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March 2012
Michael MurrayLondon Development ManagerHeritage Lottery Fund
Graeme McKirdy
Development Officer
South East England
Who We Are
A National Lottery Good Cause
www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk
Since 1994 HLF has made more than 35,000 grants worth
£5.4billion
HLF has awarded over £281m to over 1050 archive and library
projects
All money raise through ticket sales
A Magnificent Town and Its Flying Machines Bexley Local Studies and Archive Centre, Grant Award - £50,000
Total UK wide grant budget for 2013/14 of £402 million
£17,628,000 for South East England region
HLF Budgets 2013/14 for regions & countries
Priority Development Areas
Who can apply?
Public and not-for-profit organisations such as:
• Community or voluntary groups
• Youth clubs or organisations
• Charities or trusts
• Faith organisations
• Parish councils or local authorities
Also:
• Private owners of heritage assets in cases of clear public benefit
‘A lasting difference for heritage and people’
We will achieve this through our projects delivering a broad range of
14 Outcomes. These come under 3 headings:
What difference will your project make for -
• Heritage
• People
• Communities
Depending on the programme you apply for, there will be a different mix of the 14.
Some may address them all, some will only achieve a few
Programmes have different ‘weighted’ outcomes
Sharing Heritage Grant requests of £3,000 to £10,000
First World War: then and now Grant requests of £3,000 to £10,000
Our Heritage Grant requests of £10,000 to £100,000
Young Roots Grant requests of £10,000 to £50,000
Open Single Round programmes
Targeted & 2 round funding programmes
•Townscape Heritage•Landscapes Partnerships
•Parks for People•Grants for Places of Worship
•Skills for the Future•Collecting Cultures *New*
•Start-up Grants•Heritage Enterprise
•Heritage Grants (Grant requests £100,000+)
Collecting Cultures programme
•Grants of Between £50,000 - £500,000•Museums, Libraries & Archives *•5% Contribution for grants over £100,000•50% of Grant used for collection purchase
– Support development of collection– Enhance professional knowledge– Increase resilience of organisation
•Project enquiries received by 3rd March•Deadline for full applications 12 noon 2nd May 2014
Collecting CulturesInformation & Advice
Sessions
•Wed 5th February, 1 - 4pmV&A Museum, London
RSVP to [email protected]
•Mon 10th February, 1 – 3.30pmMuseum of the Great Western
Railway, SwindonRSVP to
• 2 round process
• Detailed application form
• Supporting documents requests
• 12 weeks to assess each round
• Partnership funding required; 5% < £1million & 10% > £1million
• SE committee make decisions on awards between £100,000 and £2 million
• Deadlines
Heritage GrantsGrants request £100,000 +
Rambert Dance Company:
Rambert Moves Dance Archive project
Grant Award: £378,200
• Fit out of archive space in new Southbank building
• Cataloguing the complete collection
• Costume conservation• Learning programme• Training volunteers• Digitisation of VHS tapes
1st Round Application
3 months assessment
Development Phase & Review
Upto 18 months
2nd Round Application
3 months assessment
Two Round Application Process
Lifecycle of a project
Project ideas
Design briefs
Outline proposals
Detailed proposals
Final proposals
Project Enquiry
Form
10 days to respond
Our HeritageGrants of £10,000 to £100,000
• No application deadline
• Can fund up to 100% of project costs
• Decision in 8 weeks
• One short application
• Applications meet 2 outcomes (one for heritage and one for people)
The Huntleys Biography Project, Krik Krak £49,500
John Tweed - The Empire Sculptor, Rodin’s Friend
Reading Museum Grant award £22,900
• A learning project with associated conservation
• An exhibition Programme of activities and events for specific audiences including master classes and study days. An artist led community project Digital outputs
• Conservation: 5 at risk sculptures2 oil paintings 20 archival works relating to Tweed
• Conservation and preservation work on the manuscripts and collection specimens, including re-housing materials
• Catalogue and digitise the Jones Collection, including specimens, and bound manuscript
• Creation of a website featuring digital images of his work, his archive and butterfly specimen collection. Pages geared to different age groups and with differing levels of research experience and needs.
• Exhibition
• Workshops geared to various audiences
• Williams Jones Lecture and publication.
Flying Icons: The Collection of W. Jones (1745-1818)
Oxford University Museum of Natural History Grant award £38,400
Transition Funding – Grants of £10,000 - £100,000
• Available to HLF funded organisations in the UK who want to achieve significant strategic change
• Become more resilient and sustain improved management of heritage for the long term
• New skills or knowledge
• New governance models
• Develop new leadership
• Business or income generation structure
• Single Round, decisions in 8 weeks.
Young RootsGrants of £10,000 to £50,000
• Projects must be led by young people and require a heritage partner
• Aims to get 11 – 25 year olds involved in heritage for the first time
• Decision within 8 weeks• Projects up to 2 years• No application deadlines• Can fund up to 100% • Can apply for mentor support
as part of grant
Re-animating Dreamland Animate & Create CIC
Grant award £22,800
• Researching cultural and social significance
• Twenty-four young people explored the diverse and changing history of the Dreamland amusement park and cinema.
• Their findings were captured and brought to life through ‘stop-motion’ animation. The film premiered at the Carlton Cinema, Westgate, and was shown at the South East's annual animation festival, Canterbury Anifest.
• It will also be screened at Dreamland when it reopens as part of their interpretation and learning strategy.
• New small grants programme
• No application deadline
• Decision in 8 weeks
• Short application form
• For not-for-profit groups wishing to explore, share and celebrate their heritage
• Must meet one outcome for people
Sharing HeritageGrants of £3,000 to £10,000
Funding for ArchivesGot an idea for a project; what next?
HLF does not have any specific archive criteria however, here are some areas for you to consider:
• Archives, digitisation and cataloguing can all be funded. We won’t fund projects to catalogue or digitise an entire collection.
• We cannot fund the conservation or cataloguing of private collections unless enhanced public access outweighs private gain.
• How will the original source material be conserved after the project?
• Can you demonstrate that the original material is at risk of degradation or loss?
• Is your archive PD5454 compatible? If not, can you demonstrate that the environmental conditions are suitable for the long term care of your collection?
• Training and volunteers are important; we can support skills development (e.g. object handling, digitisation, conservation, exhibition design, cataloguing)
• How will you select items for digitisation and what kind of digitised material will most help you to meet the aims of your project?
• Have you considered themes, subject and formats that will suit or target your project audience?
• How will your archive material be accessible in the long term and how will you preserve it?
• Your staffing for the project – is it compatible with HLF guidance, and does it represent value for money?
• Lots of guidance is available on our website at:
http://www.hlf.org.uk/HowToApply/furtherresources/Documents/ Thinking_about_Archives_people_and_communities.pdf
Think about…
• We can help you to buy heritage items however, purchase alone is not enough – all projects must meet our criteria
• We will not support purchase that is above market value; independent valuation is required
• Urgent acquisitions are possible within a single HG round, but you need to demonstrate how the item will be integrated into existing
learning programmes
Acquisition of heritage items
Murdoch Foot letter runKingston University, £107,300
• Get advice – speak to the Development Team
• Be clear – don’t use jargon
• Check your application, especially the finance section
• Read the guidance carefully, use help notes and application checklist
• Think carefully about your 200 word project summary• Don’t start your project before we have assessed it
Crayford Town Archives, £39,500William White Autograph Book
Some tips…
How can the development team help?
• Provide advice and support before you apply• Project Enquiry Form available on our website
[email protected] 020 7591 6048
