{"id":36517,"date":"2023-05-19T16:51:58","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T15:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=36517"},"modified":"2023-05-19T16:51:58","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T15:51:58","slug":"nhmf-research-report-the-heritage-and-place-report-driving-long-term-positive-change-through-place-based-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=36517","title":{"rendered":"NHMF research report: The Heritage and Place Report – Driving long-term positive change through place-based funding"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) has issued research into the impact of its funding for placemaking – The Heritage and Place Report<\/em> – to help it explore how our it can better support people and places to thrive across the UK.<\/h3>\n

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\u2026 Place-based working is an investment approach that can maximise the impact of projects\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

National Heritage Memorial Fund writes:<\/p>\n

The National Lottery Heritage Fund is committed to funding heritage projects that create better places to live, work and visit.<\/p>\n

We commissioned Wavehill, in partnership with DC Research, to assess our place-based work over the past 10 years.<\/p>\n

The Heritage and Place Report\u00a0looks at how we are meeting our strategic objective to demonstrate how\u00a0heritage helps people and places to thrive<\/a>. It also looks at which place-based approaches to funding are most effective.<\/p>\n

“We hope these findings will encourage more people to apply for impactful place-based projects, which we will continue to celebrate.”
\nAmanda Feather, Head of Built Heritage and Regeneration Policy UK at the Heritage Fund<\/em><\/p>\n

The research took a range of approaches including interviews, analysis of grant data and project sampling.<\/p>\n

Wavehill\u2019s report highlights the changes the Heritage Fund can achieve through place-based projects. It gives a series of options for how we might adopt a stronger place-based approach in the future. The report was completed in January 2022.<\/p>\n

What we have taken from the report as a funder<\/h2>\n

The importance of place-based working<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Place-based working is an investment approach that can maximise the impact of projects aiming for long term improvements for heritage and communities.<\/p>\n

The term \u2018place-based\u2019 is used to describe a range of approaches. Common to a number of them is moving beyond targeting a specific geographic area to supporting multiple local partners to deliver significant, longer-term change.<\/p>\n

Place-based projects have been some of our largest and most successful investments to date. They allow us to work more strategically and proactively through our funding.<\/p>\n

Encouraging more place-based working<\/strong><\/h3>\n

However, the number of grants identified as place-based continues to be small relative to the rest of our investment. While 27% of our funding was awarded to place-based projects,<\/a>\u00a0only 6% of applications were identified as being place-based between 2013 and 2021.<\/p>\n

To encourage demand for this type of funding, we need to keep a broad approach to the type of work that we consider can contribute to improvements in local areas. Our work should reflect the wide understanding of what is effective in place-based working.<\/p>\n

Amanda Feather, Head of Built Heritage and Regeneration Policy UK at the Heritage Fund,\u00a0said: \u201cWe are widely seen as an organisation that benefits heritage and people. This report shows how National Lottery investment over the last ten years has benefited places significantly as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope these findings will encourage more people to apply for impactful place-based projects, which we will continue to celebrate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Successful place-based working<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Whilst people view place-based approaches in different ways, common features seen in successful working include:<\/p>\n