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Good practice guidance

Good practice guidance

Guidance to help you plan and deliver your heritage project.

Take a look at the guidance we've provided to help you along with your project. Whether you need support with meeting our outcomes, grant applications or establishing your own objectives, everything you need to get you started is listed below.

Young people taking part in heritage wood working

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Activity plan guidance

An activity plan sets out everything you will do as part of your National Lottery-supported project to achieve positive outcomes for the people involved.
Two people look out over a balcony towards a natural vista

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Area-based schemes and area action plans

We recommend that you read this guidance in full before submitting your project enquiry or expression of interest and before filling in your application form.
Two people wearing hard hats, goggles and high vis tops, holding troughs

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Building maintenance guidance

The best way to tackle the long term care of historic buildings is to concentrate on regular preventative maintenance.
People sitting in cafe looking at heritage archival items

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Community Grants guidance

Community Grant Schemes are a ring-fenced pot of money that you can use to fund other groups/organisations to deliver small, seperate projects.
Three people smiling whilst pointing at a book

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Evaluation guidance

How to carry out an evaluation of your National Lottery-funded project.
Inclusion guidance

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Guidance for Inclusion

This guidance will help you address our inclusion priority in your project. It is for everyone applying for a grant, regardless of the size or type of organisation you represent or the amount you are requesting.
Groups of people using a park in a variety of ways, including rowing, listening to music and sitting on a bench

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Local area guidance

This guidance is designed to help you meet our priority outcome: the local area will be a better place to live, work or visit.
Visitors in a museum

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Local economy guidance

This guidance is designed to help you meet our outcome: how your project can boost your local economy.