our heritage awards

 

Our Heritage Awards provide funding of up to £2,500 (average £2,000) and support to help organisations turn heritage ideas into community projects. Awards can support but are not limited to oral histories, workshops, creative collaborations, exhibitions, films and performances. The programme celebrates Bradford District heritage, empowering communities to preserve, share and showcase diverse cultural traditions, memories, stories and mor

about this award 

Only organisations may apply for this Award.
If you are not an organisation with a legal structure or you are applying as an individual you are ineligible for this award and your application will be rejected.

This award provides organisations with up to £2,500 (£2,000 average) to turn a heritage idea into a project.  such as collecting memories and oral histories, researching local stories, running community workshops, working with artists or facilitators, creating exhibitions, films, performances or publications, and sharing heritage with wider audiences.  This programme focuses on Bradford’s living, community-led heritage, particularly its intangible traditions, memories and creative practices. These could include oral histories and migration stories, faith-based customs, textile arts, spoken word, community festivals and other forms of cultural expression. The Award supports organisations that bring these stories and experiences to life, exploring what heritage means to people across the Bradford district and ensuring that the heritage of diverse communities is recognised, celebrated and shared.

Projects should include how activities can be planned and delivered in environmentally responsible ways. Environmental sustainability does not need to be a separate activity within your project. We encourage organisations to consider how sustainable approaches can be embedded throughout the planning and delivery of their work, while remaining appropriate to heritage.

project characteristics

  • Heritage should be the central focus of the project.

  • The project must focus on heritage within the Bradford district.

  • The project must benefit people living in the Bradford district.

  • Projects should embed environmentally friendly and conscious decisions into delivery.

  • The project must involve and have support from the people that your work or activities aim to benefit.

  • The project must be well planned and budgeted.

  • To learn more about environmental sustainability and good practice click here: Environmental sustainability good practice guidance | The National Lottery Heritage Fund

  • Good industry standards and best practice around heritage projects as per the Heritage Lottery Funds guidance can be found here: https://www.heritagefund.org.uk/funding/good-practice-guidance

  • The project must deliver all activities within the agreed timeframe.

  • Projects must be delivered by 31st March 2028.

criteria and eligibility

For full details of this programme please download the Criteria and Eligibility document here ↗ 

As well as details of the programme this document also contains the application timeline.   

how to apply

Applications will only be accepted via this link: xxxxx

The form will not accept input from more than one device; if you are working with other people on your application, you may find it easier to work from Microsoft Word and then copy and paste your answers into the form at the link above.  

You will find a pro-forma of the application form here xxxx

Your application must be submitted by XXXXXX

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