For building projects, public acknowledgement means that there must be visible signs in place in public areas throughout the life of your grant contract with us, both during construction and after completion.
A. During construction - Construction boards, self-adhesive banners and other temporary signs
Acknowledging funding from us shows your success in gaining our support, and should begin as soon as work gets underway. While building or ground work funded by us is underway, you should acknowledge our support clearly so that the work taking place can be understood by the passing public.
Temporary signs must go up as soon as work begins on your project. Large signboards must be situated at site entrances and exits, and at regular intervals on any hoardings or scaffolding you have in place, so that they are clearly visible to the public.
Most of the time your contractor will take responsibility for this as they will also want to put signs up with their own name and contact details. You will also want to provide information describing your project effectively as part of your own programme of local public information.
We can provide construction boards and self-adhesive banners with appropriate acknowledgement free of charge.
We are also happy for you to produce your own signs (see section 4 of the Acknowledgement guide). Any materials you produce must be agreed with your monitor or Grants Officer and must be at the following minimum sizes to make sure they can be seen from a distance of five metres.
60cm x 245cm if using the landscape logo;
or 75cm x 135cm if using the high-impact logo
This acknowledgement must not be obscured and must be free of vandalism and graffiti.
If at any point during your project you agree to display advertising of any kind for a commercial company not involved in your project, you must tell us beforehand and make sure that you produce and display an equally prominent acknowledgement of our support for your project.
B. When completed - Plaques and other permanent signs
By the time your project has been completed, we expect there to be clear permanent signs in place.
Where you want your acknowledgement to be part of a building – for example, a carving of one of the logos into a wall or an etching of it on a glass door – often it is most cost effective to plan this at an early stage with your architect. They can design signs, suggest positions and come up with new ideas that are appropriate for the site.
Minimum requirements
It is important that people see what lottery funding has helped achieve at your project. You can make this clear by using the logos at every main customer entrance and exit to your building or site, and at every HLF-funded facility and exhibition.
We can provide plaques with appropriate acknowledgement free of charge (see section 3 of the Acknowledgment guide for more details).
If you are producing your own acknowledgement signs at entrances and exits, these must be at the following minimum sizes to make sure your customers can see them from a distance of five metres.
13cm x 60cm if using the landscape logo;
or 25cm x 45cm if using the high-impact logo.
C. Extra options
Plaques or banners on the outside of a building or development, and at public information points and ticket offices, would help tell your local community about your funding success even if they are not your direct customers. However, we understand that it can be difficult to install these. You may want to be creative and acknowledge our support on internal direction signs, information boards and other places as appropriate.
Signs, including plaques, are the most obvious form of grant acknowledgement, but you could also make use of:
- vinyl logos attached to glass and walls;
- etched glass; and
- banners.
For building projects, we can supply you with HLF plaques. We can provide these free of charge, but you need to note that they are generic, which means they only feature the logos. If you are producing your own plaque or a sign to include your logo or name, you must meet the minimum requirements. Please contact your Grants Officer to discuss and approve this approach.