to us… prioritise

your applications

Development areas

These are areas across the East of

England which may have had less

funding than others.

There is no ring-fenced money for these

areas, but we do extra outreach to

encourage bids.

In Hertfordshire we focus on Broxbourne,

Three Rivers and Watford.

our main grant

programmes

Grants to help share and celebrate

community heritage

Projects lasting up to 12 months

NO fixed match-funding

requirement

One short application form

Apply at any time

Decision in 8 weeks

Any not-for-profit group can apply

Sharing Heritage

£3,000 - £10,000

Grants to help share and celebrate

community heritage

Projects lasting up to 3 years

NO fixed match-funding

requirement

One round application

Apply at any time

Decision in 8 weeks

Any not-for-profit group can apply,

local authorities, partnerships, for

profit groups and individual

owners of heritage

Our Heritage

£10,000 to £100,000

Living Costume £ 23,300

Our Heritage

St Albans’ signal box 50K

Heritage Grants

£100,000 -£5,000,000

Heritage Grants

Two round application process with development phase in the middle

£100,000 - £2million applications 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

quarterly deadlines:

up to £2million decided by our East Of England Committee

over £2million go to National Board

match-funding required 5-10% - depends on the size of the grant

request

Grants to help young people (11 to

25) take part in heritage activities

Projects lasting up to 3 years

NO fixed match-funding

requirement

One application form

Apply at any time

Decision in 8 weeks

projects MUST be a partnership

between a youth body and

a heritage organisation

Young Roots £10,000 - £50,000

Friends of Cherry Hill £30,000K

The six outcomes which a Young Roots application must

deliver are:

- people: developed skills;

- people: learnt about heritage;

- people: changed their attitude or behaviour;

- people: had an enjoyable experience;

- communities: more people and a wider range of people

will have engaged with heritage; and

- at least one outcome from our heritage category

outcomes for Young Roots

Jaywick: Life on the edge £25K

our special grant

programmes

First World War:

then and now £3,000 - £10,000

Grants to explore diverse aspects of

First World War

Projects lasting up to 2 years

NO fixed match-funding requirement

One application form

Apply at any time

Decision in 8 weeks

Any not-for-profit group can

apply

Grants for Places of Worship

urgent structural repairs

are the priority…

you can apply up for a grant

between £10,000 and

£250,000;

four deadlines per year open

to all listed grades;

two-round application

process; and

we can fund up to 95%...

up to 15% of the overall

project cost can be toward

new facilities…

in addition to structural

repair, projects must also

encourage wider public

access…

this grant is now open for

applications

And…

From our list of 14 outcomes, there are two outcomes

which a Grants for Places of Worship application

must deliver.

They are:

- heritage in a better condition (weighted); and

- more people, and a wider range of people, will

have engaged with heritage

outcomes for Grants for

Places of Worship

and still more…..

Start up grants - £3-10K

To create constitutional

framework and assess

options for managing/taking

on the Heritage

business planning

/training/options appraisals

Plus….. on our website

Guidance if your project

involves: Learning, Digital

ideas, Interpretation..

Case Studies

Dates for Events: Funding

fairs/ office surgeries

How can we help you with

your project idea?

Talk to us! Funding

maybe competitive but

we are always looking

for good projects to

fund!

Use the

project enquiry service

and get feedback and

advice from us on your

bid before you apply!

Watford Caribbean Association £23k

Contact us!

For more information and

advice www.hlf.org.uk

Kate Brown,

Development Officer

01223 224883

kateb@hlf.org.uk

or contact the regional office

on 01223 224870.

Heritage Lottery Fund

Terrington House

13-15 Hills Road

Cambridge CB2 1NL