2. Who we are National Lottery funder for heritage
Support all types of history and heritage
Grants from £3,000 upwards
Advocate for the value of heritage to society

3. What is heritage?
One of the first things the application form will ask you is “what is the heritage that your project focuses on?”
“Heritage is our legacy from the past, what we live with today and what we pass on to future generations.” UNESCO

4. Benefits We support projects that make a lasting difference for:
Heritage
People
Communities

5. Outcomes Heritage Heritage will be better managed
Heritage will be in better condition
Heritage will be better interpreted and explained
Heritage will be better identified/ recorded

6. Outcomes People People will have developed skills
People will have learnt about heritage
People will have changed their attitudes/ behaviour
People will have had an enjoyable experience
People will have volunteered time

7. Outcomes Communities Environmental impacts will be reduced
More people and a wider range of people have engaged in 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

8. Grant programmes Resilient Heritage
Supporting groups to develop and sustain our heritage
Heritage Grants
Grants over £100k achieving range of outcomes
Heritage Enterprise
Grants over £100k for re-use of heritage assets focusing on economic benefits

9. Resilience and Sustainability
Grants from £3,000 - £250,000
No deadlines
Stronger heritage organisations
Strategic and operational review and change
Building capacity and skills
Improving governance
Building financial sustainability
Creating resilience
Exploring options and viability for change
Top left: Evanton Wood HG
Top and bottom right: Abbotsford House, Borders (HG and Catalyst Endowment grant)
Bottom left: Rosslyn Chapel, Edinburgh

10. Heritage Grants Grants over £100,000
Two round application process with development stage
Application deadlines every quarter
Decision by Committee for Scotland or UK Board
Project should achieve at least one outcome for heritage, people, and communities
Is the project responding to a clear need or opportunity
Is the project well planned, financially realistic and sustainable
Is the project good value for money
95% & 90%

11. Heritage Enterprise Same grant range and process as Heritage Grants
Outcomes
Heritage better managed and better condition (w)
People will have developed skills (w) and learnt about heritage
Environmental impacts will be reduced, local area/community improved, and local economy boosted (w)
Grant based on conservation deficit
Viability appraisal required
Small grants programme - £3,000 -£10,000
It’s at the same level as Sharing Heritage – all First World War projects at this level should come under this programme, not Sharing Heritage.
Rolling programme - 8 week assessment.
We will be funding good applications that involve people of all ages, however, if we are looking at projects in competition, then we will prioritise those that involve young people. (aged 11-25)
We will fund activity and travel abroad to help people understand more about the nature and impact of this global war – see FAQs for more information about this.
The programme will run until 2019.
We are still funding First World War projects under other programmes – we have already spent more than £13million on First World War projects.

12. Where to start
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