The View from the Heritage Lottery Fund

Drew Bennellick

Head of Landscape and Natural Heritage

• Conserve the UK’s diverse heritage for present andfuture 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; and

• Help people to learn about their own and other people’s heritage.

HLF’s strategic aims…

What is heritage?

We think it includes:-

• historic townscapes and rural buildings;• archaeological sites;• collections of items, archives or other materials;• natural and designed landscapes;• habitats and species; and• sites & collections of industrial, maritime and transport history;• people’s memories and experiences;• histories of people, communities, places and events;• languages and dialects;• cultural traditions;

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Overview

• HLF support for AONB’s• How HLF operates and how to access funds• Current issues and trends

National Lottery – where the money goes

Camelot

OperatingCosts

Retailers

Good Causes

Winners

Government

Heritage Big Lottery

Fund

Sports

Arts

National Lottery Good Causes

Historic buildings and monuments 35%

Museums libraries archives and collections 28%

Land and biodiversity (including parks) 25%

Industrial maritime and transport 8%

Intangible heritage 5%

Annual budget £205m rising to £250m in 2013

Funding by sector since 2002…

Funding to AONB’s by value and applicants…

£39,400,000 to AONBs

45% by value to local authority applicants

47% by value to voluntary/community sector

8% by value to others eg Natural England

74% by number by voluntary/community sector

Funding to AONBs by programme…

• 77% Heritage Grants• 10% Your Heritage• 5% Landscape Partnerships• 1% Young Roots

• 7% Other programmes now closed

HLF funding programmes

General programmes

• Heritage Grants – over £50,000

• Your Heritage – £3,000-£50,000

Targeted programmes

• Young Roots - £3,000-£25,000

• Townscape Heritage Initiative – £500,000-£2 million

• Landscape Partnerships - £250,000-£2 million

• Parks for People - £250,000-£5 million

• Repair Grants for Places of Worship

Funding programmes…

Heritage Grants £50,000 – plus

• Two round assessment process• Development funding available• At least 10% match funding for less than £1m grant• At least 25% match funding for over £1m grant

Your Heritage £3,000 - £50,000

• Simpler application form• Single round assessment process• 10 week assessment time• Grant paid in 3 instalments, 50% upfront• No minimum match funding

Funding programmes…

Landscape Partnerships £250,000 - £2m

• Two round assessment process but no competition at 2nd round• Development funding available• At least 10% match funding • Mentor support during development• Max 200 square km site area

Young Roots £3,000 - £50,000

• Simpler application form• Single round assessment process• 10 week assessment time• Grant paid in 3 instalments, 50% upfront• No minimum match funding

• Help people to learn about their own and other people’s heritage

Also;

• Conserve the UK’s diverse heritage for present andfuture generations to experience and enjoy

And / or

• Help more people, and a wider range of people, take an active part in and make decisions about heritage

All projects must…

Nether Wasdale, Cumbria

Heritage grant case study…

College Lake Visitor Centre, Tring

Water Vole Recovery Plan for Durham

Durham Wildlife Trust

£49,050 – Your Heritage

To:-

Deliver against BAP targets for water vole,

Review all existing water vole data,

Map known water vole colonies,

Liaising with the land owning community,

Promote management of water courses,

Enhance habitats,

Raise the profile of the water vole!

Chalking Up London’s Downs

London Borough of Bromley & partners

£50,000 – Your Heritage

To:-

Promote London's chalk downs,

Promote their historic landscapes,

Promote their importance for wildlife,

Develop health walks, leaflets and displays,

Provide training in species identification.

From Chimneys to Trees: Seven Acres Flashback!

Lancashire Wildlife Trust£25,000 - Young Roots

To:-

Help young people visit local reserves,

Create an interactive website,

Create interpretation and an audio guide,

Experience life as a woodlander.

The White Cliffs

Landscape Partnership

Landscape Partnerships programme

• An area of distinctive landscape character, of local, regional or national importance

• Schemes covering an area of between 20-200km2

• Partnerships of national, regional and local stakeholders appropriate to LP area

• Schemes must address the breadth of heritage and involve local people

Tips for successful applications…

• Concise & well written • Clear vision and need established• Community support and involvement• Unique selling point well articulated• Value for money – potential benefits in relation to cost.• Likelihood of partnership funding/strategic alliances• Robust scheme management structure – representing

full partnership interests and clear lines of reporting• Realistic development and delivery timetables• Likelihood of sustained benefits

Pre-application Service…

• Separate from

• Initial project proposal

• HLF development team provide responce / advice

• Identifying additional support and contacts

Issues for HLF for the future…

• Impacts of CSR and local authority cuts

- existing and future applications

- sustaining our legacy• Asset transfer• Role of communities and the need for skills• Climate change• Natural heritage spend• Digital technology• HLF strategic plan consultation 2013-2019

If I were an AONB Manager I would want to…?

1. Make sure I had my fair share

2. Engage with my local HLF office

3. Look at what the others were up to

– visit exemplar projects

4. Protect AONB’s from major infrastructure projects

Any questions?

www.hlf.org.uk