People and Heritage – Making Connections with Waterways

From the archaeology under our feet to the historic parks we love, from precious memories to rare wildlife, the Heritage Lottery Fund uses money raised by National Lottery players to help people across the country explore, enjoy and protect the heritage they care about. Since 1994 we have awarded over £110m to 3,000 waterways projects and this presentation will demonstrate the impact that this funding makes to heritage, people and communities. We will focus on how canal projects can uncover underappreciated heritage, attract new audiences and generate exciting opportunities for volunteering and training while boosting local economies.

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2. Dame Seona Reid CBE
   Trustee for Scotland
   Heritage Lottery Fund
   People and Heritage
   Making connections 

   with waterways
   

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3. Heritage Lottery Fund
   

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4. HLF canal funding
   More 

   than £192m
   invested
   Supporting
   more than
   380 projects
   Projects total
   more than
   £332.5m 

   in cost
   

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5. Economy
   Tourism
   Environment
   Skills
   Health
   Volunteering
   Young people
   Benefits of canals
   

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6. Kennet and Avon Canal – South West
   Grant £25m
   

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7. Kennet and Avon Canal – South West
   Grant £25m
   

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8. Leeds & Liverpool Canal Society
   Grant £4,958
   

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9. Leeds & Liverpool Canal Society
   Grant £4,958
   

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10. Pocklington, East Yorkshire
    Grant £500,000
    

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11. Pocklington, East Yorkshire
    Grant £500,000
    

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12. Pocklington, East Yorkshire
    Grant £500,000
    

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13. Finsley Gate Wharf, Burnley
    Grant £2.3m
    

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14. Weavers’ Triangle, Burnley
    

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15. Weavers’ Triangle, Burnley
    

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16. Carpenters Road Lock, London
    Grant £680,000
    

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17. Carpenters Road Lock, London
    Grant £680,000
    

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18. Carpenters Road Lock, London
    Grant £680,000
    

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19. Canal College
    Grant £226,000
    

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20. Canal College
    Grant £226,000
    

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21. Canal College
    Grant £226,000
    

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22. Skills for the Future programme
    £47 million 

    awarded
    since 2009 

    2,100
    trainees and
    placements
    £10 million
    to be 

    awarded
    in 2016 

    

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23. Apprenticeships – Jake Strickland
    

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24. Apprenticeships – Jake Strickland
    “It’s been amazing to be 

    part of rebuilding this stretch 

    of the canal. I’m delighted 

    to have been selected and
    can’t wait to officially start 

    the apprenticeship.”
    

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25. Skills Film
    

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26. Birmingham Roundhouse
    Grant £2.2m
    

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27. Birmingham Roundhouse
    Grant £2.2m
    

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28. Birmingham Roundhouse
    Grant £2.2m
    

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29. Apprenticeships – Angus Harkness
    

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30. changinglives.hlf.org.uk
    

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31. Apprenticeships – Angus Harkness
    “When it’s weather like this and
    you’re outside working away,
    you do think this is the best job
    in the world. You get to see so
    many different places. Most of
    the guys I work with are older
    and they pass on all their skills.
    You’re always learning
    something new.”
    

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32. A lasting difference
    

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33. changinglives.hlf.org.uk
    

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