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Heritage Lottery Fund

Heritage Lottery Fund. Heritage Lottery Fund and Church Projects Kelly Spry-Phare Development Officer Diocese of Exeter Event – 19 th October 2011. Heritage Lottery Fund: Grants programmes. The Heritage Lottery Fund is the UK’s leading advocate for the value of heritage to modern life.

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Heritage Lottery Fund

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  1. Heritage Lottery Fund • Heritage Lottery Fund and Church Projects • Kelly Spry-Phare Development Officer • Diocese of Exeter Event – • 19th October 2011 Heritage Lottery Fund – Grant Schemes Heritage Lottery Fund: Grants programmes

  2. The Heritage Lottery Fund is the UK’s leading advocate for the value of heritage to modern life

  3. Heritage Lottery Fund and Church Funding • Repair Grants for Places of Worship • Standard HLF open programmes – Your Heritage and Heritage Grants

  4. Priorities for Funding • All Projects must have a focus on heritage and also must demonstrate our priorities for support • To receive a grant your project must: • Help people learn about their own and other people's heritage - learning • Your project must also do either or both of the following:  • Conserve the UK's diverse heritage for present and future generations to experience and enjoy – conservation • Help more people, and a wider range of people, to take an active part in and make decisions about heritage - participation

  5. What is a Project? • Main HLF programmes cannot fund conservation work or new facilities alone • HLF is a project-specific funder • Projects can last up to 5 years - We recommend that they last no longer than 2 – 3 years maximum • The project must have a clear heritage focus and heritage based activities • Application submitted with clear Project Plan relating to our priorities

  6. Learning in Heritage Projects • Defining Learning • Learning can be broadly considered in three ways: • Interpretation and Information • Training and learning new skills • New Courses, programmes, resources

  7. Participation in Heritage Projects • Defining Participation • Participation can be broadly considered in three ways: • Audience Development • Community Participation • Volunteer Opportunities

  8. Conservation in Heritage Projects • HLF does not give conservation-only grants • Conservation is an integral aim for HLF funding, but only as part of a wider project to meet our priorities • Conservation projects must be able to: • Conserve the UK's diverse heritage for present and future generations to experience and enjoy

  9. Your Heritage • Grants of £3,000 to £50,000 • Decision within 10 weeks. • No minimum partnership funding, but need some contribution either in cash or in kind • Less info for grant requests below £10,000

  10. Applicant: Temple Guiting Church Grant Awarded: £28,500 St Mary’s PCC co-ordinated the efforts of 12 volunteers and 2 professional conservators to rescue, restore and reinstate an elaborately carved and gilded altar piece (Decalogue) which dated from around 1750 and had lain hidden for 120 years. The project produced a teaching pack prepared for the local school by a team of local historians; provided opportunities for the school children and the general public to visit the work in progress; and a short film about the project. Decalogue Conservation

  11. Applicant: Ford Park Cemetery Grant Awarded: £33,000 Ford Park Cemetery is a 35 acre site in Central Plymouth created in 1848 and now under the management of the Ford Park Cemetery Trust, which is run by volunteers. The project worked with the volunteers to involve local school children and community members in researching, developing and installing a Discovery Trail. This attracted people to the site and enabled them to learn more about the cemetery, its natural history and the lives of the people buried there. Ford Park Cemetery Discovery Trail

  12. Applicant: St Bartholomew’s Church, Lostwithiel Grant Awarded: £20,000 St Bartholomew’s is a Grade 1 listed church. After major renewal of the tower, steeple and roof, the church undertook a project to restore the bells. The project repaired the bells and replaced the bell frame after a faculty was awarded. The project had strong learning aims including presentations on church history, a heritage trail, an exhibition, school’s workshops and activity sheets. There was also a trip arranged to the foundry to see work in action on the bells. Bell Restoration

  13. What can we Fund? • Costs that will help you run your project such as: • Activities to help people learn about their history and heritage • Equipment to do your project– costumes, instruments, tools • Training for participants / volunteers • Facilities hire costs – rooms, equipment

  14. What can we Fund? • Professional fees • Materials – exhibitions, art and drama material • Stationery and additional overheads • Research and creating records • Publicity and marketing • Additional staff costs • Building repairs and preservation works • Storage of records or collections

  15. What can’t we fund • Projects that do not have heritage learning outcomes • New memorials • New facilities • Reordering of churches • Conservation works without a wider programme of access and learning • Refurbishment or installation of facilities such as lighting and heating

  16. Decision Making for Your Heritage Projects • Decisions are now made once a month at a Small Grants batch meeting • All projects will be in competition with the other applications at that meeting • Sometimes, the amount of applications outstrips the available budget for that meeting • Projects that strongly demonstrate our priorities for support have a higher priority for our funding • Applications that are fully detailed and have a good Project Plan have a higher priority for our funding • Applications that have some form of cash contribution, however small, have a higher priority for our funding

  17. Top Tips for Applications • Applicants should seek advice early on, make full use of our pre-application advice service and follow advice! • Make sure the project meets our priorities for support • Read carefully the introductory notes to the programme and the related help notes • Think about developing activities and events early in the process if undertaking a capital project • Think about who you need to involve or consult • Research, plan and set out the project budget clearly

  18. Top Tips for Applications • Set clear aims and objectives for your project • Demonstrate need and demand for the project • Factor into any project the timescales for HLF decision making • Consider if you can afford to raise the partnership funding for your bid - how and when will you do this? • Ask someone not involved to read the application to make sure the details are clear • Only apply when an application is ready and can supply all of the requested information • Job descriptions needed for new posts?

  19. How can we help? • The development team can provide advice and support and advise on whther your project meets our priorities • Pre–application forms are available on the website • Our website has publications, case studies, guidance

  20. Contact Us 01392 223950 Heritage Lottery Fund, southwest@hlf.org.uk 3rd Floor - Balliol House, www.hlf.org.uk Southernhay East, Exeter, Devon, EX1 1NP

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