Hearts of Gold – Sefton at 50: Community Heritage Grants
Hearts of Gold – Sefton at 50 is a Sefton CVS Heritage Lottery Funded project to engage, involve and celebrate Sefton’s special people, places and events. The project will use Sefton’s golden anniversary in 2024 as the focus for a programme of activity designed to raise heritage awareness and establish a platform for continued community development.
The project has a focus on recent local heritage celebrating the last 50 years of the Borough of Sefton. We want to encourage projects which relate to this period. Heritage can be anything from the past that you value – places, memories and stories – and want to pass on to future generations. This includes our natural heritage, habitats and landscapes.
The Community Heritage Grants are available to groups and organisations working in Sefton. This funding is targeted at actively engaging local people in recognising, improving, promoting and sustaining their heritage.
The maximum grant available to organisations is £2,000
The deadline for applications is 5pm Monday 1 July 2024
Applications for funding must demonstrate they meet at least two of the following outcomes:
- Involving a wider range of people in heritage.
- Heritage will be identified and better explained.
- People will have developed skills.
- People will have learned about heritage leading to a change in ideas and actions.
- The local area will be a better place to live, work or visit.
and help to contribute towards Sefton Borough Council’s 2030 Vision, along the following themes:
- Resilient people and places
- Growing, living and ageing well
- A great place to live, work and play
- Community activities, sociability and wellbeing
- Accessibility and links between services and the community
Grant Applications Pack
Grant Application Form
Grant Criteria and Guidance
Please return completed applications to heritage@seftoncvs.org.uk.
For more information or any questions regarding the funding please don’t hesitate to get in touch using the email above.