The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) was set up by Parliament in 1994 to give grants to a wide range of projects involving the local, regional and national heritage of the United Kingdom. We distribute a share of the money raised by the National Lottery for Good Causes. This year, they will allocate around £330 million to projects in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Since 1994, the HLF has awarded £3 billion to more than 15,000 projects across the UK. They are officially known as a ‘non-departmental public body’. This means that, although they are not a government department, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport issues financial directions to them and they report to Parliament through the department. Their decisions about individual applications and policies are entirely independent. HLF is administered by the Trustees of the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) which separately allocates around £5 million per annum to our national heritage, acting as a fund of ‘last resort’. The Heritage Lottery Fund is the UK’s leading funder of our diverse heritage and the only heritage organisation that operates both across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and funds the entire spread of heritage – including buildings, museums, natural heritage and the heritage of cultural traditions and language. Last year, four out of five of the grants were for amounts of less than £50,000, many going to small community groups. The biggest ever grant was £26million to restore the historic Kennett and Avon canal which runs between Reading and Bristol. Want to be part of the team at Heritage Lottery Fund?
Eden Brown regularly recruits for The Heritage Lottery Fund, if you would like to contact charities@edenbrown.com with your CV and what you are looking to do and one of our specialist consultants will be in touch. Best of luck with your job search. Eden Brown Charities Team |
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