2. The View from the
Heritage Lottery Fund
Drew Bennellick
Head of Landscape and
Natural Heritage
3. HLF’s strategic aims…
• Conserve the UK’s diverse heritage for present and
future 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.
4. 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;
5. …...
Overview
• HLF support for AONB’s
• How HLF operates and how to access funds
• Current issues and trends
6. National Lottery – where the money goes
Good Causes
Government
Retailers
Operating
Costs
Winners Camelot
8. Annual budget £205m rising to £250m in 2013
Funding by sector since 2002…
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%
9. 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
10. Funding to AONBs by programme…
• 77% Heritage Grants
• 10% Your Heritage
• 5% Landscape Partnerships
• 1% Young Roots
• 7% Other programmes now closed
11. 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
12. 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
13. 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
14. All projects must…
• Help people to learn about their own and other
people’s heritage
Also;
• Conserve the UK’s diverse heritage for present and
future 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
17. 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!
18. 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.
19. 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.
21. 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
22. 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
23. Pre-application Service…
• Separate from
• Initial project proposal
• HLF development team
provide responce / advice
• Identifying additional
support and contacts
24. 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
25. If I were an AONB Manager I would want to…?
2. Make sure I had my fair share
4. Engage with my local HLF office
6. Look at what the others were up to
– visit exemplar projects
4. Protect AONB’s from major infrastructure projects
HLF is a lottery distributor Award grants from pot of ‘good causes’ – of £1 ticket, 28p goes to this – HLF 4.5p With BIG lottery (they get 14p of 28p) then shared between HLF, Arts Council & Sports England Biggest funder of heritage – have awarded £4.4 billion since 1994, £205m per year to invest this year, increasing next year
HLF is interested in conserving the natural heritage of the UK by funding biodiversity. This could be in ancient forests, chalk grassland, wetlands or marshes, rivers, cemeteries or public parks or gardens. It could also be on land next to these public areas, even in in private hands if public access could be negotiated. There are three main ways in which biodiversity can be part of an HLF-funded project: Projects conserving habitats and species Projects focusing on biological information and improving understanding of natural heritage Biodiversity as part of a wider conservation project (park, historic building, landscape)
Percentages? Gov share – why and what for?
Take off %
Overall, £416m has been awarded through over 2,785 projects for support of the UK's natural heritage £171m has been awarded for over 935 projects benefiting the UK countryside £284m has been awarded to help sustain over 2,300 nature conservation projects in the UK. This sum includes £185m for over 1,855 biodiversity projects, and £91m for over 410 land acquisition projects Over 70,203 hectares has been bought and restored through HLF funding (equal to about 87,000 football pitches) that will help to safeguard and enhance key habitats and support a number of rare species Our support for habitat conservation and restoration has contributed to significantly to the UK Biodiversity Action Plan targets, such as 64% of the chalk grassland expansion target and 66% of Fenland conservation and restoration targets £41m has been granted to our most important protected landscapes, through 120 projects benefiting National Parks and AONBs. Taken separately, AONBs benefited from £22.3m for 43 projects, and National Parks benefited from £18.8m for 77 projects £68m has been awarded through our targeted programmes to 49 landscape partnership schemes contributing to rural regeneration through integrated heritage conservation.
Conservation and activity projects tend to be funded under our Heritage Grants and Your Heritage schemes, as well as one of our targeted programmes, Landscape Partnerships programmes. There is no reason, however, that biodiversity could not be the focus of a Young Roots project.
Conservation and activity projects tend to be funded under our Heritage Grants and Your Heritage schemes, as well as one of our targeted programmes, Landscape Partnerships programmes. There is no reason, however, that biodiversity could not be the focus of a Young Roots project. Heritage Grants over £50,000. Less information than previously requested. Two round assessment process, 3 months for each round to assess with funding available for developing the project between rounds 1 and 2. These applications take, on average 12 months to go through both assessment rounds. Applicants must provide at least 10% match funding for grant requests under £1m, or 25% for grant requests over £1 m Your Heritage £3,000 - £50,000. Single round assessments, taking 10 weeks from receipt of all application materials to decision on your application. For smaller projects worthwhile considering for the following reasons: Your Heritage features Light touch assessment and monitoring Grant paid in 3 instalments, 50% up front No minimum match funding In some regions it may not be as competitive as Heritage Grants
Conservation and activity projects tend to be funded under our Heritage Grants and Your Heritage schemes, as well as one of our targeted programmes, Landscape Partnerships programmes. There is no reason, however, that biodiversity could not be the focus of a Young Roots project. Heritage Grants over £50,000. Less information than previously requested. Two round assessment process, 3 months for each round to assess with funding available for developing the project between rounds 1 and 2. These applications take, on average 12 months to go through both assessment rounds. Applicants must provide at least 10% match funding for grant requests under £1m, or 25% for grant requests over £1 m Your Heritage £3,000 - £50,000. Single round assessments, taking 10 weeks from receipt of all application materials to decision on your application. For smaller projects worthwhile considering for the following reasons: Your Heritage features Light touch assessment and monitoring Grant paid in 3 instalments, 50% up front No minimum match funding In some regions it may not be as competitive as Heritage Grants
Criteria for Heritage Grants and Your Heritage very similar
Nether Wasdale, Cumbria – maypole project – one of only 2 listed maypoles in the country National Park Friends of the Lake District project - called Our Green Space 3 year partnership – Jan 08 – Dec 2010 £50,000 Management plan template for community open spaces Community training events 5 projects - support
College Lake – Beds, Bucks and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust Grant of £379,000 towards £1,667,000 project Grant for learning, education, new hide, Green building
Group of ‘excluded’ young people accessed Burnley’s industrial heritage Created series of mountain bike ‘heritage’ trails, associated maps, DVD, open days & celebration event Young people delivered activity sessions in local primary school Working in partnership with Groundwork, LCC Countryside Service, BikeRght, Burnley’s City Learning Centre Young people gain wide range of practical & transferable skills, alongside nationally recognised qualifications
White cliffs landscape partnership Closing date for next round 28 th Feb 2011 – decisions in July Decision at July Board – award made in principle including up to £100k in development funding Development phase 12-18 months carrying out work to inform the Landscape Conservation Action Plan (LCAP – 2 nd round submission)
