We want to help groups and organisations of all sizes with projects that aim to:– Conserve and enhance the

UK's diverse heritage– Ensure that everyone can

learn about, have access to, and enjoy their heritage

– Encourage more people to be involved in, and make decisions about, their heritage

We also aim to bring about a more equitable spread of our grants across the UK

What are our aims?

Support For ApplicantsThe Heritage Lottery Fund has a programme of outreach and development work aimed at increasing uptake of our grants, particularly from geographic areas or communities which have not traditionally accessed our funding

This work falls into two main areas:

Raising awareness of HLF and our funding programmes

Support for specific projects

Raising awareness of HLF and our funding programmes

As part of our General communications and advocacy work we :

Generate media coverage, particularly around project events and openings

Attend specific awareness raising events,

Deliver General Briefings Mainly strategic / policy led, chief executive level, key politicians, key organisations

Provide Targeted InformationLooking at areas of work or groupings of projects key officers / individuals with access to wider networks which we are interested in

Support for specific projectsWe provide a comprehensive pre- application

advice service.

Provide feedback on specific pre application enquiries submitted to the office.

Deliver workshops on developing applicationsIndividuals and groups usually brought together for us through contacts in the community

Run SurgeriesBook able slots of about an hour to discuss specific projects, again orginised through networks or groups we invite

Arrange Site VisitsUsually later in the process to resolve specific issues or, at an earlier stage for large / complex projects

What do we mean by heritage?

You can apply for a grant from us if:

• You are a not-for-profit organisation

• You have a constitution and a bank account

• Your project is concerned with heritage

• You need a grant of £5,000 or more (although we have other grant schemes for smaller projects)

Who can apply for a grant?

What types of project can we fund?

Heritage works: Building repairs restoration and

conservation work Buying items, land or buildings

important to the heritage Improving intellectual and physical

access to heritage items or places, so people can more readily experience and enjoy it

What types of project can we fund?

Heritage activities which: Will increase learning about the

heritage Aim to widen involvement and

participation in recording and conserving heritage

Involve volunteers and the local community in their heritage

What types of project can’t we fund?

No heritage focus Routine repair work/ongoing maintenance Buying furniture/fittings/general

equipment General running costs Loan repayments or mortgages Non specific project costs. Project development costs

Making the case for your project

The starting point is your idea

plan your project well, be realistic about costs and

timetables and in telling us about your project,

try to be as clear as possible about the heritage which will be at the core of your project.

Step 1. Tell us about the heritage you

are interested in what occurred or has been inherited

from the past that forms the heritage at the heart of your project ?

who this is important to and why it is important to them? Can you tell us how you know this?

why is the project needed and what would happen if the project doesn’t take place?

Step 2. What will your project achieve and how does this relate to the

issues you have identified. what will change as a result of the

project and how will this improve things?

are you able to show how the heritage at the heart of your project will be cared for or better looked after our funding runs out.

who supports what you want to do, who doesn’t and how do you know this?

Step 3. Show that your project is

something that we should fund (our criteria),

are you able to show how your project will encourage more people to be involved in their heritage and share this importance with other people in ways which make it easy for them to take part?

To qualify for a grant the project must:

Increase opportunities for learning about heritage - Education;

And Open up heritage resources and

sites to the widest possible audiences - Access

The project must also

Conserve and enhance the heritage at the core of your project;

or Encourage communities to

identify, look after and celebrate their heritage – Involvement

Or do both.

Step 4Show that your group can

deliver what you say and the benefits of the project will be

lasting.

do you feel that you have a realistic and sensible timetable for your project?

do you have the necessary skills and experience to do what you intend or do you know who you can ask for help?

have you Identified the important things you need to do to deliver your project and have a realistic idea of what this will cost based on quotes?

do you know where all the money you need will come from, when you will need it and on what it will be spent?

is it clear who is responsible for each part of the project?

have you thought carefully about what might possibly go wrong and have you planed to reduce the chances of this happening?

how you will know if the project has been a success?

Step 5Spend time getting the fine

detail right before you send in the application. It helps to give

us confidence in you and speeds up the process.

have you paid particular attention to the items on the checklist at the back of application form?

does your group have a clear constitution and a bank account?

have the declaration and contract in the application form been signed by the most senior person within your organisation, this should NOT be the main contact for the project?

If you use our electronic application form, be sure to send us a full hard copy and make sure that the person who signs the contract and declaration initials each page?

Do your figures add up? In particular check that your partnership funding added to your grant request is equal to your total project costs?

How Your Heritage bids are assessed

Does project meet HLF’s priorities? Is there a need or demand for the project? Is the project well thought out and will work

be of high quality? How will the project be managed during

and after completion? How will the success of the project be

measured? Are the project costs sound and do they

provide good value for money?

Finally, if anything is unclear, ask.

Some Examples of Projects

Small

Celebration of 40 Years of Telford

This project aims to celebrate the recent past of Telford and create an awareness of the importance of this history amongst those aged 3-25.

Music, writing, dance and visual arts are being used in a series of live events which are open to the public to bring this history alive. The project also involves an exhibition of film and video clips relating to the history of the area. Grant: Your Heritage

Type: Culture and local traditions

Applicant: Borough of Telford and Wrekin

Location: Telford

Award: £15,000

Your Heritage West Midlands Culture and local traditions

Festival of South Asia

In August 2003, the Belgrade Theatre joined forces with Coventry Asian Arts and Cultural Forum to introduce people to the long history, heritage and culture of South East Asia.

They organised a day of activities which included music, dance, sari dressing, cookery, mendhi, comedy, animation, poetry and literature to enable the wider public to be involved in and learn about this heritage.

Grant: Your Heritage

Type: Culture and local traditions

Applicant: Coventry Asian Arts and Cultural Forum

Location: Coventry

Award: £18,385

Your Heritage West Midlands Culture and local traditions

From Baden Powell to Morrissey

The Club will work in partnership with the Urbis museum and a number of community artists and historians, to produce an exhibition marking the centenary of the club.

The project also involves digitising and conserving the Club’s archive collection stretching back to 1904. The building itself has particular importance as it has been used by a number of music celebrities and has since gained iconic status itself- notably through the Manchester group The Smiths.Grant: Young Roots

Type: Records and collections

Applicant: Salford Lads and Girls Club

Location: Salford

Award: £25,000

Young Roots North West Records and collections

Larger than life

This project has made the previously inaccessible and important archive of George M Woodward available by cataloguing, remedial, and preventative conservation and transferral of the 494 original archive images to CD Rom.

This project has also enabled the public to experience the 18th C caricatures for the first time through interpretive leaflets and an associated exhibition.

Grant: Your Heritage

Type: Records and Collections

Applicant: Derbyshire Record Office

Location: Matlock, Derbyshire

Award: £33,000

Your Heritage East Midlands Records and Collections

Restoration of Elmton Well and pondThis project restored the medieval village well and the village pond, providing drainage and access to the site.

Provision of access and interpretation at the site has ensured that the well, its associated festivals and the surrounding environment are conserved and protected for the future.

Grant: Your Heritage

Type: Historic Buildings and sites

Applicant: Elmton Community Association

Location: Elmton, Worksop

Award: £41,000

Your Heritage East Midlands Historic Buildings and sites

Ancient Egypt in Africa

The Petrie Museum has one of the most inspiring collections of Egyptian and Sudanese archaeology in the world. The project funded two part-time outreach workers who worked with Afro-Caribbean and Egyptian community organisations to develop educational resources.

These will enable increased understanding and enjoyment of the museum’s designated collections for children.

Your Heritage London Records and collections

Grant: Your Heritage

Type: Records and collections

Applicant: Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology

Location: Camden, London

Award: £48,800

Medium

Thompson B1 Locomotive Restoration

The Thompson BI Locomotive is one of only 410 engines to be built and only two now survive.

The project is to restore the rare locomotive and return it to public service on the preserved lines of The Great Central Station. A coach for disabled travellers has also been provided.

Heritage Grants East Midlands Industrial, transport and maritime

Grant: Heritage Grants

Type: Industrial, transport and maritime heritage

Applicant: Thompson BI Locomotive Trust

Location: Loughborough

Award: £51,600

Leicestershire Heritage Trail

This project was to set up 8 parish Heritage Watch groups to investigate, collect, study and record natural heritage important to local people and produce action plans to address matters of local concern.

It also funded the recruitment of a network of parish wardens and volunteers who were fully trained on researching local Heritage issues.Grant: Heritage Grants

Type: Records and Collections

Applicant: Leicestershire Museum’s Arts and Records Service

Location: Leicestershire

Award: £88,200

Heritage Grants East Midlands Records and Collections

Heage Windmill

Heage Windmill is a grade II listed tower mill of strong local interest and national technical interest dating from c1797. It is also reported as the only stone built tower mill with more than 4 sails in the country (it has 6 sails!). The project to conserve and restore the windmill, bringing it back into working order has provided opportunities for wider public access and enjoyment of the building.Grant: Heritage Grants

Type: Historic buildings and sites

Applicant: Derbyshire County Council and Heage Windmill Society

Location: Heage

Award: £163,855Heritage Grants East Midlands Historic buildings and sites

Large

National Tramway Museum

As well as the Museums significant fleet of over 70 tram cars, the Museum also holds an important associated collection of artifacts, film and video, photos and publications in its library.

This project enabled the construction of a new extension to the library which improved storage space and environmental conditions. It also enhanced interpretation of and access to the collection which had previously been restricted.

Grant: Heritage Grants

Type: Industrial, maritime and transport heritage

Applicant: The Tramway Museum Society

Location: Crich, Amber Valley

Award: £980,500

Heritage Grants East Midlands Industrial, maritime and transport

Adams Building

The Grade II* listed building was designed in 1855 by Thomas Chamber Hine, an eminent Victorian architect. The project was to restore and enhance many of the original features.

The building has been transformed to a major new education and training centre for 8,000 New College Nottingham students.

Grant: Heritage Grants

Type: Historic buildings and sites

Applicant: Clarendon College Nottingham Corporation

Location: Nottingham

Award: £7.75m

Heritage Grants East Midlands Historic buildings and sites