hlf argyll asset transfer event aug 2013
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Who we are
• One of four lottery funders in Scotland
• Support all types of heritage projects
• Award grants over £3,000
• Over £600m for Scotland’s heritage so far
Asset transfer
• ‘Pillars of the Community’ Guidance by English Heritage/ HLF/ Architectural Heritage Fund/ National Trust/ Princes Regeneration Trust/ Development Trust Association
• Sets out the process of transfer in nine steps
• Focus on heritage assets
• Community and local authority perspective
Asset transfer and HLF
Guidance on ‘buying land and buildings’ in programme documents
In order to get HLF support:•Must be important to our heritage•Risk to heritage will be reduced•Will help more people to engage with heritage•Price reflects condition and value•Adequate plans for management and maintenanceHLF don’t support purchases above market value
Property ownership and HLF
Guidance on ‘property ownership’ in programme documents
•For projects that include buying or carrying out capital work to land/ buildings you need to own or have lease of required length on property
•You need to own/ have lease on property before you get permission to start the project
Grant programmes
Start up grants
(£3,000 - £10,000)
Our Heritage
(£10,000 - £100,000)
Heritage Grants
(over £100,000)
Heritage Enterprise
(Grants from £100,000 - £5m)
Two round application with development funding
Projects achieving outcomes for:
•Heritage
•People
•Communities
Projects that make a lasting difference
Outcomes for Heritage
• Better managed
• In better condition
• Better interpreted and explained
• Identified and/or recorded
Outcomes for People
• Developed skills
• Learnt about heritage
• Changed their attitudes or behaviour
• Had an enjoyable experience
• Volunteered time
Outcomes for Communities
• Environmental impacts will be reduced
• More people will have engaged with heritage
• Organisations will be more resilient
• Local economies will be boosted
• Local communities will be a better place to live