Lottery Review *LINK*

[Anonymous]

Just passing this on as some of you may wish to contribute to the exercise, and hopefully slow the flow of money away from the historic built environment and into the Olympics. It may be a forlorn hope, but nothing ventured etc.:

There are currently two opportunities for you to have a say in how lottery funding is used.

1) Consultation on the shares of National Lottery money for the arts and film, sport, and heritage.
This is the DCMS consultation regarding what share of the money for good causes each distributor will get after 2009. Heritage currently receives about 16%, so if we want to maintain a good share of funding for the archive sector, through the Heritage Lottery Fund, then now is the chance to make your voice heard. For more information on this consultation see http://www.lottery2009.culture.gov.uk/index.html.

2) Our Heritage, Our Future, Your Say - Consultation on the Heritage Lottery Fund's next strategic plan 2008-2013
In the context of the DCMS consultation, the Heritage Lottery Fund are currently collecting views about their own priorities for funding after 2007. Again, if we want to ensure that historic buildings are able to continue to access funding from this distributor then your input would be helpful. For more information on this consultation see http://www.hlf.org.uk/future/.

Various stakeholders will be responding to both consultations. However, contributions from a range of organisations and individuals would help to strengthen the case for continued funding for building conservation from the lottery, via the Heritage Lottery Fund.

Both consultation have deadlines of 28 February 2006.



http://www.lottery2009.culture.gov.uk/index.html

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks for that link - We (the Literary and Philosophical Society) in Newcastle are putting together a big Lottery bid on which the future of this 212yr old Society and Library could depend.
I won't be able to get to the London Olympics, wouldn't want to even if I could afford it and people up here weren't exactly enthusiastic and couldn't have cared less if Paris had won - in fact many wish Paris had won as it would save non-sport and non-Londoners a lot of money.
The Society's building is a purpose built and esigned 1825 beauty by Benjamin Green - many of the books are a lot older..... real Heritage and a true Period Property.
I will now dismount from my soap-box.

 

[Anonymous]

I agree Hazel - the Lit and Phil is a magnificent building, and richly deserves to remain at the heart of cultural life in Newcastle. The electric light bulb (Swan)and the miners' safety lamp (Stephenson) were both demonstrated there I think? It's sad that the big lecture hall is no longer as it was then, but I appreciate that over the decades so much has had to be done to keep the building (and its library) viable.

Obviously EH north east is supportive, and I'm sure any application for funding to repair will be looked on favourably - I can think of few more worthy causes.

My gripe is the fact that there should be public funding available, it shouldn't have to be reliant on the Lottery! Possibly EH grant aid would have been forthcoming (the building is II* I think?) had all that not been cut so drastically.