Deadline: 1 June 2020
The Heritage Enterprise process is for projects that seek to achieve economic growth by investing in heritage. It is aimed at enterprising community organisations and commercial organisations working in partnership with community organisations to help them rescue neglected historic buildings and sites and return them to a viable productive use.
Heritage Enterprise is designed to bridge the funding gap that prevents a historic asset in need of repair from being returned to a beneficial and commercial use. The case for grant funding will depend on there being a conservation deficit. This is where the existing value of a heritage asset plus the cost of bringing it back into use is greater than the value of the asset after development has been completed.
The National Lottery Heritage Fund wants the projects they fund through the Heritage Enterprise process to clearly demonstrate why investing in heritage is good for business and good for the economy as a whole.
Funding Information
Grants of £250,000 to £5 million
What will Fund
The National Lottery Heritage Fund projects that connect people and communities to the national, regional and local heritage of the UK.
- Priority will be given to projects that are located within areas of the UK experiencing economic disadvantage. Projects do not need to be located within designated areas of deprivation but we will ask you to define the economic need of the area and the difference your project will make.
- They will also give priority to projects that focus on heritage assets which are both:
- considered to be ‘at risk’ (e.g. identified on an ‘at risk register’);
- formally designated (e.g. listed or locally listed building, scheduled monument, or in a conservation area).
They can fund activities to help people engage with the heritage, including:
- training in conservation, mentoring, learning, management or digital skills for people delivering the project;
- activities or information that allow people to learn about the heritage of the buildings or sites in your Heritage Enterprise project.
They also support work to help you develop and manage your project, such as:
- valuations, professional fees or the costs associated with obtaining the necessary statutory consents;
- specialist research to ensure the conservation and development works are properly informed by a thorough understanding of the significance of the heritage asset and its repair needs;
- preparing a development appraisal;
- employing project staff.
Eligibility Criteria
- Under this process, they fund applications from:
- not-for-profit organisations; and
- partnerships between commercial and not-for-profit organisations.
- If you are applying as a partnership, you will need to nominate a lead applicant. The lead applicant can be a commercial organisation or a not-for-profit organisation. The lead applicant should provide a signed partnership agreement showing the involvement of each partner and how the project will be managed.
- Here are some examples of the types of not-for profit organisations they fund:
- charities, trusts and charitable incorporate organisations (CIOs);
- community or voluntary groups;
- community Interest Companies;
- faith based and church organisations;
- community/parish councils;
- local authorities;
- other public sector organisations, such as nationally funded museums.
For more information, visit https://www.heritagefund.org.uk/funding/national-lottery-grant-heritage/250k-5million