If you applied to us before 31 March 2008 the documents below are relevant to your grant. We are currently preparing new documents for all applications from 1 April 2008 onwards. If you would like us to let you know when these are ready, email enquire@hlf.org.uk
Information set out on this page is designed to help applicants understand how to run and monitor your project smoothly.
Grant notification
We will send you a grant notification letter within seven working days of the decision. This will set out:
- The amount of grant awarded
- A break down of the costs for the HLF project
- Details of how to acknowledge your grant
- A list of conditions that will apply to your grant, in addition to those in the printed contract attached to the application form
- If we have decided not to use the printed contract, a date for when the bespoke contract will be sent
Conditions
There are some conditions that we always use in certain situations, such as if you are buying something, or if you are letting out part of a property. We have listed the situations below and their accompanying conditions. Please take the opportunity to read them. Please refer to the relevant condition (see below) within the Acquisition Conditions Document.
Conditions breakdown
If your project involves buying land or building(s) AND doing work to it/them : condition 1.
If buying object(s) and doing work to it/them : condition 2
Buying land or building(s) : condition 3
Buying object(s) : condition 4
Leasing or letting out part or parts of the property to AN Other
Please read Condition 1 of the Miscellaneous document
Leasing the property from AN Other
Please read Condition 2 of the Miscellaneous document
Doing works to land or buildings and the grant request is for £1 million and over.
Please read Condition 3 of the Miscellaneous document
Creating a database as an approved purpose output
Please read the entire Database document
Contract pack
We will then send out a contract pack which will include:
Your contract
Guidance on how to monitor and manage your project (see below for specific programmes)
A copy of the additional conditions that will apply to your grant
The monitoring forms for telling us about your progress and claiming your grant (see below for specific programmes)
Guidance on the EU regulations about how to buy goods and services
How to Acknowledge Your Grant
Order form
Guidance on carrying out a peer review (if applicable to your project)
You will need to comply with all of these contract pack documents as you proceed through your project. We have provided them below for your information.
Monitoring Documents for Your Heritage, Young Roots and Heritage Grant awards below £200,000.
English | Welsh (5044)
Monitoring forms for Your Heritage and Heritage Grant awards below £200,000
Grant payment request 1: English | Welsh (5070)
Grant payment request 2: English | Welsh (5071)
Grant payment request 3: English | Welsh (5072)
Monitoring forms for Young Roots
Grant payment request 1 : English | Welsh (5082)
Grant payment request 2: English | Welsh (5083)
Grant payment request 3: English | Welsh (5084)
Monitoring Documents and forms for Project Planning
Monitoring documents: English | Welsh (5048)
Grant payment request 1: English | Welsh (5079)
Grant payment request 2: English | Welsh (5080)
Grant payment request 3 English | Welsh (5081)
Monitoring documents and forms for Heritage Grants of more than or equal to £200,000, Bursaries, Landscape Partnerships and Parks.
Monitoring Documents (5033)
Permission to start the project (5102)
Grant Payment Request and Progress Report (5103)
Final grant payment request and completion report (5104)
Monitoring documents and forms for RGPOW in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
Monitoring documents: English | Welsh (5060)
Development grant payment 1: English | Welsh (5061)
Development grant payment 2: English | Welsh (5089)
Repair grant payment 1: English | Welsh (5062)
Repair grant payment 2: English | Welsh (5090)
Repair grant payment 3: English | Welsh (5064)
Stage 2 Submission form: English | Welsh (5067)
Monitoring documents and forms for Townscape Heritage Initiative
Townscape Heritage Initiative Guidance Documents 2007 (5113)
Development Grant Payment Request 1 (5105)
Development Grant Payment Request 2 (5106)
Permission to start the scheme at year 1 (5107)
Grant Payment Request and Progress report (5108)
Final Grant Payment Request and Completion report (5109)
Permission to offer a grant to a third party (5110)
Annual action plan approval (5111)
Monitoring documents for the development project & the THI scheme (5112)
Excel calculated versions of selected forms
Volunteer timesheet
Summary of Invoices Sheet
Media toolkit
These templates are tools to help you increase press coverage:
ENGLISH
Guidance on getting local media to talk about your project: Hitting The Headlines | Sample Press Release | Sample Press Release for Places of Worship
Photocall notice
Taking pictures
WELSH
Guidance on getting local media to talk about your project: Hitting The Headlines | Sample Press Release | Sample Press Release for Places of Worship
Photocall notice
Taking pictures