Who we are

• One of four lottery funders in Scotland• Support all types of heritage projects• Award grants over £3,000• £600m for Scotland’s heritage since 1994

What is heritage?

What is heritage?

Historic buildings and sites

Natural heritage (e.g. historic parks, biodiversity etc)

Museums, archives and collections

Industrial, transport & maritime heritage

‘Intangible’ heritage (e.g. oral history, language and dialect, place names, cultural traditions etc)

“Heritage is our legacy from the past, what we live with today and what we pass on to future generations.” UNESCO

Priority areas from 2013What does it mean?Why Dumfries and Galloway?

Development work

- Cree Valley Woodland Heritage- Crichton Memorial Church restoration- Gatehouse of Fleet in the Dark Ages- Moffat Museum- Dock Park- Machars Archaeological Project- Langholm Heritage Trail- Mull of Galloway Lighthouse Project

Examples of projects that we have funded

Projects achieving outcomes for:• Heritage• People• Communities

Projects that make a lasting difference

Outcomes for Heritage

• Better managed

• In better condition

• Better interpreted and explained

• Identified and/or recorded

Outcomes for People

• Developed skills

• Learnt about heritage

• Changed their attitudes or behaviour

• Had an enjoyable experience

• Volunteered time

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

Grant programmes

Small(£3,000 - £10,000)

Medium(£10,000 - £100,000)

Large(over £100,000) two stage process

Sharing Heritage

• Celebrating community heritage

• Grants from £3,000 - £10,000• Not-for-profit groups• 8 week assessment• No application deadline• Projects have to meet minimum

of one outcome for people

Grants up to £10,000

• Catalyst Small grants• Start up grants• First World War: then and now• Celebrate

Our Heritage

• Grants from £10,000 - £100,000• Replaces Your Heritage

programme• 8 week assessment• No application deadlines• Prioritise not-for profit groups • Projects have to meet minimum

of one outcome for heritage and one outcome for people

Young Roots

• Engaging young people in heritage

• Led by young people (11 – 25yrs)

• Grants from £10,000 - £50,000• 8 week assessment• No application deadlines• Partnerships between youth

and heritage organisations• Developing young people’s

skills

Heritage Grants

• Grants over £100,000• Two round application process with

development funding

• Projects have to achieve at least one outcome for heritage, people communities (up to £2million)

• Regular deadlines• Scotland committee make decision

on requests up to £2million• UK Board make decision on

requests over £2m

Grants over £100,000

• Heritage Enterprise• Parks for People• Landscape Partnerships• Townscape Heritage• Grants for Places of Worship

Making a good application to HLF

top tips!

What we will assess

• Value for money - overall benefits of the project in relation to the grant request

How your application shows that the project:• Has a clear heritage focus• Meets our outcomes for heritage, people and communities • Is an appropriate response to a need or opportunity• Is financially realistic and has a clear need for lottery funding• Is well planned and managed• Will be delivered by an organisation capable of completing

the project

Common pitfalls in projects

• The project has no heritage focus• Project has already started• Project delivers what could be considered ‘everyday work’ of

an organisation• Project is too ambitious for the organisation• High costs of maintaining the project benefits after completion• Not enough partnership funding• No activities to engage people/communities

The application journeyIdea!• Read the relevant guidance• Fill in a project enquiry form online• Act on advice given by Development OfficerApplication • Describe what you want to do clearly and succinctly• Assume we have no prior knowledge• Make sure the project costs add up• Ask someone who does not know the project to read a draft application form• Attach any supporting documents and submit online• Leave enough time for assessment Project• If you’re successful you must apply to HLF for permission to start (don’t begin

without us!)• Keep in touch – regular updates and photos are a must

How can we help?

Project Enquiry advice – online formWebsite www.hlf.org.uk

• Application materials • Guidance documents• Case studies – examples of projects we’ve funded

Contact us

Megan Combe, Development OfficerHeritage Lottery Fund38 Thistle StreetEdinburghEH2 1EN0131 225 9450MeganC@hlf.org.uk

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