Deadline: 17-Feb-22
Are you a not-for-profit heritage organisation that owns, works with or manages heritage in Northern Ireland? Can you support employability and skills within the heritage sector by creating and supporting a new role within your organisation? Has the type of role you would create been affected by the pandemic? Will your support for this role strengthen the heritage sector? If you answered yes to these questions, then the Covid Recovery Employment and Skills Initiative for Heritage could be for you.
Employment and Skills Initiative for Heritage could be for you.
The objective of the wider Covid Recovery Employment and Skills Initiative is to provide support for individuals within identified sectors in Northern Ireland whose job roles have been impacted by the pandemic, to enhance their job prospects and skill sets, and in doing so strengthen the organisations and sectors.
The Department for Communities has appointed the Heritage Fund to deliver the Covid Recovery Employment and Skills Initiative for Heritage to organisations specifically within the heritage sector.
Funding Information
Organisations can apply for between £50,000-£100,000 of funding. This funding should be spread over three years and can be used to cover salary and training costs of approximately £30,000 per annum. The funding should be used to support one person/role only.
What can you apply for?
Eligible costs include (this is not an exhaustive list):
- Wages for a new staff member or paid trainee. They are committed to ensuring that the heritage sector is inclusive and sustainable. You must use the Real Living Wage rate (and London Living Wage if applicable) for all project staff.
- Wages for additional hours of an existing staff member or paid trainee.
- Reasonable on-costs and professional fees for hiring new staff members, such as pension contributions and HR support. Grantees must commit to a minimum employer’s pension contribution of 5% for the funded role. It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure this is compliant with their employee pension provider rules and employment law.
- Fees for training to support the skills and development needs of existing staff and volunteers. This should add value to the individuals involved, to the organisation and to the sector.
- Fees for professional memberships or associations.
- Expenses, travel and in some circumstances accommodation (for example when the post-holder is required to live on site) for a new staff member or paid trainee.
- Equipment and materials, for example a new laptop for the new post-holder.
Eligibility Criteria
- They are accepting applications from heritage organisations operating in Northern Ireland. You should only apply to the Covid Recovery Employment and Skills Initiative which best fits your organisation’s primary purpose. If you organisation’s primary purpose is arts, creative industries, sport, voluntary and community work, please only apply to the relevant scheme.
- Organisations must:
- be not-for-profit organisations, constituted, with two unrelated people able to sign on behalf of the organisation. Private limited companies operating for the sole benefit of a not-for-profit organisation, with all profits paid to the not-for-profit organisation, may also apply.
- have heritage as their primary purpose
- be based in Northern Ireland, OR be based in England, Scotland, Wales or the Republic of Ireland and manage heritage in Northern Ireland
For more information, visit https://www.heritagefund.org.uk/funding/Covid-Recovery-Employment-Skills-Initiative-for-Heritage