Graeme McKirdy
Development Officer
South East England
March 2012
Michael Murray
London Development Manager
Heritage Lottery Fund
Who We Are
A National Lottery Good Cause
www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk
Since 1994 HLF has made more
than 35,000 grants worth
£5.4billion
HLF has awarded over £281m to
over 1050 archive and library
projects
All money raise through ticket
sales
A Magnificent Town and Its Flying Machines
Bexley Local Studies and Archive Centre,
Grant Award - £50,000
HLF Budgets 2013/14 for regions & countries
Total UK wide grant
budget for 2013/14
of £402 million
£17,628,000 for
South East England
region
Priority Development
Areas
Who can apply?
Public and
not-for-profit
organisations such
as:
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Community or voluntary groups
Youth clubs or organisations
Charities or trusts
Faith organisations
Parish councils or local authorities
Also:
• Private owners of heritage assets
in cases of clear public benefit
‘A lasting difference for heritage and people’
We will achieve this through our projects delivering a broad range of
14 Outcomes.
These come under 3 headings:
What difference will your project make for -
• Heritage
• People
• Communities
Depending on the programme you apply for,
there will be a different mix of the 14.
Some may address them all, some will only achieve a few
Programmes have different ‘weighted’ outcomes
Open Single Round
programmes
Sharing Heritage
Grant requests of £3,000 to £10,000
First World War: then and now
Grant requests of £3,000 to £10,000
Our Heritage
Grant requests of £10,000 to £100,000
Young Roots
Grant requests of £10,000 to £50,000
Targeted & 2 round funding programmes
• Townscape Heritage
• Landscapes Partnerships
• Parks for People
• Grants for Places of Worship
• Skills for the Future
• Collecting Cultures *New*
• Start-up Grants
• Heritage Enterprise
• Heritage Grants (Grant requests £100,000+)
Collecting Cultures
programme
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Grants of Between £50,000 - £500,000
Museums, Libraries & Archives *
5% Contribution for grants over £100,000
50% of Grant used for collection purchase
– Support development of collection
– Enhance professional knowledge
– Increase resilience of organisation
• Project enquiries received by 3rd March
• Deadline for full applications 12 noon
2nd May 2014
Collecting Cultures
Information & Advice
Sessions
• Wed 5th February, 1 - 4pm
V&A Museum, London
RSVP to
gilliang@hlf.org.uk
• Mon 10th February, 1 – 3.30pm
Museum of the Great Western
Railway, Swindon
RSVP to
heather.turvey@hlf.org.uk
Heritage Grants
Grants request £100,000 +
• 2 round process
• Detailed application form
• Supporting documents requests
• 12 weeks to assess each round
• Partnership funding required;
5% < £1million & 10% > £1million
• SE committee make
decisions on awards between
£100,000 and £2 million
• Deadlines
Rambert Dance
Company:
Rambert Moves Dance
Archive project
Grant Award: £378,200
• Fit out of archive space in
new Southbank building
• Cataloguing the complete
collection
• Costume conservation
• Learning programme
• Training volunteers
• Digitisation of VHS tapes
Two Round Application Process
Lifecycle of a project
Project
ideas
Design
briefs
Outline
proposals
Detailed
proposals
Project
Enquiry
Form
1st Round
Application
Development
Phase &
Review
2nd Round
Application
10 days to
respond
3 months
assessment
Upto 18 months
3 months
assessment
Final
proposals
Our Heritage
Grants of £10,000 to £100,000
• No application deadline
• Can fund up to 100% of
project costs
• Decision in 8 weeks
• One short application
• Applications meet 2
outcomes (one for
heritage and one for
people)
The Huntleys Biography
Project, Krik Krak £49,500
John Tweed - The Empire Sculptor, Rodin’s Friend
Reading Museum
Grant award £22,900
• A learning project with associated conservation
• An exhibition
Programme of activities and events for specific audiences
including master classes and study days.
An artist led community project
Digital outputs
• Conservation:
5 at risk sculptures
2 oil paintings
20 archival works relating to Tweed
Flying Icons: The Collection of W. Jones (1745-1818)
Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Grant award £38,400
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Conservation and preservation work on the manuscripts and collection
specimens, including re-housing materials
Catalogue and digitise the Jones Collection, including specimens, and
bound manuscript
Creation of a website featuring digital images of his work, his archive and
butterfly specimen collection. Pages geared to different age groups and with
differing levels of research experience and needs.
Exhibition
Workshops geared to various audiences
Williams Jones Lecture and publication.
Transition Funding – Grants of £10,000 - £100,000
• Available to HLF funded organisations in the UK who want to
achieve significant strategic change
• Become more resilient and sustain improved management of
heritage for the long term
• New skills or knowledge
• New governance models
• Develop new leadership
• Business or income generation structure
• Single Round, decisions in 8 weeks.
Young Roots
Grants of £10,000 to £50,000
• Projects must be led by young
people and require a heritage
partner
• Aims to get 11 – 25 year olds
involved in heritage for the first
time
• Decision within 8 weeks
• Projects up to 2 years
• No application deadlines
• Can fund up to 100%
• Can apply for mentor support
as part of grant
Re-animating Dreamland
Animate & Create CIC
Grant award £22,800
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Researching cultural and social significance
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Twenty-four young people explored the diverse
and changing history of the Dreamland
amusement park and cinema.
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Their findings were captured and brought to life
through ‘stop-motion’ animation. The film
premiered at the Carlton Cinema, Westgate, and
was shown at the South East's annual animation
festival, Canterbury Anifest.
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It will also be screened at Dreamland when it
reopens as part of their interpretation and learning
strategy.
Sharing Heritage
Grants of £3,000 to £10,000
• New small grants programme
• No application deadline
• Decision in 8 weeks
• Short application form
• For not-for-profit groups wishing
to explore, share and celebrate
their heritage
• Must meet one outcome for
people
Funding for Archives
Got an idea for a project; what next?
HLF does not have any specific archive criteria
however, here are some areas for you to consider:
• Archives, digitisation and cataloguing can all be funded. We won’t fund
projects to catalogue or digitise an entire collection.
• We cannot fund the conservation or cataloguing of private collections unless
enhanced public access outweighs private gain.
• How will the original source material be conserved after the project?
• Can you demonstrate that the original material is at risk of degradation or
loss?
• Is your archive PD5454 compatible? If not, can you demonstrate that the
environmental conditions are suitable for the long term care of your collection?
• Training and volunteers are important; we can support skills development (e.g.
object handling, digitisation, conservation, exhibition design, cataloguing)
Think about…
• How will you select items for digitisation and what kind of digitised
material will most help you to meet the aims of your project?
• Have you considered themes, subject and formats that will suit or
target your project audience?
• How will your archive material be accessible in the long term and how
will you preserve it?
• Your staffing for the project – is it compatible with HLF guidance, and
does it represent value for money?
• Lots of guidance is available on our website at:
http://www.hlf.org.uk/HowToApply/furtherresources/Documents/
Thinking_about_Archives_people_and_communities.pdf
Acquisition of
heritage items
• We can help you to buy
heritage items however,
purchase alone is not enough
– all projects must meet our
criteria
• We will not support purchase
that is above market value;
independent valuation is
required
• Urgent acquisitions are
possible within a single HG
round, but you need to
demonstrate how the item will
be integrated into existing
learning programmes
Murdoch Foot letter run
Kingston University, £107,300
Some tips…
• Get advice – speak to the
Development Team
• Be clear – don’t use jargon
• Check your application,
especially the finance section
• Read the guidance carefully,
use help notes and application
checklist
• Think carefully about your 200
word project summary
• Don’t start your project before
we have assessed it
Crayford Town Archives, £39,500
William White Autograph Book
How can the development team help?
• Provide advice and support before you apply
• Project Enquiry Form available on our website
graemem@hlf.org.uk
020 7591 6048