Abstract
This article explores the Heritage Lottery Fund’s (HLF) goal of “strengthening communities” through its grant aid programmes with reference to a particular scheme, the Grants for Places of Worship (GPOW) programme, which ran from 2013 to 2017. The HLF (now renamed the National Lottery Heritage Fund) is the major funder of heritage projects in England, and although its work has been a subject of some academic interest, it remains curiously neglected in some quarters. This article uses interviews with members of parochial church councils who had been through the process of applying to the GPOW scheme to explore the experiences of community groups managing heritage through grant-aided phases of repair. It argues that although the funding provided by the HLF was welcomed by its recipients, the scheme placed a heavy burden on a small number of people to the end of achieving a public policy goal that is not easily measured.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Les communautés patrimoniales (Heritage Communities) |
Editors | Myriam Joanette, Jessica Mace |
Publisher | Presses de l'Universite du Quebec |
Pages | 91-112 |
Number of pages | 22 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9782760552388 |
ISBN (Print) | 9782760552364 |
Publication status | Published - 13 Nov 2019 |
Event | 12th International Conference of Young Researchers in Heritage - Montreal, Canada Duration: 27 Sep 2017 → 29 Sep 2017 Conference number: 12 |
Conference
Conference | 12th International Conference of Young Researchers in Heritage |
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Country/Territory | Canada |
City | Montreal |
Period | 27/09/17 → 29/09/17 |