Arts Council England accepting Applications for Culture Recovery Fund

Deadline: 7-Jan-21

The Arts Council England is currently accepting applications for the Culture Recovery Fund. This programme is part of the Government’s £1.57 billion package to protect the UK’s culture, heritage and cinema ecology from the economic impacts of Covid-19.

This investment is intended to support culturally significant organisations as they transition back to a viable and sustainable operating model during the 2021/22 Financial Year.

Funding Information

Total fund: £100 million;
Grant range: Minimum of £1 million – there is no upper limit (but applicants should keep the maximum budget available in mind, £100 million).

Eligibility Criteria

Cultural organisations – charitable, not for profit, and commercial – operating within the arts, museums, heritage (including built and intangible heritage) sectors, including cinemas.
The kinds of organisations that are eligible to apply include:
- private companies (either limited by shares or guarantee) registered at Companies House.
- community interest companies (either limited by shares or guarantee) (CICs) registered with the CIC regulator.
- charitable incorporated organisations (CIOs) registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales.
- charitable companies or charitable trusts registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales.
- limited liability partnerships registered at Companies House.
- partnerships established under a partnership deed/ agreement under the Partnership Act 1890.
- community benefit and co-operative societies registered with the Financial Conduct Authority.
- Royal Charter bodies.
- statutory bodies and other public bodies including Universities and museums who run or maintain cultural services.
The applicant organisation must be based in England and have been properly constituted, and registered with the relevant regulatory body where applicable, on or before 30 September 2017.
Organisations who have previously been awarded a Culture Recovery Fund loan are not eligible to apply in this round however, organisations in receipt of a grant from previous rounds of the Culture Recovery Fund are eligible to apply for a loan through this programme.
If you plan to apply to another Culture Recovery Fund programme run by the Arts Council or another body in this round, you cannot make an application to this fund.