Heritage Lottery Fund North East

A lasting difference for heritage, people and communities

Heritage is…“….everything tangible and intangible that we have inherited

from the past, and value enough to want to share and sustain for the future.”

• Historic buildings• Archaeological sites• Historic cemeteries• Bridges• Monuments• Churches• Harbours • Townscapes

Built Heritage:

• Woodland and forests• Mountains • Coasts and rivers • Bogs and wetlands• Species and habitats• Historic parks and gardens

Natural Heritage:

• Museums • Archives and records• Libraries (special collections)• Old photographs

Museums, archives and collections

• Industries: mining, fishing, agriculture• Maritime• Transport – railways, trams, bicycles

Industrial, Maritime, transport heritage

• Memories and traditions• Oral/ spoken history• History of language and dialects• Place names• Cultural traditions (festivals, stories, crafts)• Heritage skills• History of traditional music and dance

• Histories of people, communities, • places and events

Cultural heritage

Is HLF the right funder for your group?

• We fund not for profit organisations.

• Is it a project?

• Takes place in the UK

• Not legal or statutory responsibilities

• Promoting cause/beliefs of political or faith organisations

Heritage

People

Communities

We are looking for projects that make a lasting difference for:-

Costs we can/can’t cover

Yes• New staff posts• Extra hours for existing staff• Backfilling staff posts• Professional fees• Capital work• Activities to engage people with heritage• Evaluation• Promotion and • Extra organisational

No• Cost of existing staff time• Existing organisational costs

• Open programmes

• Your Heritage – £3,000 to £100,000

• Heritage Grants – over £100,000

• Targeted programmes

• Young Roots - £3,000 to £50,000

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

• Repair Grants for Places of Worship – £10,000 to £250,000

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

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

Current Grant programmes

Young Roots

At a glance…

• grants of £3,000 - £50,000

• young people aged between 11 - 25 years old

• aimed at youth and community organisations

• heritage & youth partnership

• decision in 10 weeks

• online application form

Your Heritage

• At a glance…

• grants of £3,000 - £100,000

• capital or activity project

• project based / additionality

• decision in 10 weeks

• online application form

We are here to help – the biggest tip of all!

“Some funders don’t want to find out about you until after you’ve submitted the application, but with HLF you can explore whether an idea is worthwhile at an earlier stage before committing time and effort to developing the bid.”

Successful applicant

Top Tips

• Make sure you read the programme guidance and help notes

• Explain how your project meets our outcomes

• Clearly describe your project and the heritage focus

• Assume no prior knowledge

• Don’t develop a project in isolation

• Be realistic

• Talk to us!