2. The Heritage Lottery Fund Making a positive and lasting difference for heritage and people Ian Morrison Head of Historic Environment Conservation

3. Conserve the UK’s diverse heritage for present and future generations to experience and enjoy Help more people, and a wider range of people, to take an active part in and make decisions about their heritage Help people to learn about their own and other people’s heritage Our strategic aims are:

4. Lottery funding context for heritage Strong Lottery ticket sales HLF receives 20% ‘good causes’ income from 2012 HLF grants budget of £300m p.a. from 2012- 2013 onwards

5. Over £543 million to more than 4,500 projects supporting around 3,700 faith-related sites

6. St Martin in the Fields, London HLF Grant of £14 million

7. Church of St Andrew, South Wanborough in Hampshire HLF grant of £45,000 (42%)

8. Burnett’s Hill Chapel, Pembrokeshire HLF grant of £52,000 (63%)

9. St Peter’s Church, Ealing Grant awarded £8,750 (99%)

10. Caring for God’s Acre HLF grant of £23,000

11. Volunteer Training: Maintenance of Places of Worship - Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings

12. Repair grants for Places of Worship 1 st joint scheme introduced in 1996 Current RPOW scheme launched in 2002 2,300 places of worship have benefitted from £189m 2011/12 budget: –£25m for England –£3m for rest of UK

13. Achievements Closures of Anglican churches have fallen by two-thirds EH survey of 100 recipients –30% building would have closed –76% repairs would not have been undertaken –85% building used more effectively

14. St Chad's Farndon, Chester Grade II* with parts of the tower dating from the 1340s; largely rebuilt following destruction in the Civil War Grant of £35,000 towards total costs of £62,448 Grant mainly for repairs to the tower but also includes works to drains and to the 17th century 'Civil War' window

15. Administration of RPOW Handled by HLF in Wales, NI and Scotland, with expert advice from: –Cadw –Historic Scotland English Heritage administers the scheme in England As of 2010, HLF is sole funder of RPOW in Wales, Northern Ireland and England Historic Scotland continue to co- fund the scheme

16. Grant applications and awards c.500 applications each year 40 – 50% success rate 2010/11: 487 applications (£58.5m) –England, 418 (£55.3m) –Wales, 39 (£2.4m) –Scotland, 16 (£1.7m) –Northern Ireland, 14 (£1m)

17. Shaping the future

20. “Although repair, restoration and conservation of the historic fabric and fittings of places of worship must be a priority, there should be a requirement that greater community use is explored and therefore provision made to increase facilities. As mentioned above if this section was renamed something such as 'historic religious buildings' it may get greater public support.” (Trustee, Historic Buildings and Monuments, Community/ Voluntary) “Preserving significant buildings while increasing their community use and involvement is an excellent idea. Applications should be able to demonstrate that buildings are not just used once a week, but provide a resource for the local community.” (Head of Heritage Services, Local Authority)

21. Next steps New strategy for 2013-2019 published April 2012 Customer information on changes to policies and programmes available from April 2012 Autumn and winter 2012 – new programmes open to applications April 2013 – first awards under the new programmes

22. Repair Grants for Places of Worship 2013-19 Conservation focused Allowance for modest new works/facilities Demonstrate broadening of community use OR engagement Greater focus on financial sustainability

23. Heritage Lottery Fund 7 Holbein Place London SW1W 8NR Telephone: 020 7591 6000 Textphone: 020 7591 6255 www.hlf.org.uk