Heritage & Place Grant

Overview:

The Heritage & Place Programme (H&PP) is an area-based funding programme that aims to contribute to the development of vibrant and sustainable places in Scotland, through community-led regeneration of the historic environment. It supports the development and delivery of heritage focused schemes within conservation areas, or alternatively distinctive heritage areas with local authority recognition.

Applications can be accepted from local authorities, national park authorities and suitably experienced not-for-profit organisations based in Scotland. Individual property owners are not eligible to apply directly to this programme.

Overview Programme criteria What we can fund(selected) How to apply Programme resources Contact us 3What we can fund For the Development Phase, we can help to support the costs of appointing staff and consultants to carry out development activities. This will include undertaking local skills and materials audits and may also include the delivery of community engagement activities and historic asset condition surveys. It is our expectation that the Development Phase will not exceed 12 months.

For the Delivery Phase, we can help to support the cost of a range of projects and activities identified as priorities in response to the specific needs of the area and of the local community. A delivery scheme is likely to consist of:

• Repair and resilience capital projects which may involve the reuse of historic environment assets. These will be facilitated through the awarding of third-party grants to the asset owners or long-term leaseholders, and we will only provide funding support for repairs using appropriate techniques and materials
• Traditional skills training and materials activities which target local needs
• Community heritage activities
• A management and maintenance strategy to include activities which will help to build capacity within communities to value and look after the historic environment for the longer term It is our expectation that the Delivery Phase will not exceed five years. On completion, you will need to ensure that there are processes in place to deliver ongoing monitoring of the grant aided works and the management and maintenance strategy for the scheme area.

Whilst there is no set grant amount that can be applied for under each phase, for the Development Phase we will typically be able to provide funding support of up to 50% of the costs. For the Delivery Phase, grants from HES will typically range between £750k and £1.5m, depending on the size of the scheme and match funding.

How to apply:

All applicants to the current funding round are required to submit an expression of interest (EOI) by 31 July 2022. Please see the instructions below about how to submit your EOI.

If your EOI is approved by HES, you will be invited to submit a Development Phase application. All Development Phase applications will be assessed as a batch through a competitive process, and successful applicants will have up to 12 months to undertake a Development Phase and submit their Delivery Phase application