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Priorities for National Lottery
Grants for Heritage

2021-2022
Priorities for National Lottery Grants for Heritage 2021-2022 - The National ...
We're backing the UK's
     heritage to adapt and
     thrive again
                         UK heritage is facing its gravest        Looking ahead through 2021, the
                         threat since the Second World War.       Fund will continue to respond quickly
                         The risks to heritage sites,             to changing circumstances, with
                         attractions and organisations from a     expertise, advice, emergency support
                         sudden and dramatic loss of income       and funding focused on immediate
                         as a result of the coronavirus           and longer-term recovery.
                         (COVID-19) pandemic have put the
                         heritage and visitor economy in          Our focus is to support the heritage
                         crisis, requiring an urgent response.    sector to strengthen its recovery in
                                                                  the medium term and to build back for
                         During 2020, The National Lottery        positive change across the UK’s
                         Heritage Fund was focused on             heritage.
                         supporting heritage across the UK
                         to adapt and respond to the              Heritage has an essential role to play
                         immediate impact of the COVID-19         in making communities better places
                         crisis.                                  to live, creating economic prosperity
                                                                  and supporting personal wellbeing. All
                         As the COVID-19 crisis continues to      of these are going to be vitally
                         impact so many aspects of our lives,     important as we recover from the
                         the path to recovery for the UK’s        current pandemic.
                         heritage is difficult and challenging.
                                                                  We are committed to continuing to
                                                                  work closely with UK governments,
                                                                  and other partners, to support
                                                                  heritage organisations through the
                                                                  months ahead and we’re delighted
                                                                  that National Lottery Grants for
                                                                  Heritage from £3,000 to £5million are
                                                                  open again for project funding.

Above: Brunel Museum
Credit: Anne Koerber
Front cover: Mourne Mountains,
Northern Ireland

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Priorities for National Lottery Grants for Heritage 2021-2022 - The National ...
“We are committed to                                         priorities relating to the economic,
           supporting heritage                                         social and environmental value of
                                                                       heritage to our national life and
           organisations through                                       specifically how our funding can
           the months ahead”                                           support building back local
                                                                       economies, places and
                           We are confident that our existing          communities.
                           2019-2024 Strategic Funding
                           Framework provides us with the              Our reopening of project funding
                           flexibility to respond to the               therefore, is not a return to
                           challenging circumstances that we           'business as usual' before the
                           are all operating in.                       pandemic. We expect applications
                                                                       for funding to fully reflect the
                           We are, however, focusing on the            changed circumstances and our
                           Strategic Funding Framework                 refocused priorities for funding
                                                                       that are set out below.

Above: Railway Preservation Society of Ireland, Dunleath Workshop. Credit: Charles P Friel

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Priorities for National Lottery Grants for Heritage 2021-2022 - The National ...
Priority outcomes
“Our priority outcomes                                  In addition, all projects we support will
                                                        also have to demonstrate that they
 have been selected to help                             are environmentally responsible and
 support the wider UK                                   are integrating environmental
                                                        measures into their projects. This
 economic and social                                    reflects our commitment to
 recovery from COVID-19”                                environmental sustainability and a to
                                                        ‘green’ recovery from the pandemic.
           We are supporting the heritage sector
           by reopening project funding for the         We expect all applicants to consider
           broad range of heritage projects and
                                                        what steps they can take to create
           activities that we have always
                                                        positive environmental impacts and
           supported, from industrial sites,
                                                        reduce negative environmental
           castles and historic places of worship,
                                                        impacts through their project. The
           to the stories and memories of our
                                                        measures that they implement should
           communities, and through to public
           parks, natural landscapes and native         be appropriate for the scale of their
           wildlife. The critical change is that –      project.
           between April 2021 to March 2022 –
           when making funding decisions, we will       Other outcomes
           prioritise heritage projects that meet
           at least one or more of the following        We may still fund projects that meet
           outcomes:                                    the Strategic Funding Framework
            • inclusion: 'a wider range of people       outcomes below, but these will be less
                will be involved in heritage'           of a priority during 2021/22:
                (mandatory outcome)
                                                         • heritage will be in better
            • economy including job creation:
                                                           condition
                'the local economy will be boosted'
                                                         • heritage will be identified and
            • wellbeing: ‘people will have greater
                                                           better explained
                wellbeing’
                                                         • people will have learned about
            • local areas: ‘the local area will be a
                                                           heritage, leading to change in
                better place to live, work and visit’
                                                           ideas and actions
            • skills: ‘people will have developed
                skills’                                 For example, if a project only delivered
            • organisational resilience: 'funded        ‘better condition’ and the mandatory
                organisations will be more resilient'   inclusion outcome, it is less likely to be
                                                        supported.
           These priority outcomes have been
           selected to ensure that the funding we       Priorities for heritage
           receive from National Lottery players        Within our broad approach to heritage
           to fund heritage projects support the        overall, our three priorities for
           wider UK economic and social                 heritage, as outlined in our Strategic
           recovery from the COVID-19                   Funding Framework, remain:
           pandemic.
                                                          • landscapes and nature
                                                          • community heritage
           We require every project to achieve
                                                          • heritage at risk
           our inclusion outcome: ‘a wider range
           of people will be involved in heritage’.

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List of outcomes
                                     Priority outcomes

Inclusion         Economy          Wellbeing         Local area         Skills             Organisational
(mandatory        The local        People will       The local area     People will have   resilience
outcome)          economy will     have greater      will be a better   developed skills   The funded
A wider range     be boosted       wellbeing         place to live,                        organisation
of people will                                       work or visit                         will be more
be involved in                                                                             resilient
heritage

Environmental sustainability: Consider what steps can your project take to increase positive
environmental impacts and reduce negative environmental impacts

                                       Other outcomes

      Heritage will be in              Heritage will be identified         People will have learnt
      better condition                 and better explained                about heritage, leading to
                                                                           change in ideas and
                                                                           actions

                                   Priorities for heritage
                                 • Landscapes and nature
                                 • Community heritage
                                 • Heritage at risk

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Implementing our approach
to the priority outcomes
        We will be taking a proportionate and     We have updated our National
        pragmatic approach to the extent to       Lottery Grants for Heritage
        which organisations meet all of the       guidance in line with these
        priorities and requirements. Our          refocused priorities for 2021/22.
        expectations will depend on the level
                                                  Please ensure that all project
        of funding you are applying for and
                                                  enquiry forms, Expressions of
        more detail is provided in the good
                                                  Interest and applications submitted
        practice guidance for each of the
                                                  reflect those priorities.
        priority outcomes .

                                                 As previously, decisions on funding for
“Our approach is recognised                      new projects under £5m will be made
                                                 by Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales
 as having made heritage                         and England area committees and
 more democratic and widely                      teams local to each project.
 appreciated than before”
        Throughout 2021/22 we will offer
        additional support to organisations to
        meet the priority outcomes, for
        example through guidance, advice
        notes, sharing best practice examples
        and exploring other accessible ways
        for organisations to receive that
        information.                                 Below: Ditchling Museum of
                                                     Art + Craft

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www.heritagefund.org.uk

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