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Who we are

Who we are. One of four lottery funders in Scotland Team of staff based in Edinburgh Funding projects that make a lasting difference to heritage and people. What is heritage?. “Heritage is our legacy from the past, what we live with today and what we pass on to future generations.” UNESCO.

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Who we are

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  1. Who we are • One of four lottery funders in Scotland • Team of staff based in Edinburgh • Funding projects that make a lasting difference to heritage and people

  2. What is heritage? “Heritage is our legacy from the past, what we live with today and what we pass on to future generations.” UNESCO • Historic buildings and sites • Natural heritage e.g. historic parks, wetlands, red kites, bumblebees • Museums, archives and collections • Cultural heritage e.g. oral history, place names, skills and traditions Outcomes for Heritage, People and Communities

  3. Outcomes for Heritage • Better managed • In better condition • Better interpreted and explained • Identified and/or recorded

  4. Outcomes for People • Developed skills • Learnt about heritage • Changed their attitudes or behaviour • Had an enjoyable experience • Volunteered time

  5. Outcomes for Communities • Environmental impacts will be reduced • More people will have engaged with heritage • Organisations will be more resilient • Local economies will be boosted • Local communities will be a better place to live

  6. Sharing Heritage • Grants from £3,000 - £10,000 • Exploring, sharing, and celebrating community heritage • For not-for-profit groups • 8 week assessment • Can fund up to 100% • No application deadline • Projects have to engage people with heritage

  7. Our Heritage • Grants from £10,000 - £100,000 • Prioritise not-for profit groups • 8 week assessment • Can fund up to 100% • No application deadlines • Projects have to engage people in heritage and achieve outcomes for heritage

  8. Young Roots • For young people aged 11 – 25 years • Grants from £10,000 - £50,000 • Can fund up to 100% • Assessment within 8 weeks • Must have heritage and youth partner

  9. Outcomes Young People: • Developing skills & challenging attitudes • Learning and exploring heritage • Celebrating achievements with the wider community • Having fun! • Helping young people to explore heritage • Partnership of youth and heritage organisations

  10. First World War: then & now • Exploring legacy of the Great War • Grants from £3,000 - £10,000 • Not-for-profit groups • 8 week assessment • Can pay up to 100% • No application deadline • Projects have to meet at least one outcome for people

  11. Gordon Highlanders Museum • Grant of £8,300 • ‘Oh What a Lovely War – The fact, The fiction’ • Young people researching the war to understand more about the impact using collections at the museum • Aberdeen Amateur Opera Society performance

  12. Golden Times Stories • Merkinch Community Centre, Inverness • Grant of £30,500 • Training in oral history for volunteers • Produced films on work, school, play, transport etc. • Celebration showing artefacts • goldenstories.co.uk

  13. Scapa Flow Landscape Partnership • Grant of £1.3m • Led by Orkney Islands Council • 5 year project focused on landscape • Important marine heritage, wildlife, wartime, cultural heritage • Sharing skills – boatbuilding, nature conservation, traditions and stories

  14. What next?

  15. Next steps Look at the website www.hlf.org.uk Make sure your project has a heritage focus Send in a project enquiry form Act on our advice!

  16. Contact us Heritage Lottery Fund 38 Thistle Street Edinburgh EH2 1EN 0131 225 9450 New Follow us on Twitter @HLFScotland

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