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PROGRAMME CHANGES
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All programmes launched during the period of the plan will remain open until 2007.
Heritage Grants, £50,000 upwards
This is the HLF’s generic large grants programme, for capital and/or revenue projects that support conservation, sustainability, regeneration, access and education. The plan estimates total awards will be:
2002-03 370 to 430 awards
2004-05 330 to 380 awards
2006-07 270 to 330 awards
The decline is offset by increases in Your Heritage awards, see below.
Project planning grants of £5,000 to £50,000 will be available within the Heritage Grants pro-gramme to aid project and bid development for the main grant. Examples of purposes for a project planning grants are: produce an access plan; produce a conservation management plan; research audience development; enable a voluntary group to employ a project planning officer. The new application pack should be out by July.
Your Heritage, £5,000 to £50,000
This recently introduced medium grants pro-gramme is the main vehicle by which HLF hopes to broaden the scope of its definition of heritage
projects. The emphasis will be on projects of specific local significance and meaning. The plan estimates total awards will be:
2002-03 370 to 430 awards
2004-05 750 to 850 awards
2006-07 1,100 to 1,300 awards
Awards for All, £500 to £5,000
HLF’s current contribution to the A4A England joint pot is £8.8m, or 10% of the A4A budget. The plan estimates that 1,500 to 1,800 awards a year with a heritage component will get A4A funding, UK wide.
Townscape Heritage Initiative, £250,000 to £2m HLF’s targeted programme for heritage conservation as an integral part of urban regeneration, it will fund 17-25 projects a year.
Public Parks Initiative
The Urban Parks programme is to be expanded to encompass historic country parks and gardens. It includes historic urban squares and cemeteries. There is funding for 25 to 35 main projects a year.
Repair Grants for Places of Worship, up to £200,000 Replaces the England-only Joint Places of Worship programme. Will focus on urgent repair needs, and will be delivered in partnership in each coun try, with English Heritage, Historic Scotland, Cadw, and the N Ireland Environment and Heritage Service. Grants will fund 130 to 170 applications annually.
Landscape Partnerships
This new programme intended to assist rural regeneration requires partnerships to submit portfolio bids encompassing a range of heritage and community benefits. HLF expects to fund 8-12 bids a year.
Local Heritage Initiative, £3,000 to £25,000 The Countryside Agency has been running this scheme for HLF in England, aimed at getting communities to identify, plan for and execute conservation of small-scale heritage assets of local value. Pilot schemes are now being run by Scottish Natural Heritage and the Countryside Council for Wales. After review later this year, the scheme may be rolled out to urban areas in the coming year. Estimates of support are given for England only: 270 to 330 projects a year.
Young Roots, £5,000 to £25,000
A pilot scheme was run in Yorkshire and Humber for this education-based programme aimed at 13 to 20-year-olds. It will be rolled out UK-wide in autumn 2002 with funding targets of:
2003-04 220 to 260 awards
2006-07 270 to 310 awards