06/12/2010 HLF boosts budget by £45m
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has announced a £45 million increase to its budget for new grants in the next financial year.
This boost is the result of the increase in the share of Lottery funding available for heritage and continuing healthy National Lottery ticket sales and will push up the overall budget for March 2011/12 to £250 million.

 

Dame Jenny Abramsky, Chair of the HLF, said she hopes the announcement will be “heartening news” that will make a real difference across the UK.

She said: “We think it’s particularly important to be increasing our investment in smaller grants having long seen the heritage benefits of people getting involved at a local level.

“Whether it’s a locally important historic building or church in desperate need of repair or a beautiful landscape that needs attention, we know that community involvement is the key to long-term success.”

Dame Adamsky also announced that HLF’s Trustees have decided to allocate £17 million of the additional budget to four programmes.

  • £11 million for Townscape Heritage Initiative - for grants that help regenerate historic areas with particular social and economic need.
  • £23 million for repair grants for places of worship scheme - funding for urgent, high-level repairs to listed places of worship.
  • £21 million for Your Heritage - its small grants programme to conserve and enjoy local heritage.
  • £17 million for Landscape Partnerships - its programme to conserve distinctive landscapes, led by local partnerships.


“We wanted to set out some programme allocations for our 2011-12 budget early, so that applicants can plan. We are currently reviewing our position across a whole range of issues and we will make further decisions once we have a better understanding of the impact of the Spending Review alongside heritage needs and priorities. We intend to remain as flexible as possible,” Dame Adamsky said.

A full business plan for 2011/12 that will detail the remaining allocations within the £250 million budget will be agreed and announced in spring of next year.

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