The National Lottery Heritage Fund have changed their application guidance and forms to reflect their new strategy and made their requirements more proportionate to the amount of money you’re applying for. More information about grant submissions and guidelines can be found here.
Securing funding for a project can be a challenging process, and making your project stand out in a crowd has never been so important – this is where we come in to help you get the grant!
One of the services Mather & Co offers is support through the various stages of a funding application, whether that is small grants or for large transformative projects. As an experienced multidisciplinary design company, we have good experience and knowledge in National Lottery Heritage Fund applications at all stages of the process. We can guide clients through each stage, offering expertise and assistance with visual material to support their bids.
We supported Historic England and the Friends of Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings, which received a £20.7m National Lottery Heritage Fund grant, one of the largest in the country. The site has now been reinvigorated with restoration work to the heritage buildings and an introduction of a new exhibition and tour programme in 2022. Mather & Co worked hand in hand with the Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings project team at every step of the way, working through design stages and meeting with funding mentors and other experts to move it forward.
We were proudly involved in the development of the Silverstone Museum over eight years, working with Silverstone Heritage Limited and the British Racing Drivers’ Club to design a family attraction at the home of British motor racing in Silverstone. We assisted the client in producing the National Lottery Heritage Fund Round 1 submission in 2013, and Round 2 submission in 2016. The acclaimed Silverstone Museum was awarded an impressive £9.1million.
Another related question we often get asked is does a restrictive budget limit experience potential? The short answer to that is no, and we have an example of a project we worked on with a limited budget – the Pankhurst Centre.
Throughout the project, we have pushed hard to ensure we could achieve our goals on the available budget without compromising on quality or experience. Working with a tighter budget does not necessarily mean that you are limiting the potential of the experience, it just means we simply must be more creative. The space we worked with at the Pankhurst Centre is small – a series of three domestic rooms of the original Pankhurst Family home – but we wanted to make sure each room offers an experience that feels like a different chapter in the Pankhurst Family story.
Our concept allowed us to explore more creative ideas of representing the family members, be more playful in our interpretative approach and create an experience that will hopefully surprises and engages people in new ways.
If your project needs support with funding applications, contact us to see how we can help you!
