Andrew Trump has worked as an arts manager (New England Theatre Company, Q Theatre), an events and celebrations manager (Australia Day Council of NSW, NSW Centenary of Federation Committee), and a local government cultural planner (Gold Coast City Council). He is currently responsible for the design, development, implementation and management of a new three year grants program, part of the Heritage Near Me initiative of the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage. Heritage Near Me Program The Heritage Near Me incentives program is part of an initiative announced by the then-Minister for Heritage in 2015. Heritage Near Me is an innovative new program that empowers NSW communities to protect, share and celebrate their local heritage. The program has three funding streams: Local Heritage Green Energy Grants; Local Heritage Activation Grants; and, Local Heritage Strategic Projects. This talk will outline the applicant guidelines for each stream, the current priorities for funding, and provide examples of recent successful applicants. For more information: http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/Heritage/heritage-support.htm

1. Protect, share & celebrate
our local heritage
Andrew Trump, Heritage Near Me

2. Heritage encompasses many things -
diversity of natural and cultural places,
lifestyles, traditions, objects, history
and values. Heritage helps us
understand our past, the Australian
landscape and who we are.

3. The Heritage Near Me Incentives
program has been developed to
address gaps in existing funding and
resourcing for local heritage in NSW
and provides grants directly to owners
and managers of local heritage items.

4. Program funding
$28.5 million over 4 years – until June 2019
$8 million Heritage Activation grants
$6 million Local Heritage Strategic Projects
$2 million Heritage Green Energy grants
$5 million Heritage Office Database upgrade
$4 million Heritage Roadshow team
$300,000 Heritage Near Me web app
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5. A year in grants
2016/17 Heritage Activation grants
• 147 applications for funding
• 38 successful Activation projects
• $2.6 million handed out
On the 13th February 2017, we opened a new
round of Heritage Activation grants and launched
the Local Heritage Strategic Projects.
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Funding comparison
Activities benefiting an item that is listed on both the SHR and an LEP are
only eligible for funding through Heritage Near Me if there is no applicable
State Heritage Grants program.
Activity Listing
State Heritage Grants
program
HNM Incentives program
Aboriginal heritage item -
management reports and
strategic plans
SHR or AP Aboriginal Heritage N/A
LEP N/A Local Heritage grants
Aboriginal heritage item
(including restricted or public
access) - conservation works
SHR or AP Aboriginal Heritage N/A
LEP N/A Local Heritage grants
Aboriginal heritage item -
interpretive project or public
program or event
SHR or AP Aboriginal Heritage N/A
LEP N/A Heritage Activation grants

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Funding comparison
Cont.
Activity Listing
State Heritage Grants
program
HNM Incentives program
Conservation works - major
restoration, repair, preservation
SHR Major Works N/A
LEP N/A Local Heritage grants
Compliance and upgrading for
public access/adaptive reuse
SHR Major Works N/A
LEP N/A Heritage Activation grants
Conservation documents and
heritage management reports
SHR Heritage Reports N/A
LEP N/A Local Heritage grants
Strategic, marketing,
programming and business
plans benefiting a heritage item
SHR N/A
Heritage Activation Grants
(only if also listed on LEP)
LEP N/A Heritage Activation grants
Public program, project or event
benefiting a heritage item
SHR N/A
Heritage Activation Grants
(only if also listed on LEP)
LEP N/A Local Heritage grants

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Funding comparison
The following activities do not benefit a particular heritage item. Support
is only available for these types of activities through the current State
Heritage Grants program.
Activity Listing
State Heritage Grants
program
HNM Incentives program
Heritage skills workshops,
training and outreach programs
N/A
Community Heritage Projects
N/A
Applications from local councils
for heritage planning studies,
reviews, management plans etc
N/A
Local Government Heritage
Planning Studies
N/A
Applications from local councils
for funding for locally managed
heritage grants programs
N/A
Local Government Local
Heritage Places
N/A
Applications from local councils
for funding for local heritage
advisors program
N/A
Local Government Local
Heritage Advisors Program
N/A

9. Opportunities for communities

10. The Heritage Near Me Roadshow
aims to:
• encourage communities to embrace their
local heritage through regional events and
local projects
• assist in the coordination of training and
skill development opportunities
• enable communities to promote and
activate their local heritage
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12. Heritage Near Me Roadshow events
• Broken Hill Heritage City Week, Broken
Hill, October 2016
• Celebrating Clarence Valley’s Heritage,
Grafton, March 2017
• Arts & Heritage event, South Coast, July
2017
• Western Sydney Design event,
September 2017
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13. Heritage Near Me Roadshow team
• Multi-skilled team directing people to
grants and resources to best suit their
needs
• Focus on collaborative outcomes and
solutions that are agile, responsive and
innovative
• Invest in communities for long term
benefits and program, legacy
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14. Most common avenue for
heritage engagement is
tourism and visitation.

15. Heritage Near Me web app
• The HNM web app will be an
educative tourism and
storytelling app
• It will provide engaging historical
and contemporary stories related
to NSW heritage sites and social
history
• The web app will showcase the
diversity of heritage sites across
NSW
• It will feature mobile friendly text
content and immersive images,
standard and 360 videos
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16. If we really wish to put an end to our
ongoing international and social
problems, we must eventually declare
Earth as the common heritage of all.
- Jacque Fresco

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More information
Contact the Heritage Near Me program:
Phone: 02 9873 8544
Email: heritage.nearme@environment.nsw.gov.au
Website: www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritage-near-me
We’re also on social media!
Instagram: @nswenvironmentandheritage
YouTube: @OEHmedia
Twitter: @OEHmedia