RoathRemembers

RoathRemembersA RoathCardiff ProjectFunded by HLF CymruFirst World War: then and now Funding Stream

1The Roath ProspectAlbany Primary School a military hospital, 1914-1919Roath Local History SocietySt Edwards ChurchSt Margarets ChurchWar memorialsWhy did we apply?Existing community websiteGreat community linksAn interest in local history and relationship with Roath Local History SocietyA vision of including many more people in the project than engage with the community site aloneA rare opportunity to get funding for a specific theme that would include a wider range of the local populationSaw the opportunity by chanceApplying for fundingThe same process for volunteers/community groups as those paid to fundraise for organisationsits much more difficult for voluntary groups:Because of: Time OpportunityKnowledge

4The Application FormHeritage Lottery Fund (specifically) its hard! It takes timeAspects to consider being constituted; financial records; full minutes available, holding an AGM Fully accountable its a grant, so you need to be accountable for everything you want to do and pay for usually more exacting than hyperlocal accounts

5The ExperienceThe full grant of 10,000 was awarded to us!Full consultation with fund required eg press, logos, publicityUse of logo, other publicity material at any and all events/press releases etcGuidance/rules on (pretty much) everything HLF has fund recipients area on website to assist with thisA named HLF advisor to help (though with smaller grants, they are not expected to meet with you) but will advise via email very helpfulFeedback phone call

What weve been able to do #1Facilitate, (with funding from us), a fantastic exhibition with Albany Primary School, that has contributed to the Year 6 curriculum in 2014Facilitate the on-going ability for the school to host the exhibition until 2019, via the purchase of costumes and propsInspired the Christmas end of term musical production- WW1 specificProduction of a schools guideWorking with other local schools in the areaWestern Mail/Echo built links for publicity beyond the community news remitWorking with the school to produce a website of their own in 2015

What weve been able to do #2Encourage local people to bring their stories to us to be digitally recorded whether by video interview, spoken interview, image, and/or written contributionsPeoples Collection Wales website will be hosted in perpetuity (including the new school WW1 website)Digital Archive training Peoples Collection Wales (National Library Wales) Involve local libraries in both exhibition and trainingSchool won first prize (all Wales) in Welsh Heritage Schools Initiative in July 2015 and is to participate in their 25th anniversary celebration at the Senedd in September

Why weve been able to do itGetting community support and mutual benefits agreed beforehand: Albany School, Roath Local History Society, The Cardiff Story, Made in Roath, in our caseExisting connections personal, social media, outreachGoing to meetings eg RLHS AGMSocial mediaLinking with other community projectsVisiting/going to others events eg local church events around WW1, Cardiff YMCA exhibitionIs it worth it, for a hyperlocal?Its worth it, but its hard work if youve got other things going onTheres lots of support from the grant-makerIts not only about the project, there will be additional work to satisfy the grant-maker (whoever that is)Take this into account if your site/project is run by volunteers it will usually mean a need to recruit more, specifically for the project. The community already has people involved you will be a facilitator and need to find these peopleFocus on whats important/relevant to your communityDont underestimate the cost in time or moneyFundingHLF Cymru has given us a fantastic opportunityIts completely project-relatedIt doesnt fund our day-to-day expenses, its all additionalButwe couldnt hope to undertake this project, which is integral to the community, without itWe could (and would) have attempted a smaller project without funding, but HLF has expanded our reach and helped us include a far wider community input, and given us the ability to record peoples stories, where they wouldnt otherwise be2014 to 2019Weve done the basicsWere continuing to work with local schools, and have committed to producing a schools packOur website will be online (funded by HLF) until 2019, and then by Peoples Collection WalesWeve expanded volunteering and training opportunities in the Roath areaWeve recorded local social history on our hub, and preserved it, at a time we should be remembering, and as the chances for this are fadingHyperlocal/HyperhistoryExternal funding, not just journalistic, can cross-facilitate Can increase publicity and interest in the main siteHyperhistory can be integral Hyperhistory can lead to bigger, greater, and more meaningful outcomes in the communityLinksRoathCardiff http://roathcardiff.net @roathcardiffRoathRemembers http://roathremembers.net @roathremembersWales Remembers http://www.walesremembers.org/ Heritage Lottery Fund, First World War: then and now http://www.hlf.org.uk/looking-funding/our-grant-programmes/first-world-war-then-and-now Peoples Collection Wales http://www.peoplescollection.wales/ Welsh Heritage Schools Initiative http://www.whsi.org.uk/ ContactRoathCardiff news@roathcardiff.netRoathRemembers roathremembers@roathcardiff.net

Geraldine NicholsEditor, RoathCardiff