Heritage Lottery Fund UK’s largest funder of heritage Since 1994 HLF has supported more than...

Heritage Lottery Fund

• UK’s largest funder of heritage• Since 1994 HLF has supported more than 33,900

projects, allocating £4.4billion across the UK• £205m available for projects this year• Regional body with offices across the UK

Grant programmes

• Young Roots• Your Heritage• Heritage Grants• Parks for People• Townscape Heritage Initiative• Landscape Partnerships• Repair Grants for Places of Worship

Young RootsLondon

…...involves young people in exploring and celebrating their heritage.

Young Roots….

To be eligible for funding your project must

• have a clear heritage focus• be for young people aged between

13-25 years• be delivered in partnership• request between £3,000 and

£25,000 • last no longer than 18 months

Who Can Apply?

Public or not-for-profit organisations such as:

• Community or voluntary groups

• Local authorities

• Other public sector organisations

• Charities

• Museums and archives

• Natural heritage bodies

All organisations must have a constitution / set of rules and a bank account

Pre-application Service

• Separate from application form• Initial project proposal / idea• 3 key questions• HLF development team provide

response / advice• Identifying additional support and

contacts

• cultural & local traditions• memories and stories• countryside parks & gardens• maritime, industrial & transport

history• records, archives & photos• historic buildings & museums• wildlife sites & habitats

What is heritage?

• to enable young people to lead and take part in creative and engaging activities

• to create new opportunities for young people to learn about heritage

• to celebrate young people’s achievements and share learning

Young Roots aims..

to create new opportunities for

young people to

• volunteer in heritage

• to gain skills in heritage

Young Roots aims..

A good Young Roots project

• will have been designed by young people

• will be managed by the young people

Applications need to include a

statement from young people

All projects need one ormore heritage partners to provide heritage skills, knowledge and experience.

Applications need to include a partnership agreement.

What we can fund

• Staff costs• Sessional workers• Travel• Materials• Equipment• Trips• Training• Learning materials• Publicity• Overheads (full cost

recovery)

What we can’t fund

• projects without a clear heritage focus• young people having heritage ‘done to them’• overseas travel • anything considered a statutory duty • core work• buying a vehicle • existing staff • work that has already started

• 10 week assessment period• Simple application form• Light touch assessment and

monitoring• Grant paid in 3 instalments,

50%, 40% and 10%• No minimum match funding

Key features

Our Green Street

Applicant Patico Bakers FortPartners: LB Newham Heritage Service & Eastside Community

heritage Grant award £24,600 (86%)Heritage focus: Green Street market’s changing history,

recording the memories of older residents and traders and comparing old photographs of the area with the market today.

Participation: Recruited 24 young people from Newham to be trained and and carry out 15 oral histories which were then used to create a performance piece reflecting the rich and diverse heritage of the area. The young people also created an exhibition of archival photographs from the local archives.

Learning: The young people’s performance was shown at two community venues and the local archives hosted an exhibition of photographs about the market. The performances were filmed and then copies of the film kept at the local archives and libraries.

The young people who took part received a Newham Community Volunteer certificate.

Grove RootsApplicant Octavia Foundation

Partners: HistoryTalk, Black Cultural Archives

Grant award £24,900

Heritage focus: Ladbroke Grove’s recent past, starting with the notorious race riots of 1958.

Participation: Recruited eight 16–20-year-olds from Kensington and Chelsea to develop and produce a documentary about the history of Ladbroke Grove. Young people were trained by the Oral History Society to carry out 24 interviews with local residents.

Learning: HistoryTalk, a Notting Hill-based history group gave the young people access to its vast archives of written, photographic and audio material. At the Black Cultural Archives, the young participants found out how to use archives, and with help from Mendezmedia, a media social enterprise, they trained in creating storyboards and filming.

An award-winning documentary was produced, and gave people across the city the chance to find out more about their shared heritage. The young people hosted question-and answer sessions at the events.

Tips for a good application

• Is your organisation ready to embark on a project?• Get advice and read HLF guidance• Well-focused heritage theme• Demonstrate need, demand and/or opportunity• Ensure you have good partnerships with agreements in place

where relevant• Consider how your project could meet HLF’s Young Roots aims• Have a well-developed project plan• Consider what risks there could be to your project• Think about value for Lottery money • Work carefully on your budget… check it adds up!

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Any questions?

Contact us in London

Lucy Hares

Development Officer

London

T 0207 591 6174

E lucyh@hlf.org.uk

W www.hlf.org.uk