Anna JarvisFirst World War Programme Manager
Heritage Lottery Fund
Buckinghamshire, Berkshire & Oxfordshire WW1 Networking Event
19 September 2013
Heritage Lottery Fund and the First World War Centenary
•Over £28million awarded to 119 projects since April 2010
•Funding available throughout the Centenary
Key points for our programmes:
• HLF funds projects;
• All projects must have a heritage focus;
• All projects must include plans and costs.
‘A lasting difference for heritage and people’
We will achieve this through our projects delivering a broad range of Outcomes. These come under 3 headings:
What difference will your project make for -
• heritage• people
• communities
What difference will your project make for heritage?
With HLF investment, heritage will be:
• Better managed
• In better condition
• Better interpreted and explained
• Identified and/or recorded
With HLF investment, people will have:
• Learnt about heritage
• Developed skills
• Changed their attitudes and/or behaviour
• Had an enjoyable experience
• Volunteered time
What difference will your project make for people?
With HLF investment:
• Environmental impacts will be reduced
• More people and a wider range of people will have engaged with heritage
• Organisations will be more resilient
• Local economies will be boosted
• Local areas/communities will be a better place to live, work or visit
What difference will your project make for communities?
• The outcome we value the most is that ‘people will have learnt about heritage.’
• We describe this as a ‘weighted outcome.’
• This outcome is weighted for most programmes
Heritage of the First World War
• Local places• Objects, photographs, documents and
newspapers
• Individuals and communities affected by the war
• Buildings and structures – e.g. factories and hospitals
• War memorials• Recordings of memories• Memories of people affected by the war
after it happened• Art, literature, music, theatre, film and
popular culture• Anything created during or since the war
that shows its impact on the UK and people currently living here
Funding for First World War projects
First World War: then and nowGrants between £3,000 and £10,000
Our HeritageGrants between £10,000 and £100,000
Heritage GrantsGrants over £100,000
Young RootsGrants between £10,000 and £50,000
First World War: then and now
• Grants of £3,000 - £10,000
• For communities to explore, conserve and share their First World War heritage
• No application deadline
• Decision in 8 weeks
• Short application form
• Must achieve one outcome for people
Our Heritage
• Grants of £10,000 - £100,000
• For any project that relates to heritage
• No application deadline
• Decision in 8 weeks
• Must achieve 2 outcomes (one for heritage and one for people)
• Grants of £10,000 to £50,000, for up to 2 years
• Delivered through partnerships of heritage and youth organisations
• Young people should learn about heritage and gain new skills or opportunities
• Young people should lead activities and share their learning with others
• Same short process as Our Heritage
Young RootsProjects delivered by 11–25 year olds
Heritage Grants
•Grants of more than £100,000
•For any project that relates to heritage
•Two-round application process
•3 months assessment at each round
•Development funding and mentoring support available
The Great War at Haslemere Museum
• Young Roots project
• Young people research using museum’s collections
• Share findings through an exhibition
• Young people gain skills
• Grant: £17,900
Restoration of war memorials in Spa gardens, Ripon
• Restored 2 Grade II memorials
• Volunteers produced a leaflet
• A photographic report and maintenance plan was produced
• Grant: £9,200
A First World War memorial at Spa Gardens, Ripon
Leicester in the First World War
• 20 adults researched the impact of the First World War on Leicester
• Stories included those of a Ghurkha, conscientious objectors and suffragettes
• Stories were shared through exhibitions and workshops with schools
• Grant: £17,800
Participants researching at the County Record Office
Revealing the memorial bells
• The bells were cleaned and restored, then rededicated
• Local people learned to play the bells and researched the names
• The research findings are online
• Grant: £40,800
Young people playing the restored bells
Huddersfield Rugby League: a lasting legacy
• Volunteers are researching the impact of the war on their rugby club
• The stories will be shared through an exhibition, a book, a heritage trail and online
• Grant: £114,500
Year 6 pupils interview one of the Huddersfield Giants Rugby League Football Club
The Accrington Pals
• Young people found out about the history of the Lancashire battalion
• They created a film about what happened to the battalion during the war, and the impact on their families
• Grant: £11,200
Young people filming in Accrington
Hermitage Hexham: Morant family collection
• Partnership between two record offices and museum
• Acquisition of Morant family papers – personal and history of Durham Light Infantry
• Grant: £19,900Young people filming in Accrington
Crime on the Home Front
• Made an archive of material focused on FWW policing accessible through digitisation and exhibition
• Worked with a range of people to interpret material including a community play and smartphone app
• Grant: £40,800
Young people filming in Accrington
www.hlf.org.uk/FirstWorldWar
HLF project enquiry service
• Initial heritage idea
• Read HLF’s guidance and project examples
• Submit a project enquiry form online at www.hlf.org.uk
• Get a response within 10 working days
• Develop idea
• Apply
South East Development Team
Sarah Wicks Graeme McKirdy
Sandra Martin
HLF South East England - 020 7591 6171