2. Aretha George A lasting difference for heritage and people Heritage Lottery Fund Strategic Framework 2013 - 2018

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

4. Strategic context Good news HLF will award £375m a year in new grants through to 2018 - more than twice as much as we expected in 2008 But challenging economic conditions continue continued pressure on public sector finances

5. Key themes 2013-2018

6. 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

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

8. New initiatives

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

10. Meeting other needs and opportunities digital greener projects natural heritage

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

12. Open and targeted programmes

13. Open programmes new Sharing Heritage – grants £3000 - £10,000 Our Heritage – grants £10,000 - £100,000 Heritage Grants open programme – grants £100,000 upwards Young Roots – grants £10,000 - £50,000

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

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

16. 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