Landscapes and Livelihoods: Local
Distinctiveness & Bath at Work.
Why this presentation?
• Although we have
funded a range of
BAME, LGBT and
disability groups and
projects, we are keen to
encourage more goodquality applications
from such groups across
the South West region.
My role
• I am a Development
Officer at HLF, focusing
on HLF’s smaller grant
programmes, from
£3000 - £100,000.
• My role is to advise
groups on the
development of
potential projects for
HLF funding in the
South West
HLF Outcomes
Projects for HLF funding
need to achieve outcomes
(benefits) for:
• people,
• heritage
• communities.
NB weighted* outcomes
are the ones most valued
by HLF.
Outcomes for heritage
With our investment,
heritage will be:
• better managed
• in better condition
• better interpreted and
explained
• identified/recorded
Outcomes for people
With our investment,
people will have:
• learnt about heritage
(weighted*)
• developed skills
• changed their attitudes
and/or behaviour
• had an enjoyable
experience
• volunteered time
Outcomes for communities
With our investment:
• negative 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
What is heritage?
Heritage includes many things from
the past that we value and want to
pass on to future generations, eg:
• People’s memories and
experiences (often recorded as
‘oral history’ or spoken history);
• Histories of people and
communities (including people
who have migrated to the UK);
• Languages and dialects;
• Cultural traditions such as stories,
festivals, crafts, music, dance and
costumes;
So of course are…
the “usual suspects”:
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Histories of places and events;
Historic buildings and streets;
Archaeological sites;
Collections of objects, books or
documents in museums, libraries
or archives;
• Natural and designed landscapes
and gardens;
• Natural heritage, including
habitats, species and geology;
and
• Places and objects linked to our
industrial, maritime and transport
history.
“All the Nice Girls”-Women in Men’s Roles
on Stage 1914-1918
• Applicant: Behind the Lines
• FWW Grant: £6,600
• Summary: Research into
the story of male
impersonators and other
notable women during
WW1
• The subsequent greater
visibility for lesbian women.
• Production of a play
including many of the songs
they sang, linked by a
narrative that tells their
story. www.behindthelines.info
Old Skills New Stories
• Applicant: Silvanus Trust
• AOS Grant: £9000
• Project summary:
o Explore, document and share
the stories and expertise
around woodland cultures
currently held in the
memories of rural, migrant
and travelling communities in
the southwest.
o Look at how former skills can
be used in the future and
how communities can be
connected with one-another.
Desh – Homeland, Bristol
• Applicant: Asian Arts Agency
• Your Heritage Grant £67,275
• Project Summary: 'Desh' which
means Homeland/Motherland in
Hindi and Urdu, aims to bring
together 3 generations of South
Asians in Bristol, Bath and
surrounding areas to collect
stories, folk songs, poetry and
other art forms held the
memories of the older generation
of South Asians from their
childhood in their countries of
birth between 1930s and 1980s.
Telling Our Stories, Finding Our Roots:
Exeter’s Multicultural History
• Applicant: Devon
Development Education
• Grant: £49,300
• Summary Work with
volunteers and local
residents to research the
BME history & heritage of
Exeter from Roman times
to present day
• Collate the information
and then promote and
celebrate it through a
range of activities.
Old Market Quarter: Vice & Virtue
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Applicant: Trinity Community Arts Ltd
Our Heritage Grant : £42,200 (91%).
Summary: History of Old Market high-street,
& historical points of interest – architecture,
townscape ; its national significance as a
Conservation Area
The culture, sub-culture and changing
demographics of this ancient, now modern
market place, including:
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contemporary history of the Gay Village since
the 1980s,
the history of vice that dominates perceptions
of the area,
the Old Market riots of 1932,
Old Market as a base for Black Servicemen
serving in the British Forces in WWII
shifting demographic - new residents to
Bristol from other countries move here and to
surrounding areas such as Easton and
Lawrence Hill.
Dub Plate to Dub Step
• Applicant: Ujima Radio CIC
• Young Roots Grant: £29,400
(93%)
• Ujima Radio, working with young
people aged 17-25 & key cultural
and heritage organisations in
Bristol.
• Research/share stories from the
past 50 years reflecting Jamaican
and Caribbean music and culture
• Stories recorded and shared on
radio and online, linking with
Bristol City celebrations of 50
years of Independence for
Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago
Unheard Voices
• Applicant: Bournemouth
People First
• Our Heritage Grant:
£46,600
• Summary Unheard Voices is
a 2 year oral history project
to collect and record
testimonies from individuals
and their families who have
experience of institutions
designed to cater for people
with learning disabilities.
A Documentary Film History of the Life and Times of
People with Learning Disabilities, West Wilts
• Applicant: Wiltshire People
First
• Your Heritage Grant awarded:
£21,300
• Summary 30 WPF members
with learning difficulties will
participate in researching and
documenting the history of
people with learning
difficulties in Wiltshire, with a
particular focus on workhouse
and hospitals, as part of
celebrating the 15th
anniversary of the
organisation.
Exhibition on gay life and the LGBT movement in
Bristol, Bath and the surrounding region
• Applicant: OutStories Bristol
• Your Heritage Grant Awarded:
£20,300
• Summary: Outstories captures
the stories and memorabilia of
LGBT people in Bristol so this
heritage is preserved and
better understood.
• Volunteers will record oral
histories, gather objects &
data, present 4 exhibitions
with a community based
travelling display, to explore
the lives of LGBT people since
the 1950s.
Key Funding Programmes
 First World War: Then & Now - community projects to explore,
conserve and share the heritage of FWW. 1 outcome for people
minimum. £3,000 to £10,000
 Sharing Heritage - small-scale heritage projects. 1 outcome for people
minimum.
£3,000 to £10,000
 Young Roots - projects which engage young people with heritage in the
UK. 4 outcomes for people, 1 outcome for communities, minimum 1
outcome for heritage .£10 - 50,000.
 Our Heritage - larger projects related to national, regional or local
heritage. 1 outcome for heritage & 1 outcome for people minimum.
£10,000 to £100,000
 Heritage Grants
£100,000 +
How to Apply
• You can submit a full
application, online, at any
time.
• But we advise you to submit
a pre-application form or
contact us to discuss your
project first.
• The development team will
give you advice on:
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your project’s suitability
how to strengthen it to give
you the best chance of
success at application stage.
Application Dos
DO tell us:
• How project meets HL F outcomes – people, heritage &
communities
• clearly what your heritage focus is – assume no knowledge!
• who else is involved – wider community, schools, heritage groups
and other organisations
• need and support for your project - letters, cash & in-kind funding,
volunteers
• project activities e.g. events, talks, research, oral history,
exhibitions
• budget – breakdown costs, link clearly to project activities
DO take advantage of pre-application development support!
Application Don’ts
DON’T:
• apply for continuation funding – HLF funds
projects
• apply for capital costs alone – remember HLF
outcomes
• apply for costs already incurred – can’t fund
retrospectively
Don’t be afraid to ask – development team
here to help & human
How to Apply
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Pre- app through portal on HLF website (NB not Sharing Heritage )
HLF respond via E-mail/phone with development support/advice
You submit full application reflecting that advice
8 week assessment period at HLF
Assessment looks at: need & support, outcomes, VFM – costs,
other funding, scope; risks, capacity to deliver. Assessed as high,
medium, low priority
• Assessed application goes to next batch meeting – monthly, gets
looked at in comparison with other projects . Competitive, often
2-3 times as many fundable projects as £s on the table!
• If successful you/HLF complete contractual paperwork, you get
Permission to Start,. If unsuccessful, given reasons why , you can
be asked to re-submit bearing X or Y in mind
• NB It takes 10 – 12 weeks from application to project start, so
reflect that timescale in your application GOOD LUCK!
Key questions
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Summary - your project in 500 words (incl. need & support), organisation
info: not-for-profit, legal status, aims, partnership, location, contact details
Heritage focus - be specific & assume no knowledge, project activities –
heritage focus, outputs & how share, training, volunteers.
Project outcomes - address HLF’s !
Heritage, People & Communities.
Timetable - start date 10 – 12 weeks from submission of full application.
Costs & income - headings on form, other cash funding, non-cash
contributions e.g. room & equipment hire, volunteer time (see HLF
guidance)
Other - monitoring information; terms of grant; data protection.
Attachments - photographs, letters of support etc. Any extra → hard copy
to Exeter office
Plus, for Young Roots & Our Heritage
 Project plan – Partners; When? What? Where?
Who – do & for? Achieve? (Reflect/reinforce need
& opportunity, support & partners, consultation,
beneficiaries)
 Management - how manage, evaluate & share;
external advice
 Heritage focus – buildings, collections, habitats
 Need, opportunity & support - why now? Who
agrees & is involved?
Thank you
Thanks for listening, we look forward to hearing
from you with your project ideas.
Angela.McTiernan@hlf.org.uk
01392 223972
Lots more info on our website: www.hlf.org.uk