Round 3 applications for the Local Heritage Grant Scheme will be open from 30 September 2024 and close on 17 January 2025.
Come and chat to us face to face at Torbay Libraries during October to talk about your project and how easy the process is to apply – let us help you make your project become a reality!
| Location | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Brixham Library, Market St, Brixham TQ5 8EU | Monday 21 October | 12pm to 3pm |
| Churston Library, Broadsands Rd, Paignton TQ4 6LL | Tuesday 22 October | 10.30am to 1pm |
| Torquay Library, Lymington Road, Torquay TQ1 3DT | Wednesday 16 October | 10am to 1pm |
Our ambition is to improve the quality of life in Torbay through the development of culture and heritage. Thanks to investment from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, we can make a step forward with this programme of work. This will support increased public participation in local heritage.
We want to support local people and improve access and engagement with Torbay’s heritage. This new investment will resource a Torbay Local Heritage Grant Scheme to run across mid-2023 to late 2025. It will also enable advice and support for local grant recipients, and evaluation.
This new scheme will help us with our ambition to celebrate and increase local engagement with our UNESCO Global Geopark designation. Local organisations, groups and societies will be able to apply to the Scheme. The grant scheme will:
- Provide the momentum for more engagement with the different designations around the bay. This will work alongside the overarching theme of our UNESCO designation, such as scheduled monuments, listed buildings. You can find more information on the Geopark on the support and help page.
- Allow smaller scale partners to access support that they otherwise could not consider. For example, developing activity or resources that support intangible heritage or untold stories.
Sections
Supporting information
Aims and outcomes
Applicants to the Scheme will be asked to respond to the aim. They will explain how they will meet the two outcomes below with their proposal for funding. They can use any of the Torbay Heritage Strategy themes as a structure if this helps.
The aim of grant scheme is:
To improve access and participation in Torbay’s heritage and raise awareness of, and celebrate, our UNESCO Global Geopark designation.
Proposals are asked to meet the following two outcomes which will be scored equally:
We welcome proposals which demonstrate an understanding of environmental and social responsibility. This means a proposal is:
- environmentally responsible in itself (subject or theme), or,
- simply reflects a sustainable and socially responsible approach to delivering the outcomes
By social responsibility we mean we want to support ideas which are inclusive and welcoming for everyone in the local area. We want to democratise heritage – in the spirit of the definition given above. What do we mean by ‘heritage’? We want to encourage a broad range of ideas that will excite and involve people in local heritage. We want to deliver on the project aim of raising awareness and celebrating the UNESCO Global Geopark, where these projects will reside.
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Environmental and social responsibility score for projects (20%)
We also hope this scheme will strengthen local collaboration and capabilities. We want it to help build confidence and skills in the community. Whilst this is not scored, we will consider this in balancing decisions.
Find out more about what we are looking for in the Outcomes.
Grant amounts
The grants available range from small amounts, to much bigger amounts. Grants are available:
- from only £500 up to a maximum of £5,000 for activity. This could used be for events, temporary displays, lecture series etc.
- up to £7,500 for capital. This could be used for purchasing permanent equipment, physical improvements to places etc.
This means the grant is ideal for projects of any scale. It means they are suitable for people with all levels of experience to apply for.
Please note that the projects for round 3 should aim for a 6 month timeline.
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