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
3. Heritage Lottery Fund
4. HLF canal funding More 
 than £192m invested Supporting more than 380 projects Projects total more than £332.5m 
 in cost
5. Economy Tourism Environment Skills Health Volunteering Young people Benefits of canals
6. Kennet and Avon Canal – South West Grant £25m
7. Kennet and Avon Canal – South West Grant £25m
8. Leeds & Liverpool Canal Society Grant £4,958
9. Leeds & Liverpool Canal Society Grant £4,958
10. Pocklington, East Yorkshire Grant £500,000
11. Pocklington, East Yorkshire Grant £500,000
12. Pocklington, East Yorkshire Grant £500,000
13. Finsley Gate Wharf, Burnley Grant £2.3m
14. Weavers’ Triangle, Burnley
15. Weavers’ Triangle, Burnley
16. Carpenters Road Lock, London Grant £680,000
17. Carpenters Road Lock, London Grant £680,000
18. Carpenters Road Lock, London Grant £680,000
19. Canal College Grant £226,000
20. Canal College Grant £226,000
21. Canal College Grant £226,000
22. Skills for the Future programme £47 million 
 awarded since 2009 
 2,100 trainees and placements £10 million to be 
 awarded in 2016 

23. Apprenticeships – Jake Strickland
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.”
25. Skills Film
26. Birmingham Roundhouse Grant £2.2m
27. Birmingham Roundhouse Grant £2.2m
28. Birmingham Roundhouse Grant £2.2m
29. Apprenticeships – Angus Harkness
30. changinglives.hlf.org.uk
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.”
32. A lasting difference
33. changinglives.hlf.org.uk