The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) will be launching its new Funding Framework in early 2019. The final deadline for each of the following grant programmes will be Friday 18 January 2019:
1. OUR HERITAGE
Grants of between £10,000 and £100,000 for projects that are related to national, regional or local heritage in the UK including:
o Archaeological sites;
o Collections of objects, books or documents in museums, libraries or archives;
o Cultural traditions such as stories, festivals, crafts, music, dance and costumes;
o Historic buildings;
o Histories of people and communities;
o Histories of places and events;
o The heritage of languages and dialects;
o Natural and designed landscapes and gardens;
o People’s memories and experiences (often recorded as ‘oral history’);
o Places and objects linked to the UK's industrial, maritime and transport history; and/or
o Natural heritage including habitats, species and geology.
o Collections of objects, books or documents in museums, libraries or archives;
o Cultural traditions such as stories, festivals, crafts, music, dance and costumes;
o Historic buildings;
o Histories of people and communities;
o Histories of places and events;
o The heritage of languages and dialects;
o Natural and designed landscapes and gardens;
o People’s memories and experiences (often recorded as ‘oral history’);
o Places and objects linked to the UK's industrial, maritime and transport history; and/or
o Natural heritage including habitats, species and geology.
For further information visit HLFs Our Heritage webpage.
2. SHARING HERITAGE
Grants of between £3,000 and £10,000 are available for projects which explore, conserve and share local, regional or national heritage in the UK.
Funding is available for direct project costs, including:
o Paying someone to manage the project or help with the project accounts;
o Extra hours for a member of staff;
o Equipment and materials;
o Training;
o Running activities which engage people with heritage; and
o Promoting the project to a wider audience.
o Extra hours for a member of staff;
o Equipment and materials;
o Training;
o Running activities which engage people with heritage; and
o Promoting the project to a wider audience.
For further information visit HLF’s Sharing Heritage webpage.
3. RESILIENT HERITAGE
Grants between £100,000 and £250,000 are available for organisations in the UK who want to build their capacity or achieve strategic change in order to improve the management of heritage in the long term by:
o Building their capacity;
o Achieving strategic change; and
o Acquiring new skills or knowledge.
o Achieving strategic change; and
o Acquiring new skills or knowledge.
Further information is available on the HLF’s Resilient Heritage webpage.
4. YOUNG ROOTS
Grants of between £10,000 and £50,000 are available for projects that will last for up to two years and encourage young people aged 11 to 25 years to take part in activities exploring heritage.
Funding is available for projects that relate to the varied heritage of the UK and:
o Provide new opportunities for a wide range of young people aged 11 to 25 years to help shape and deliver engaging heritage projects;
o Bring heritage and youth organisations together to combine knowledge and experience; and
o Create opportunities to celebrate young people’s achievements in the project and share their learning with the wider community.
o Bring heritage and youth organisations together to combine knowledge and experience; and
o Create opportunities to celebrate young people’s achievements in the project and share their learning with the wider community.
Projects should include opportunities to celebrate the young people’s achievements in the project, for example with an award or certificate, and share their learning with the wider community, perhaps through a performance, an exhibition or online.
More details about the Young Roots programme is available on the HLF website.
5. FIRST WORLD WAR: THEN AND NOW
Grants of between £3,000 and £10,000 are available for not-for-profit organisations to support community projects in the UK which explore, conserve and share the heritage of the First World War.
Projects should enable communities to understand more about the heritage of the First World War and benefit a wide range of people. In particular, priority will be given to projects that help young people aged 11 to 25 years to take an active part in the Centenary commemorations.
Examples of the heritage that projects might explore are as follows:
o Local places with First World War associations of any kind;
o Objects, photographs, documents, books and newspapers which tell the stories of individuals and communities involved in or affected by the war;
o Buildings and structures used in the war or affected by the war (for example, factories or hospitals);
o Places, objects and collections linked to the industrial, maritime and transport heritage of the First World War;
o Historical memorials, including memorial gardens, commemorating lives lost in the war;
o Existing recordings of people’s memories and experiences from the First World War;
o The memories and experiences of people who were affected by the First World War after it happened, such as the children of people involved;
o Art, literature, music, theatre, film and popular culture focusing on the First World War, either created during the war or in later years;
o Natural heritage and landscapes affected by the war; or
o Any of these types of heritage created since the First World War that show its impact on the United Kingdom and people currently living here.
o Objects, photographs, documents, books and newspapers which tell the stories of individuals and communities involved in or affected by the war;
o Buildings and structures used in the war or affected by the war (for example, factories or hospitals);
o Places, objects and collections linked to the industrial, maritime and transport heritage of the First World War;
o Historical memorials, including memorial gardens, commemorating lives lost in the war;
o Existing recordings of people’s memories and experiences from the First World War;
o The memories and experiences of people who were affected by the First World War after it happened, such as the children of people involved;
o Art, literature, music, theatre, film and popular culture focusing on the First World War, either created during the war or in later years;
o Natural heritage and landscapes affected by the war; or
o Any of these types of heritage created since the First World War that show its impact on the United Kingdom and people currently living here.
Further details are available on HLF’s First World War: Then and Now webpage.
The final ever deadline to apply to any of the above grant programmes is Friday 2019.
The Heritage Lottery Fund is due to introduce its new grant-making strategy in early 2019 and we'll bring you details of its new programmes as soon as details of the strategy are announced.
Contact details for the Heritage Lottery Fund are:
Heritage Lottery Fund
7 Holbein Place
London
SW1W 8NR
Tel: 020 7591 6042
Email: enquire@hlf.org.uk
7 Holbein Place
London
SW1W 8NR
Tel: 020 7591 6042
Email: enquire@hlf.org.uk
(Source: GRIN)
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