2. National Lottery funding
Funding raised by National Lottery players
Four National Lottery distributors in Scotland, Heritage Lottery Fund, The Big Lottery, Sport Scotland and Creative Scotland

3. What is heritage? Traditions and crafts Community heritage
People’s memories and experiences
Built heritage
History of people and places
Museums, galleries and archives
Traditional skills

4. What is heritage? Landscapes, nature and parks
Conservation skills, training and volunteer opportunities
Industrial, maritime and transport

5. Current projects in West Lothian….
Disability West Lothian
Oral history archive focusing on disability in West Lothian since before WWII, 30 local volunteers and 60 school pupils to receive oral history training and interview 50 people who have experiences of disability
West Lothian Ancre Somme Association
Families of the Great War
The project involving local people and school pupils to gain an understanding of the impact of WW1 had on families in the Whitburn area using photographs, newspaper clippings, documents and letters

6. Previous projects in West Lothian…
Welcome through Wildlife
The Conservation Volunteers
Worked with Syrian refugees in West Lothian to learn about wildlife and green spaces close to where they live
Life is for Livingston
Celebrating the new town of Livingston’s 50th birthday and exploring the memories of those who have lived there

7. Developing your project
Clear heritage focus, support from heritage organisations
Activities to engage people and the community
Responding to a need or opportunity
New groups of people accessing heritage
Reaching new audiences
Health and wellbeing benefits for participants

8. Top Tips for your application
Defined beginning, middle and end
In addition to what you do already
Heritage focus which is not too wide but will enable people to get involved and participate
Talk to your community and explain the support you have for your project
Is well planned and managed
Financially realistic and demonstrates value for money
Capacity to deliver of a project of this scale

9. Heritage Lottery Fund programmes
Current programmes: Sharing Heritage, Our Heritage, Resilient Heritage, Young Roots and First World War: Then and Now – deadline 18 January 2018 Launch new programmes end of January 2019

10. Next steps…
Speak to partners and organisations to find out what support they can offer
Consult with your community
Visit our website
Contact us!
Project advice surgeries
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