Introduction Biljana Savic 19 August 2014

The Prince’s Regeneration Trust • Founded in 1996 by HRH The Prince of Wales to help ensure that

important buildings at risk of demolition or decay are preserved, regenerated and re-used

• The Prince’s Regeneration Trust has dual charitable objects covering heritage and regeneration

• Our work focuses on places that will benefit most from the regeneration of the wider community.

Projects

Where we work

• 18 years • Over one million square

feet re-used • 1100 jobs created • 70 Projects • £100M + investment

secured

The Trust’s role in projects

Owner/ Partner

Social Enterprise

Community Adviser

Education and policy

• Sharing what we have learned • Providing tools to those

seeking to rescue heritage • Retaining and developing craft

and traditional buildings skills • Challenging preconceptions on

key issues (eg sustainability of historic buildings)

• Informing the debate

What is BRICK?

• Building Resources, Investment and Community Knowledge (BRICK) - a three year, UK wide training and mentoring programme led by The Prince’s Regeneration Trust

• Emphasis on peer to peer learning and digital and fundraising innovation

• Aimed at supporting community groups to find new ways and means to save their local heritage through innovation, collaboration and partnership

• By a major grant from The Heritage Lottery Fund Catalyst Umbrella programme

• Match funding provided by Purcell, Alan Baxter Foundation, British Land and through in-kind contributions from The Prince’s Regeneration Trust, Locality and a number of collaborators

How is BRICK funded?

What is Catalyst?

• Partnership initiative between the Heritage Lottery Fund; Department for Culture, Media & Sport and Arts Council England

• Aimed at: o encouraging more private giving to culture and

heritage o building the capacity of cultural organisations to

fundraise from private sources

BRICK work streams

• Conferences • Workshops • Mentoring • Partnership brokers pilot • BRICKwork

• One per year • 200-300 delegates each, including community,

private and public sector • Exciting venues • Inspiring speakers • A place to discuss the future of heritage

regeneration sector • Plenary presentations and debates + breakout

sessions • First conference on 23 September 2014, at The

Carriageworks Theatre, Leeds

• Presentations on the HLF Heritage Enterprise Scheme and the role of the public sector in implementing localism

• Panel discussions on social investment and community/private sector partnerships

• Breakout sessions on ways of increasing income through meanwhile uses and good design, promoting the project and attracting partners and funders through digital media and funding through community shares

• Also launch of BRICKwork and How to guide

Speakers include representatives of: • The Heritage Lottery Fund • Social Investment Business • RBS • Igloo Regeneration • Town Centre Securities • Locality • The Prince's Foundation • Purcell • Reading Room • Changify • Meanwhile Space • Denbigh Council • a number of community led projects • Minister for Civil Society, Brooks Newmark MP.

• 36 regional workshops over three years • Exciting and inspiring locations - case studies of

heritage regeneration • Up to 40 attendees each • Opportunity for networking and peer to peer

learning • Speakers with specialist skills in heritage / design /

fundraising / communications • Based around a programme of nine learning

modules

BRICK learning modules

1. Legal foundations 2. Building your team 3. Ideas to options 4. Project development 5. Spreading the word 6. Creating change 7. Funding journey 8. Innovative financing 9. Effective fundraising

• Over three years we will mentor c. 40 groups and provide 7-9 days of specialist support per group

• Examples of support that could be provided: o Business planning o Grant application advice o Governance issues o Communications strategy o Funding strategy o Options appraisal

o Apply online through PRT web site

Projects approved so far: o Leigh Spinners Mill, Leigh o Brymbo Ironworks, Wrexam o Stanley Halls, London o Clipstone Colliery, Clipstone o Winter Gardens, Great Yarmouth

• Four projects will be part of a pilot study to investigate the benefit of having a partnership broker when communities work with developers

• Report on the study to be published • Lessons learned distributed through talks,

workshops and online • Delivered in partnership with Locality • Projects selected so far:

o Bradford Odeon o Bognor Regis Pier

Our new digital platform will: • Include a social networking site for the

regeneration/ heritage sector • Be a place to promote projects and celebrate

successes; take part in online discussions; offer and get advice from professionals, search for volunteers and potential trustees; book events and hear news

• Be a repository for BRICK and other relevant resources

• Have user-generated content

Resources

• "How to... Fundraise from private sources“ • Online access to current "How to..." guides • Webinars and masterclasses online • Resources from all workshops and conferences

shared online • Mentors and the "menteed" will share their journeys • Up to date advice, guidance and resources from the

BRICK delivery partner network

Thank you! Biljana Savic biljana.savic@princes-regeneration.org Web www.princes-regeneration.org Twitter @princesregen Facebook PRT - BRICK