Once you have completed your Resilient Heritage Strength Checker report you may want to embark on some work to capitalise on your strengths, boost other areas of your organisational capabilities and to help you plan your next steps.
To do this you may need some formal and/or informal support from peers and/or experts. There are a number of national and local schemes, and organisations who have developed resources, designed to support the sector. Some of these are listed below.
Support and guidance around capacity building and social investment
- Your local Council for Voluntary Service via the National Association for Voluntary and Community Action (NAVCA)
- Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action
- Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations
- Wales Council for Voluntary Action
- Your local Rural Community Council via Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE)
- Social enterprise support organisations like Social Enterprise UK (SEUK)
- Social Enterprise Northern Ireland
- Social Enterprise Scotland
- Insights on social investment produced by The National Lottery Community Fund
- Social Investment Scotland
- The National Lottery Community Fund guide to building capacity
- Skills Platform
- Consultants for Good
- The National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO)
- The Directory of Social Change
- Pilotlight
- Cranfield Trust
- The Foundation for Social Improvement (FSI)
- Locality
Resources specific to the heritage sector:
- Association of Independent Museums - Aim Hallmarks
- Association of Independent Museums - Aim Golden Rules for Good Governance
- Federation of Museums in Wales
- Museum Development hubs in England
- The Architectural Heritage Fund
- Historic England - Pillars of the Community guide to community asset transfer
- DTAS Community Ownership Support Service
The National Lottery Heritage Fund Catalyst Umbrella Projects
Catalyst Umbrella grants supported organisations to develop training programmes and resources for the heritage sector. Funded projects aimed to encourage more private giving to culture and heritage and to build the capacity and skills of cultural and heritage organisations to fundraise from private donors, corporate sources and trusts and foundations. The links to projects funded under this programme are below.
- The Heritage Alliance - Giving to Heritage
- Arts & Business Scotland - Resourcing Scotland's Heritage
- The National Archives - Giving Value
- Wales Council for Voluntary Action - Giving the past a future – sustainable heritage in Wales
- Northern Ireland Environment Link - Investing in Northern Ireland's Heritage
- The Prince's Regeneration Trust - Building Resources, Investment and Community Knowledge (BRICK)
- Norfolk Museums & Archaeology Service - SHAREd Enterprise: developing business minded museums
- Hampshire County Council Arts & Museums Service - Inspiring a Culture of Philanthropy
- Cornwall County Council - Cornwall Museum Partnership
National Lottery Heritage Fund – Our Funding Programmes
You can find out more about our funding programmes on The National Lottery Heritage Fund website.