Deadline: 26-Oct-21
The Arts Council England is seeking applications for its Capital Investment Programme to support cultural organizations to adjust buildings and equipment so that they can operate safely post-pandemic and improve access, seize on technological opportunities, and reduce environmental impact.
Funding Information
- £100,000 (minimum) – £750,000 (maximum)
- Grants close to the maximum value are likely to be made only by exception.
Funding Activity
- Capital expenditure to support cultural organisations to adjust buildings and equipment so that they can operate safely post-pandemic, improve access, seize on technological opportunities, and reduce environmental impact.
- They define capital expenditure as an amount spent to purchase or improve fixed assets that will be capitalised on your balance sheet.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible to apply you must be a not-for-profit cultural organisation based in England. Organisations must be able to clearly demonstrate that their primary aims are around culture and that the activities they are applying for fall within the remit of Arts Council England.
- Museum applicants must be non-national Accredited museums (full and provisional) or museums confirmed by the Arts Council as working towards Accreditation.
- The lead organisation (the organisation submitting the application) should be properly constituted with a governing document.
- Examples of the kinds of organisations that are eligible to apply include:
- charities
- charitable trusts
- charitable incorporated organisations (CIOs) registered with the Charity Commission
- charitable companies registered with the Charity Commission
- community interest companies (CICs) registered with the CIC regulator
- limited companies registered at Companies House who do not distribute profit to their members or shareholders
- statutory bodies and other public bodies who run or maintain cultural services
- This programme is only open to applicants with a registered address in England.
For more information, visit https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding/capital-investment-programme#section-1
