About the HLF/ LPS

  LPs for AONB funding - benefits (& limitations)

 Good practice in bids/ delivery & the LP future

 Evaluation?

HLF funding programmes

Targeted programmes •  Young Roots - £3k to £25k •  Townscape Heritage Initiative – £500k to £2m •  Landscape Partnerships - £250k to £2m •  Parks for People - £250k to £5m (in Eng with BIG) Plus: Skills for the Future (£100k to £1m); Repair grants for Places of Worship

(£10k to £250k); Catalyst Endowments (£30m match with DCMS)

General programmes •  Heritage Grants – £50k to £5m

& upwards •  Your Heritage – £3k to £50k

Landscape Partnerships - features: Aims •  Conserve & restore built and

natural features •  ^ community participation in

local heritage •  ^ access to and learning

about lscp & heritage •  ^ training opportunities in local

heritage skills

•  £250k to £2m •  Area 20 km² to 200

km² •  ‘Distinctive’ lscp

character •  Partnerships – LA,

NGO, NDPB &c •  Multi project

•  Match funding ≥ 5% (was 10%) ≤ £1m; ≥ 10% (was 25%) for > £1m grant

Landscape Partnerships – process •  Pre-application form •  First-round applications in by 28th February •  Case Officer assessment;

Annual decision at July Trustees Board •  Up to £100k in development funding •  Development phase up to 12-18 months •  To produce a Landscape Conservation Action Plan •  2nd round submission non–competitive, to

Cntry/Reg C’tees, •  HLF mentor/ monitor •  Mid-term and final reports •  Qualitative and quantitative

evaluation

Lead bodies of landscape partnership and area scheme by number of schemes and percentage of total

Numbers (left) and area covered (right) by landscape partnership and area schemes in protected landscapes

AONBs with LPs (or ASs) •  Arnside and Silverdale •  Blackdown Hills (Neroche) •  Chichester Harbour (Rhythms of Tide) •  Clwydian Range (Heather and Hillforts) •  Caring for the Cotswolds •  Dedham Vale/ Stour Valley •  Dorset (Carving a Foundation/ Purbeck Keystone Project) •  High Weald (Weald Forest Ridge) •  Isle of Wight (West Wight/ Eyes of the Needles) •  Kent Downs x 2 (Medway Gap 'Valley of Vision‘ & White

Cliffs) •  Llyn Peninsula (Partneriaeth Tirlun Llyn/ Living on the View) •  Malvern Hills •  Mourne (Mountain Kingdom) •  North Pennines x 2 (Unique/ Living NP & Heart of Teesdale/

Barnard Castle Vision •  Shropshire Hills (Blue Remembered Hills) •  Solway Coast (Sule Way/ Solway Wetlands) •  South Devon (Life into Landscape) •  Wye Valley

20/ 59; 14/45

•  Sperrins •  Lagan Valley & (August 2011) 7/11 •  Nortumberland Coast

(Lindisfarne) •  Arnside & Silverdale

(Morecambe Bay) •  Gower •  Dorset (S Dorset Ridgeway) •  Shropshire Hills (Stiperstones

and Corndon Hill ) •  Suffolk Coast and Heaths

(Suffolk Heritage Coast) •  North Pennines (Lower

Derwent Valley)

STO DHH MED WFR

£1,813,000

HLF LPS as AONB funding? Congruent with AONB purposes & challenges

•  Natural and cultural heritage •  Landscape ‘character’

(NB not nec’y ‘eminent’ & care about LCA)

•  For and with people •  Social and economic well-being

(training/ community plans?)

•  Partnerships (NB LP ≠ JAC) •  NB HLF not just LPs – Heritage Grants may

be more appropriate if specific biodiversity/ artefact project to deliver

Heritage Grants programme…

•  Conserve heritage, engage people •  £50k to £5m & up •  Rolling programme, < £5m apply anytime •  3 month assessment period •  Two round competitive process •  Development funding available •  £50k - £1m Cntry/Reg C’tees (Jun, Sep, Dec, Mar) •  £1m - £5m Trustees – 6x p.a. (>£5m via C/R team) •  ≥ 5% match funding (was 10%) ≤ £1m grant •  ≥ 10% (was 25%) match funding for > £1m grant

S, 0 & LP future •  Landscape ‘in’ – ELC (&

failure on biodiversity targets)

•  ‘Big Society’ & localism •  Lawton, NEWP, IBDAs,

NIAs and LNPs •  Multi-project ‘fill the gaps’

in AONB activity? •  Landscape character –

beyond NEWP •  Success rate > 50% •  LPs to continue 2013 –

2019 SP4 strategy May 2012

W & T •  Up-front investment – •  Partnership (arms length?)

and proposal development •  Financial uncertainty &

match funding •  Scale of funding/ ‘balance’

& ‘flaky’ projects? •  Exit strategies – what

after? •  M & E a pain? •  Need a good project

manager – who stays to the end!

What makes a good application? •  Clear, concise & well written – follows guidance •  Clearly defined boundary/ies to area(s) •  Clear vision and proven need for scheme •  Strong partnership reflecting all interests •  Robust project management structure •  ‘Offers good vfm - no CDs/ DVDs! Need ‘value

added’ not just delivery of AONB MP objectives •  Outreach’ – new heritage categories/ audiences/

local engagement •  Likelihood of sustained benefits

- what happens after?

3 points ? •  ‘Synergy’ - LPs are HLF’s ‘flagship’ programme -

multi-purpose, multi-project, multi-partner, just like AONBs. AONBs important to HLF as a dependable delivery base.

•  ‘Outreach’ - beyond the AONB MP. LPs mean new heritage categories/ audiences/ local engagement. How could a Landscape Partnership and Scheme (re) invigorate the AONB?

•  ‘Sharing’ - lots of experience amongst AONBs – need to identify and share best practice!

( PS & get a good project team, early, & keep them)

Links – HLF LP Guidance:

•  Guidance •  Pre-application and Application forms •  1st & 2nd round Help Notes All at:

http://www.hlf.org.uk/HowToApply/programmes/Pages/landscapepartnerships.aspx

Links – CEPAR HLF LP Evaluation:

•  Summary and Full reports plus appendices: At http://www.hlf.org.uk/aboutus/howwework/Pages/LandscapePartnershipsevaluation.aspx And together with Appendices •  Lists of LP and Area Schemes •  Supplementary Guidance on LP Evaluation •  Basic & Output Data from LP Schemes on the CEPAR webpages at http://www.bbk.ac.uk/environment/lps Username: HLF123, Password: LPS123

Downsides of Landscape and Partnership working

Evaluation tips •  Start early – work out the story of your project

•  Take ownership of your evaluation

•  Define objectives, outputs and expected outcomes

•  Select indicators that will show progress towards outcomes – not just easiest measures or counting for counting’s sake

•  Involve people

•  Collect quantitative and qualitative evidence

•  Monitor continuously and consistently throughout the project

•  Collect final data

Participative M & E Output monitoring • Integrate with scheme delivery (LCAP, mid-delivery, Final Report)

• Standard data categories/ codes – across HLF programme/ integrate with national datasets?

• Baseline data? When, who, from where?

• GIS – shape files and spatial analysis

Outcome evaluation • Workshops – regional, as well as new schemes?

• M & E need to be embedded in project planning & delivery

• Incorporated in LCAP – a guide to action and delivery

• Actioned with partners

• Final Report to address legacy as well as achievement