Heritage Lottery Fund

2. Hertfordshire Sustainable
Funding Fair : Hatfield
11 November 2013
Kate Brown Development Officer

3. Heritage Lottery Funding – Our
programmes outlined
- What is Heritage
- Information on our grant programmes
and
- How Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) can help you

4. retailer
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How many of you play the
Lottery…? This is where
our money comes from
good causes including
Heritage Lottery
the lucky
winner!

5. 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

6. What is Heritage?
What do you think of when we
say Heritage?

7. Is it this?

8. What about this?

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Or this?

10. learning…
conservation…
Heritage can be all
of those things…
but it can also be…
enjoying
getting
involved…

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. outcomes
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.
Bushey Rose Garden, £942,000

14. heritage
the outcomes in more detail
people
communities

15. 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
Stevenage Town Centre Gardens £88K
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16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. HOAC Green Flag Awards 15 August 2013
Cheshunt Cedars Park 50K

20. 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

21. 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.

22. our main grant
programmes

23. Sharing Heritage
£3,000 - £10,000
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

24. Our Heritage
£10,000 to £100,000
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
Living Costume £ 23,300
Any not-for-profit group can apply,
local authorities, partnerships, for
profit groups and individual
owners of heritage

25. Our Heritage

28. St Albans’ signal box 50K

29. Heritage Grants
£100,000 -£5,000,000

30. 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

31. Young Roots
£10,000 - £50,000
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
Friends of Cherry Hill £30,000K
projects MUST be a partnership
between a youth body and
a heritage organisation

32. outcomes for Young Roots
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

33. Jaywick: Life on the edge £25K

34. our special grant
programmes

35. 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

36. 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%...

37. And…
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

38. outcomes for Grants for
Places of Worship
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

39. 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

40. How can we help you with
your project idea?

41. 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

42. 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