The Heritage Lottery Fund presentation by Karen Brookfield - Deputy Director (Strategy) and Anna Jarvis - Programme Manager 'First World War: then and now'
2. WW1 Community Heritage Centres Briefing Event
The Heritage Lottery Fund
Karen Brookfield – Deputy Director (Strategy)
Anna Jarvis –Programme Manager ‘First World War: then and now’
3. HLF and the
Centenary of the
First World War
• UK Government
Centenary
programme
• Since April 2010, we
have awarded
£12million to First
World War projects
4.
5. Heritage Lottery Fund / AHRC / Universities
• Our first collaboration
• Academic support for ‘community research’
• Resources and digital technology
• Moral support
• Building lasting relationships
• Needs clear offers from universities
• Wide range of types of support and levels of need
• Requires flexibility
• Early career researchers’ role
6. Funding for First
World War projects
First World War: then
and now
Grants between £3,000 and £10,000
Our Heritage
Grants between £10,000 and
£100,000
Heritage Grants
Grants over £100,000
Young Roots
Grants between £10,000 and
£50,000
7. First World War: then and
now
• For groups to explore,
conserve and share their
First World War heritage
• Grants of £3,000 to
£10,000
• Programme opened in
May, and runs for 6 years
• We will fund at least 100
projects per year
8. Heritage focus
• 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
12. Key stages of a First World War: then and now
project
Have an idea and find out about HLF
Submit an expression of interest and
develop the project idea
Submit an application
Deliver the project
Complete the project
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14. Support and advice
• Training or advice on:
o Locating and using archives
o Using online resources
o Using photographic sources
o Scanning and archiving photos
o Interpreting newspapers
o Quantitative analysis
o Publishing a book
o Analysing images
o Using maps for research
o Finding listed building
information
• Tours of the university library
• Translation and transcription support
• Support with graphic design
Advice on research methods
and framing research
questions
Advice on/Support with:
•Wiki and media sharing tools
•Finding listed building information
•Putting together an exhibition
•Recruiting student volunteers
•Editing a website
•Creating a DVD
•Running a showcase event
•Preparing a resources pack for
schools
•Preparing a guided walk
Subject knowledge
15. The value of research and university support
•Undertake high quality activity and produce high quality outputs
•Increase people's understanding of the FWW
•Leave a legacy from their project
•Benefit from the enthusiasm, subject knowledge and resources of
universities and research organisations
•Be inspired to explore new avenues in their projects
•Gain knowledge and skills
It is important to us that
•A diverse range of community groups benefit from the support offered
•Groups with less experience are prioritised for support
•Groups have access to the expertise they need, wherever they are based
in the UK