Who we are

• One of four lottery funders in Scotland

• Support all types of heritage projects

• Award grants over £3,000

• Over £600m for Scotland’s heritage so far

Asset transfer

• ‘Pillars of the Community’ Guidance by English Heritage/ HLF/ Architectural Heritage Fund/ National Trust/ Princes Regeneration Trust/ Development Trust Association

• Sets out the process of transfer in nine steps

• Focus on heritage assets

• Community and local authority perspective

Asset transfer and HLF

Guidance on ‘buying land and buildings’ in programme documents

In order to get HLF support:•Must be important to our heritage•Risk to heritage will be reduced•Will help more people to engage with heritage•Price reflects condition and value•Adequate plans for management and maintenanceHLF don’t support purchases above market value

Property ownership and HLF

Guidance on ‘property ownership’ in programme documents

•For projects that include buying or carrying out capital work to land/ buildings you need to own or have lease of required length on property

•You need to own/ have lease on property before you get permission to start the project

Grant programmes

Start up grants

(£3,000 - £10,000)

Our Heritage

(£10,000 - £100,000)

Heritage Grants

(over £100,000)

Heritage Enterprise

(Grants from £100,000 - £5m)

Two round application with development funding

Projects achieving outcomes for:

•Heritage

•People

•Communities

Projects that make a lasting difference

Outcomes for Heritage

• Better managed

• In better condition

• Better interpreted and explained

• Identified and/or recorded

Outcomes for People

• Developed skills

• Learnt about heritage

• Changed their attitudes or behaviour

• Had an enjoyable experience

• Volunteered time

Outcomes for Communities

• Environmental impacts will be reduced

• More people will have engaged with heritage

• Organisations will be more resilient

• Local economies will be boosted

• Local communities will be a better place to live

How can we help?

• Project Enquiry advice – online form

• Monthly advice surgeries and funding fairs

• Website www.hlf.org.uk :

- Application materials

- Guidance documents – essential and good practice

- Case studies – examples of projects we’ve funded