What is the Heritage Lottery Fund Bursary Scheme?
At its meeting in December 2005, the Board of Trustees of the Heritage Lottery Fund awarded a total of £7m to fund 10 Training Bursaries Schemes.
The aims of the training bursary scheme are to: improve the quality of skills available to the heritage sector by providing new entrants or existing staff with work-based training opportunities develop innovative, exemplar training schemes which promote diversity in the workforce enable heritage organisations to work in partnership with other agencies; and disseminate good practice.
Who are the Heritage Lottery Fund?
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) was set up by Parliament in 1994 to give grants to a wide range of projects involving the local, regional and national heritage of the United Kingdom. They distribute a share of the money raised by the National Lottery for Good Causes.
