Lottery Funding and Community Partnerships: The Bethnal Green Disaster Memorial Project Dr Toby Butler and Dr Amy Tooth MurphySchool of Arts and Digital Industries

Bethnal Green Tube Station

Aftermath

Architect’s Visualisation of the Completed Memorial

70th Anniversary (3rd March 2013)

Stairway to Heaven Memorial Trust

Project outcomesRun a volunteer programme to meet project objectivesProduce an online archive/phone-friendly websiteProduce two professional quality audio trails at the memorial siteDigitise historical records, including those in the Trust archiveInterview 20+ survivors and memorial activists, transcribe and archive interviewsProduce teaching pack/school learning materialsProduce 128 page memorial guidebookDeliver 30 talks, school visits or guided memorial eventsOrganise rota for memorial inspection/maintenanceProduce a pop-up exhibition on the memorial at 12 locations

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Treading on toes (or not!)

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Utilising skill sets

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Communication

Working with Volunteers

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Development

Capacity / Skill sets

TrainingManagement

Peer-led approach

Support

Fundraising from grant making trusts: advantages• Lots to choose from: about 8,800 in the UK• Give around £3 billion a year• Often have better chance than research council

bids• great for kick starting new projects• requires little resources beyond time to work up

the application – very efficient in fundraising terms• University can offer something distinctive –

expertise and access to students

Fundraising from grant making trusts: disadvantages• Funding tends to be short term; may need to think early

about how the activity might be extended (‘exit strategy’)• Funders have specific priorities for activities – may not

correspond with what you want to do• Usually over-subscribed, so competitive • Usually do not accept FEC budget calculations which

may limit time you are given by university to work on the project

• Applications take effort and time – it will take several weeks/months to write an application and usually you must wait two to six months for decision

What are trusts and foundations?

• Non-profit organisations; similar to charities with board of unpaid trustees and sometimes staff to run them

• They don’t deliver charitable work – they give money to others to do the work: professional donors

• Most invest money, eg property, stocks and shares in perpetuity and ONLY distribute profit/interest. Some VERY old eg City Bridge Trust goes back to 1097 to repair London Bridge

• NB recession = less profits annually = less to distribute = more competition; so upturn = better chances

Types of trusts and foundations• Family trusts like Sainsburys• Company foundations: Santander, Shell – distribute

proportion of company profits• Community foundations: collect funds from community

and set up endowment funds • Private individuals (living - eg Bill Gates Foundation –

or dead)• Livery company funds• Quangos eg Heritage Lottery Fund organisationally

slightly different; tend to have aims aligned with government policy; but for applicants, same process

• AIMS will often depend on their type

Finding funding sources:foundations and grant making trusts

1. Give outline of your idea to the REDS team (location, theme, scale of budget) – they can search subscription databases

2. Look in RECENT directories: Directory of Grant Making Trusts (Charities Aid Foundation) and The guide to the major trusts, vol 1 and 2 these come out annually: latest copies are in the Docklands Library reference collection   361.7632 DIR

3. Use online databases: – Cabinet Office for Civil Society: http://www.fundingcentral.org.uk/ (can

search 4,000 funds/tenders for keywords and register for funding news/deadlines)

– Directory of Social Change library – specialist fundraising reference library, including free access to Governmentfunding.org.uk grantsforindividuals.org.uk, trustfunding.org.uk, Companygiving.org.uk - I just saved you £1,368! OK to drop in, open M-F 9 to 5pm, 24 Stephenson Way, London, NW1 2DP (nr Kings X) http://www.dsc.org.uk/

A typical grant making trust application form will ask for:

• Description of project• Expected outcomes• Your team’s experience/credibility to run the project• How much you need• Who else is funding you • Timescale, start date, location• Unlikely to require lengthy academic justification:

focus on clearly stating the problem and how the project will address it

It’s not just a form:• Drafting the budget – what will they cover? Matched

funding? Volunteer hours? Getting estimates, signing it off

• May need job descriptions/specs – HR?• Letters of support (MUST be specific and

demonstrate need or key support)• photographs• Annual report, financial report, governance structure

All this takes time beyond drafting the application

Heritage Lottery Fund• Heritage Lottery funding has gone UP post Olympics plus good

ticket sales – budget 2011-12 £255m; budget 2012-13 £375m – 47 per cent increase

• Chances of success are currently excellent – depending on the time of year, some months there is a 50 per cent chance some months assuming application meets key requirements. In comparison - Research Councils on average fund one in six applications (16 per cent chance)

Usually a two stage process: pre-application (letter feedback or meeting for larger grants)• If you proceed, officer can then only comment on budget only, but

you can ask general questions on work for final application. Takes 8 weeks for decision.

HLF 2013: new open (rolling deadline) funding programmesOur Heritage

The Our Heritage programme supports all types of heritage projects. For example, smaller parks and green spaces, community buildings, museum collections and archives as well as activity projects exploring languages, cultures and memories.

• Transition funding will be available to organisations who have previously received HLF investment, to review their strategies and business plans and, where necessary with mentor support, identify ways of achieving greater sustainability.

• Grants: £10,000 - £100,000Apply from: Feb 2013 Deadline: NoneDecision: 8 weeksRounds: 1

HLF: new open (rolling deadline) funding programmesSharing Heritage 

Sharing Heritage is for any not-for-profit group wanting to explore, share and celebrate their community’s heritage. Activities we can support include events, exhibitions, festivals and celebrations, or producing local history publications, conservation of individual heritage items, volunteer training and support.

• Start-up grants will also be available to community groups taking responsibility for heritage, to create the right constitutional framework and assess options in arriving at a strategy for managing the heritage. They may then make a further application for a grant for a project focused on their heritage.

• Grants: £3,000 - £10,000Apply from: Feb 2013Deadline: NoneDecision: 8 weeksRounds: 1

HLF: new open (rolling deadline) funding programmesYoung Roots

Young Roots is designed to engage young people aged 11-25 with their heritage. Young Roots projects stem directly from the interest and ideas of young people, who are supported by youth and heritage organisations to develop skills, build confidence, and connect with their local communities.

Projects are able to run for up to two years.

• Grants: £10,000 to £50,000 Apply from: Feb 2013Deadline: NoneDecision: 8 weeksRounds: 1

HLF: new open (rolling deadline) funding programmesPlaces of Worship programme

HLF will continue to support the urgent repair needs of faith buildings as before (including cathedrals in Scotland and Northern Ireland), but will also extend the scope of the programme to help make these buildings more sustainable in the future, by providing funding for engaging people and for facilities that will enable increased community use and involvement.

• Grants: £10,000 - £250,000Apply from: Dec 2012Deadline: QuarterlyDecision: QuarterlyRounds: 2

Volunteering Support

• UEL Employability and Enterprise Volunteering Scheme: eet@uel.ac.uk

• Local Volunteering Centres– www.london.gov.uk– www.greatlondonvolunteering.org.uk– www.csv.org.uk

Contact UsAmy: a.t.murphy@uel.ac.ukToby: tobybutler1@gmail.com

Websites: www.bgmemorial.org.uk (under construction)www.stairwaytoheavenmemorial.orgwww.raphael-samuel.org.uk

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