Funding our literary heritage 20 November 2014 Fiona Talbott Head of Museums, Libraries and Archives

UK-wide heritage funding National Heritage Memorial Fund and Heritage Lottery Fund

National Heritage Memorial Fund Home of Hedd Wyn – Welsh First World War poet

National Heritage Memorial Fund criteria Importance to the national heritage and Outstanding interest and either At risk or Memorial nature

HLF grant programmes

Sharing Heritage Grants of £3,000 to £10,000 to help share and celebrate community heritage projects should last no longer than 12 months applications take 8 weeks to assess and can be made at any time there is no fixed match-funding requirement applications must meet a minimum of one outcome for people any not-for-profit group can apply

Our Heritage Grants of £10,000 to £100,000 to help share and celebrate community heritage applications take 8 weeks to assess and can be made at any time there is no fixed match-funding requirement applications must meet a minimum of one outcome for heritage and one outcome for people not-for-profit groups and private owners of heritage can apply

Heritage Grants Grants of £100,000 and over; applications from not-for- profit groups or partnerships led by a not-for-profit group quarterly deadlines with bids up to £2million decided upon by our local Committee; bids over £2million by Trustees match-funding is required and depends on the size of the grant request applications between £100,000 and £2million must deliver a minimum of one outcome from each of the categories (heritage, people and communities); applications of more than £2million must contribute to more than one outcome from each of the categories

How to apply

Key Questions to Ask Yourself Why is this heritage important? Who is it important to? What difference will your project make to your heritage? What difference will your project make for people? Who will benefit? How will you maintain the benefits in the long term?

Get advice from us before work on a bid is started. Get feedback on a project proposal before applying. We can give advice, especially on meeting outcomes. Respond to all submitted project enquiry forms within 10 working days. The project enquiry form

1st Round [Basic Proposals] 3 month assessment Competitive round Development work [0-18 months] Capital costs review 2 nd Round [Detailed Proposals] 3 month assessment Competitive round Two Round Assessment Process

outline proposals and costs that tell us who the project will involve, and the sort of activities you are planning outline information about how the project will deliver against HLF outcomes detailed information about the development phase, costs and timeframe for the work to be funded. A first round application

detailed proposals; an activity plan, conservation and business plan (if appropriate) detailed costs detailed information about how the project will deliver against HLF outcomes detailed information about how the heritage will be maintained after the project ends including how the scheme will be evaluated. A second- round application

Important things to think about

If a bid is unsuccessful, can weapply again? Yes… If we have received funding before from HLF, can we apply again? Yes… but, we won’t fund a project we have funded before. What about the pre-application advice from HLF’s development officer? Take this on board - it is surprising how many do not!

Outcomes, outcomes outcomes!

People will have … changed their attitudes and/or behaviour developed skills had an enjoyable experience learnt about heritage volunteered time Outcomes As a result of our investment...

Community / society … 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. Outcomes As a result of our investment...

Proportionate approach Sharing Heritage – one outcome for people Our Heritage – one for heritage and one for people Heritage Grants under £2m - one each for heritage people and communities Heritage Grants over £2m – a wide range of outcomes achieved (at least two for heritage, people, communities)

John Murray Archive Acquisitions

Literary acquisitions

Capital projects

Cathedral Libraries

Activity projects Tennyson Research Centre

Bishopgate Institute