Landscapes and Livelihoods: Local Distinctiveness & Bath at Work.

Why this presentation?

• Although we have funded a range of BAME, LGBT and disability groups and projects, we are keen to encourage more good-quality applications from such groups across the South West region.

My role

• I am a Development Officer at HLF, focusing on HLF’s smaller grant programmes, from £3000 - £100,000.

• My role is to advise groups on the development of potential projects for HLF funding in the South West

HLF Outcomes

Projects for HLF funding need to achieve outcomes (benefits) for:• people, • heritage • communities. NB weighted* outcomes are the ones most valued by HLF.

Outcomes for heritage

With our investment, heritage will be:

• better managed• in better condition• better interpreted and

explained• identified/recorded

Outcomes for people

With our investment, people will have:• learnt about heritage

(weighted*)• developed skills• changed their attitudes

and/or behaviour• had an enjoyable

experience• volunteered time

Outcomes for communities

With our investment:• negative environmental impacts

will be reduced• more people and a wider range

of people will have engaged with heritage

• your local area/community will be a better place to live, work or visit

• your local economy will be boosted

• your organisation will be more resilient

What is heritage?Heritage includes many things from the past that we value and want to pass on to future generations, eg:

• People’s memories and experiences (often recorded as ‘oral history’ or spoken history);

• Histories of people and communities (including people who have migrated to the UK);

• Languages and dialects; • Cultural traditions such as stories,

festivals, crafts, music, dance and costumes;

So of course are…the “usual suspects”:

• Histories of places and events; • Historic buildings and streets; • Archaeological sites; • Collections of objects, books or

documents in museums, libraries or archives;

• Natural and designed landscapes and gardens;

• Natural heritage, including habitats, species and geology; and

• Places and objects linked to our industrial, maritime and transport history.

“All the Nice Girls”-Women in Men’s Roles on Stage 1914-1918

• Applicant: Behind the Lines• FWW Grant: £6,600• Summary: Research into the

story of male impersonators and other notable women during WW1

• The subsequent greater visibility for lesbian women.

• Production of a play including many of the songs they sang, linked by a narrative that tells their story. www.behindthelines.info

Old Skills New Stories

• Applicant: Silvanus Trust• AOS Grant: £9000• Project summary:

o Explore, document and share the stories and expertise around woodland cultures currently held in the memories of rural, migrant and travelling communities in the southwest.

o Look at how former skills can be used in the future and how communities can be connected with one-another.

Desh – Homeland, Bristol

• Applicant: Asian Arts Agency• Your Heritage Grant £67,275• Project Summary: 'Desh' which

means Homeland/Motherland in Hindi and Urdu, aims to bring together 3 generations of South Asians in Bristol, Bath and surrounding areas to collect stories, folk songs, poetry and other art forms held the memories of the older generation of South Asians from their childhood in their countries of birth between 1930s and 1980s.

Telling Our Stories, Finding Our Roots: Exeter’s Multicultural History

• Applicant: Devon Development Education

• Grant: £49,300• Summary Work with

volunteers and local residents to research the BME history & heritage of Exeter from Roman times to present day

• Collate the information and then promote and celebrate it through a range of activities.

Old Market Quarter: Vice & Virtue

• Applicant: Trinity Community Arts Ltd • Our Heritage Grant : £42,200 (91%).• Summary: History of Old Market high-street,

& historical points of interest – architecture, townscape ; its national significance as a Conservation Area

• The culture, sub-culture and changing demographics of this ancient, now modern market place, including:o contemporary history of the Gay Village since

the 1980s, o the history of vice that dominates perceptions

of the area, o the Old Market riots of 1932, o Old Market as a base for Black Servicemen

serving in the British Forces in WWII o shifting demographic - new residents to Bristol

from other countries move here and to surrounding areas such as Easton and Lawrence Hill.

Dub Plate to Dub Step• Applicant: Ujima Radio CIC • Young Roots Grant: £29,400 (93%)• Ujima Radio, working with young

people aged 17-25 & key cultural and heritage organisations in Bristol.

• Research/share stories from the past 50 years reflecting Jamaican and Caribbean music and culture

• Stories recorded and shared on radio and online, linking with Bristol City celebrations of 50 years of Independence for Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago

Unheard Voices

• Applicant: Bournemouth People First

• Our Heritage Grant: £46,600

• Summary Unheard Voices is a 2 year oral history project to collect and record testimonies from individuals and their families who have experience of institutions designed to cater for people with learning disabilities.

A Documentary Film History of the Life and Times of People with Learning Disabilities, West Wilts

• Applicant: Wiltshire People First• Your Heritage Grant awarded:

£21,300• Summary 30 WPF members

with learning difficulties will participate in researching and documenting the history of people with learning difficulties in Wiltshire, with a particular focus on workhouse and hospitals, as part of celebrating the 15th anniversary of the organisation.

Exhibition on gay life and the LGBT movement in Bristol, Bath and the surrounding region

• Applicant: OutStories Bristol • Your Heritage Grant Awarded:

£20,300• Summary: Outstories captures

the stories and memorabilia of LGBT people in Bristol so this heritage is preserved and better understood.

• Volunteers will record oral histories, gather objects & data, present 4 exhibitions with a community based travelling display, to explore the lives of LGBT people since the 1950s.

Key Funding Programmes First World War: Then & Now - community projects to explore, conserve

and share the heritage of FWW. 1 outcome for people minimum. £3,000 to £10,000

Sharing Heritage - small-scale heritage projects. 1 outcome for people minimum. £3,000 to £10,000

Young Roots - projects which engage young people with heritage in the UK. 4 outcomes for people, 1 outcome for communities, minimum 1 outcome for heritage .£10 - 50,000.

Our Heritage - larger projects related to national, regional or local heritage. 1 outcome for heritage & 1 outcome for people minimum. £10,000 to £100,000

Heritage Grants £100,000 +

How to Apply

• You can submit a full application, online, at any time.

• But we advise you to submit a pre-application form or contact us to discuss your project first.

• The development team will give you advice on:o your project’s suitability o how to strengthen it to give

you the best chance of success at application stage.

Application Dos

DO tell us:

• How project meets HL F outcomes – people, heritage & communities• clearly what your heritage focus is – assume no knowledge!• who else is involved – wider community, schools, heritage groups

and other organisations• need and support for your project - letters, cash & in-kind funding,

volunteers• project activities e.g. events, talks, research, oral history, exhibitions• budget – breakdown costs, link clearly to project activities

DO take advantage of pre-application development support!

Application Don’ts

DON’T:• apply for continuation funding – HLF funds

projects• apply for capital costs alone – remember HLF

outcomes• apply for costs already incurred – can’t fund

retrospectivelyDon’t be afraid to ask – development team here to help & human

How to Apply • Pre- app through portal on HLF website (NB not Sharing Heritage )• HLF respond via E-mail/phone with development support/advice • You submit full application reflecting that advice • 8 week assessment period at HLF• Assessment looks at: need & support, outcomes, VFM – costs, other funding,

scope; risks, capacity to deliver. Assessed as high, medium, low priority• Assessed application goes to next batch meeting – monthly, gets looked at in

comparison with other projects . Competitive, often 2-3 times as many fundable projects as £s on the table!

• If successful you/HLF complete contractual paperwork, you get Permission to Start,. If unsuccessful, given reasons why , you can be asked to re-submit bearing X or Y in mind

• NB It takes 10 – 12 weeks from application to project start, so reflect that timescale in your application GOOD LUCK!

Key questions

Summary - your project in 500 words (incl. need & support), organisation info: not-for-profit, legal status, aims, partnership, location, contact details

Heritage focus - be specific & assume no knowledge, project activities – heritage focus, outputs & how share, training, volunteers.

Project outcomes - address HLF’s ! Heritage, People & Communities.

Timetable - start date 10 – 12 weeks from submission of full application.

Costs & income - headings on form, other cash funding, non-cash contributions e.g. room & equipment hire, volunteer time (see HLF guidance)

Other - monitoring information; terms of grant; data protection.

Attachments - photographs, letters of support etc. Any extra → hard copy to Exeter office

Plus, for Young Roots & Our Heritage

Project plan – Partners; When? What? Where? Who – do & for? Achieve? (Reflect/reinforce need & opportunity, support & partners, consultation, beneficiaries)

Management - how manage, evaluate & share; external advice

Heritage focus – buildings, collections, habitats

Need, opportunity & support - why now? Who agrees & is involved?

Thank you

Thanks for listening, we look forward to hearing from you with your project ideas.

Angela.McTiernan@hlf.org.uk01392 223972

Lots more info on our website: www.hlf.org.uk