National Lottery funding Funding raised by National Lottery players Four National Lottery distributors in Scotland, Heritage Lottery Fund, The Big Lottery, Sport Scotland and Creative Scotland #NationalLottery @lottogoodcauses

What is heritage? Traditions and crafts Community heritage People’s memories and experiences Built heritage History of people and places Museums, galleries and archives Traditional skills

What is heritage? Landscapes, nature and parks Conservation skills, training and volunteer opportunities Industrial, maritime and transport

Current projects in West Lothian…. Disability West Lothian Oral history archive focusing on disability in West Lothian since before WWII, 30 local volunteers and 60 school pupils to receive oral history training and interview 50 people who have experiences of disability West Lothian Ancre Somme Association Families of the Great War The project involving local people and school pupils to gain an understanding of the impact of WW1 had on families in the Whitburn area using photographs, newspaper clippings, documents and letters

Previous projects in West Lothian… Welcome through Wildlife The Conservation Volunteers Worked with Syrian refugees in West Lothian to learn about wildlife and green spaces close to where they live Life is for Livingston Celebrating the new town of Livingston’s 50th birthday and exploring the memories of those who have lived there

Developing your project Clear heritage focus, support from heritage organisations Activities to engage people and the community Responding to a need or opportunity New groups of people accessing heritage Reaching new audiences Health and wellbeing benefits for participants

Top Tips for your application Defined beginning, middle and end In addition to what you do already Heritage focus which is not too wide but will enable people to get involved and participate Talk to your community and explain the support you have for your project Is well planned and managed Financially realistic and demonstrates value for money Capacity to deliver of a project of this scale

Heritage Lottery Fund programmes Current programmes: Sharing Heritage, Our Heritage, Resilient Heritage, Young Roots and First World War: Then and Now – deadline 18 January 2018 Launch new programmes end of January 2019

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