Aretha George A lasting difference for heritage and people Heritage Lottery Fund Strategic Framework

Consultation 2011 over 2000 responses from organisations and individuals strong endorsement for a wide range of proposals changes now reflected in the Strategic Framework

Strategic context Good news HLF will award £375m a year in new grants through to more than twice as much as we expected in 2008 But challenging economic conditions continue continued pressure on public sector finances

Key themes

A responsive and collaborative funder progressive agenda continues investing for the long term mixed portfolio of open programmes and targeted initiatives working strategically in partnership

Investing in heritage and people outcomes making a difference for heritage, people and communities making working with us more straightforward

New initiatives

Supporting the sector new investment in skills increasing resilience - start up grants and transition funding encouraging private giving – Catalyst capacity building and small grants

Meeting other needs and opportunities digital greener projects natural heritage

Meeting other needs and opportunities heritage in private ownership strategic collecting heritage at risk

Open and targeted programmes

Open programmes new Sharing Heritage – grants £ £10,000 Our Heritage – grants £10,000 - £100,000 Heritage Grants open programme – grants £100,000 upwards Young Roots – grants £10,000 - £50,000

Final deadlines for current open programmes December 2012 Heritage Grants £2m - £5m £100,000 - £2m January 2013 Your Heritage Young Roots

Timetable for new application materials and forms February 2013 Sharing Heritage Our Heritage Young Roots

Online Communities Scoping study to research and scope out the potential for HLF to develop ‘HLF online communities’ Consultation groups 50% of grantees indicated they are willing to share case studies, lessons learnt, project descriptions and good practice Linking to existing online communities e.g. GEM, LinkedIn, Facebook pages where they are relevant and exist Opportunity to shape the way we engage