Cultures and Memories

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 Heritage Grants Grant requests of £100,000 + Funding Programmes

Other HLF programmes: Parks for People Landscape Partnership Scheme Townscape Heritage Heritage Enterprise Grants for Places of Worship Catalyst Start-up Grants Transition Funding

Key points for our programmes: HLF funds projects; All projects must have a heritage focus; All projects must include plans and costs.

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 Sharing Heritage Grants of £3,000 to £10,000

The Cultural Heritage of North Paddington All Our Stories project example Young people and over 50s exploring Queen’s Park area Looking particularly at food and architecture Creating a video and an exhibition Working in conjunction with University College London and Westminster Archives

For communities to explore, conserve and share their First World War heritage; No application deadline Decision in 8 weeks Short application form For projects which benefit all ages Must meet one outcome for people First World War: then and now Grants of £3,000 to £10,000

Our Heritage Grants of £10,000 to £100,000 No application deadline Decision in 8 weeks One short application Applications meet 2 outcomes (one for heritage and one for people)

Healing Histories Grant Programme: Your Heritage

We Are What We Wear Grant Programme: Your Heritage

Our Heritage – Capital project Applicant: Canal Museum Awarded: £99,300 Preserve and improve interpretation of the 2 ice wells Volunteers trained in oral history recording, research and delivering talks to the public New smartphone guide developed Series of public events including ice well descent, ice cream making workshops and ice activity workshops

 Grants of £10,000 to £50,000, for up to 2 years  Delivered through partnerships of heritage and youth organisations  Young people should learn about heritage and gain new skills or opportunituies  Young people should lead activities and share their learning with others  Same short process as Our Heritage Young Roots Projects delivered by 11–25 year olds

Tribal Grant Programme: Young Roots

Heritage Grants Grants of over £100,000 For heritage of regional or national importance Two round application process 3 months assessment at each round Development funding and mentoring support available

Our Mission Statement: ‘A lasting difference for heritage and people’ We will achieve this through our projects delivering a broad range of ‘Outcomes’. These come under 3 headings: What difference will your project make for heritage? What difference will your project make for people? What difference will your project make for communities? Question 3d. What outcomes will your project achieve?

What difference will your project make for heritage? With HLF investment, heritage will be: Better managed In better condition Better interpreted and explained Identified and/or recorded

With HLF investment, people will have: Learnt about heritage* Developed skills Changed their attitudes and/or behaviour Had an enjoyable experience Volunteered time *weighted outcome What difference will your project make for people?

With HLF investment: Environmental impacts will be reduced More people and a wider range of people will have engaged with heritage Organisations will be more resilient Local economies will be boosted Local areas/communities will be a better place to live, work or visit What difference will your project make for communities?

Young Roots programme outcomes Outcomes for people With our investment, people will have: Developed skills Learnt about heritage Changed their attitudes and/or behaviour Had an enjoyable experience Outcomes for communities With our investment: More people and a wider range of people will have engaged with heritage Outcomes for heritage With our investment, heritage will be: In better condition Better interpreted and explained Identified and recorded

Digital guidance Anything that you create as part of your project in a digital format is considered a digital output. This includes: Oral history recordings Website Apps All digital outputs must be useable and available for five years from the end of your project. Must be free of charge for non-commercial uses Whenever possible we would encourage you to contribute anything you create digitally to relevant heritage collections. More information available online or speak to your development officer.

Here are 3 examples of projects to be assessed. You need to make a quick decision on which applications you will look at in more detail. From reading the project summary:  Which applications do you think have potential?  Why?

Project Summary: A local theatre group wants to explore journeys. They will involve members of the community in recording oral histories and young people will write the script for the performance. Is this a heritage project? Applicant 1

Project Summary: Our organisation wants to work with a number of local communities to research and develop an exhibition depicting the history of the borough during the First World War. The exhibition can be viewed by the public at the library during June Is this a heritage project? What is the focus? Applicant 2

The project will give students the opportunity to learn about the history of urban music and the links between music and youth rebellion. 25 young people will participate in workshops and seminars, and conduct archival research and oral history interviews. A documentary DVD will be produced, and distributed to schools along with learning packs, in conjunction with workshops delivered by the college students. Is this a heritage project? Our Heritage or Young Roots? Applicant 3