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2. What I will cover
opportunities in our current funding programmes up to 2018
the current context
our thinking for funding framework
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RPOW – administered by EH

3. A broad view of heritage
Historic buildings
Archaeological sites
Collections
Places and objects linked to industrial, maritime and transport history
Natural and designed landscapes
Wildlife
We don’t define heritage

4. A broad view of heritage
People’s memories and experiences
Histories of people and communities
Languages and dialects
Cultural traditions
Histories of places and events

5. Outcomes – A lasting difference for heritage and people
We describe the differences that we want to make to heritage, people and communities as ‘Outcomes’
There are 14 in total, however your project does not need to contribute towards them all
We will consider how well your project will achieve these Outcomes, which means that contributing towards more will not necessarily make your application stronger
Ensure differences can be measured – quantitative and qualitative

6. Outcomes for communities
Outcomes for heritage
better managed
in better condition
better interpreted and explained
identified/recorded
Outcomes for people
developed skills
learnt about heritage
changed attitudes or behaviour
had an enjoyable experience
volunteered time
Outcomes for communities
environmental impacts reduced
more / wider range of people engaged with heritage
local community a better place to live, work or visit
economy boosted
organisation more resilient

7. Key grant programmes Sharing Heritage (£3,000 - £10,000)
Our Heritage (£10,000 - £100,000)
Heritage Grants (over £100,000)
Heritage Enterprise (£100,000 - £5m)
Resilient Heritage
...plus others – see our website
RPOW – administered by EH

8. Sharing Heritage Grants £3,000 - £10,000 Easy access for small groups
Can include capital works
Min. 1 outcome for people
Projects last up to 1 year
Not-for-profit applicants
Very light touch assessment
Single payment in advance
No deadlines, 8 weeks for decision
Based on All our Stories model
One outcomes for people – encouraged to include learning

9. Our Heritage Grants £10,000 - £100,000
Helping communities to discover, celebrate, share and take care of their heritage
Projects last up to 3 years in practice
Minimum of two outcomes (1 from heritage, 1 from people)
No minimum match funding
50% of grant up paid up front
No deadlines. 8 weeks for decision
Very similar to Your Heritage
Who can apply:
Single organisations
Partnerships
Private individuals/commercial ‘for-profit’ organisations - Public benefit must outweigh private gain
If applications involve capital work
- step-change re public access and engagement
Demonstrate clear public support
Clear need for lottery invesment

10. Heritage Grants Grants over £100,000 Projects last up to 5 years
Capital projects with activities OR activity-only projects
Decision by NW Committee (£100,000 to £2m)
Decision by Trustees (£2m +)
2 round application process by set deadlines
Minimum of three outcomes (one from each heading)
Regenerating Wigan Archives & Local Studies £1.32m
ARK: An Archive Resource for Knowsley £312K
Archives+, Manchester City Council £1.55m

11. Heritage Grants

12. Heritage Enterprise Grants £100,000-£5m
Aim to integrate commercial and community interests within heritage regeneration projects
Projects last up to 5 years
Decision by NW Committee (£100,000 to £2m)
Decision by Trustees (£2m +)
2 round application process by set deadlines
Priority to areas of economic disadvantage; at risk; designated
Conservation deficit
Regenerating Wigan Archives & Local Studies £1.32m
ARK: An Archive Resource for Knowsley £312K
Archives+, Manchester City Council £1.55m

13. Heritage Enterprise Seven outcomes (three weighted):
Heritage will be better managed
Heritage will be in better condition (weighted)
People will have developed skills (weighted)
People will have learnt about heritage
Negative environmental impacts will be reduced
Your local area/community will be a better place to live, work or visit
Your local economy will be boosted (weighted)
Regenerating Wigan Archives & Local Studies £1.32m
ARK: An Archive Resource for Knowsley £312K
Archives+, Manchester City Council £1.55m

14. Resilient Heritage
8 week assessment with Grants between £3,000 - £250,000
Grants under £10k, assessment and monitoring process will be simpler
No match funding required under £100,000
Outcomes:
Heritage will be better managed
People will have developed skills
Organisation will be more resilient

16. Funding context 16-17 £433.5m 17-18 £300m Protected committee
Simplified grant programmes
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17. Key implications Increasingly competitive at Board level
Very good, well developed projects being rejected

18. Messages If you can – go further than the minimum
Show how your project links to the bigger picture
Regeneration
Tourism
Skills
Economy
Social inclusion
Track record – a journey
partnerships
Be special – national significance and/or innovation
Underwriting
Evaluation

19. Developing HLF’s Strategic Funding Framework

20. How we are developing our ideas
Consultation:
Engaged lottery players
Stakeholder Round Tables
Consultation later in year
As well as:
Tailored review, Museums Review, Churches Review
Staff engagement
Committees and Board
A brief account of top line findings from recent early stage consultations on the next strategic framework
DCMS asked us to convene some round tables as part of the Tailored Review process so we took the first part of each meeting to discuss participants’ views of:
Current operating environment opportunities and risks
How HLF could respond
What more HLF could to support resilience for heritage and organisations
What priorities for further consultation should be
By next week in Cambridge we’ll have engaged around 70 organisations UK wide in these discussions representative of organisations across all parts of heritage and from the public, private and voluntary sectors.

21. Key messages
Social benefit important Collaboration and Networks People, Communities, Place Resilience, Capacity, Skills HLF leadership role: Convening Advocacy Brokering relationships Sharing learning
At a time of austerity importance of collaboration and heritage becoming more networked came through strongly – to maximise scarce resources, to share knowledge and expertise, to compensate for loss of infrastructure, and to place heritage more centrally on other agendas.
This was often seen in the context of working in place – involving both tangible and intangible heritage. There was a need to re-connect people, communities and places post Brexit – heritage can provide a space to do that, associated with civic pride, creating a sense of identity, inclusion and belonging.
The capacity of many organisations, communities and local authorities has been weakened through continuing loss of resources, including now European funding – perfect storm where previous safety nets are also disappearing
Calls for HLF to take a much stronger proactive stance across these issues, being flexible and open to new approaches, brokering collaboration and strengthening networks – less reactive and responsive, more interventionist – this is coming through more clearly than in the past now it’s recognised we’re the only major funder standing
Allied with this therefore the organisations at the round tables were asking HLF to take a stronger leadership role across the areas outline – but again more proactively and visibly
There was support for HLF moving into new areas and taking a role in increasing the income available to the sector

22. First thoughts
Fewer outcomes Simplify programmes Develop a strategy for the organisation as well as a funding framework for delivery of lottery funding
At a time of austerity importance of collaboration and heritage becoming more networked came through strongly – to maximise scarce resources, to share knowledge and expertise, to compensate for loss of infrastructure, and to place heritage more centrally on other agendas.
This was often seen in the context of working in place – involving both tangible and intangible heritage. There was a need to re-connect people, communities and places post Brexit – heritage can provide a space to do that, associated with civic pride, creating a sense of identity, inclusion and belonging.
The capacity of many organisations, communities and local authorities has been weakened through continuing loss of resources, including now European funding – perfect storm where previous safety nets are also disappearing
Calls for HLF to take a much stronger proactive stance across these issues, being flexible and open to new approaches, brokering collaboration and strengthening networks – less reactive and responsive, more interventionist – this is coming through more clearly than in the past now it’s recognised we’re the only major funder standing
Allied with this therefore the organisations at the round tables were asking HLF to take a stronger leadership role across the areas outline – but again more proactively and visibly
There was support for HLF moving into new areas and taking a role in increasing the income available to the sector

23. Head of Region, North West
Nathan Lee
Head of Region, North West
@NathanL