Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage

Deadline: 30-Sep-21

Are you an organization or business that owns, works with, or manages heritage based in England? Is your organization at imminent risk of failure due to COVID-19?

If yes then apply for Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage.

Aims

This strand of funding is to cover core operating costs for organisations, up to a point where they can demonstrate a return to financial viability. Funding cannot extend beyond 31 December 2021. It will support organisations who are at imminent risk of failure to ensure they have sufficient funds as they transition out of lockdown, resume business activity and the public starts to engage with England’s diverse heritage once again.
You can bid for a grant to support the costs your organisation faces as it works to become financially viable and transitions towards full reopening. This funding will support your organisation to build up or sustain your operations and begin a programme of heritage activity to help it re-establish itself, with a view to ensuring that by the end of December 2021, your organisation will be operating on a viable and sustainable basis

Funding Information

Applicants can apply for grants of between £10,000 and £1million to cover core operating costs up to a point where they can demonstrate a return to financial viability.
At the 2021 Budget, the Chancellor announced an additional £300 million to support the Culture Recovery Fund in 2021/22, to continue to support key cultural organisations; bridge the sector as audiences begin to return; and continue to ensure a vibrant future for the culture sector as the nation recovers from the pandemic.

Eligibility Criteria

They are accepting applications from organisations and businesses that own, work with or manage heritage in England who have not been able to access any funding through the previous two rounds of the Culture Recovery Fund.
As a guide, your organisation could be:
- Not-for-profit organisations that manage heritage sites, venues or attractions
- Local authorities, universities and other public sector bodies that manage heritage sites, venues or attractions
- Private owners of nationally significant heritage sites, venues or attractions that are normally open to the public at least 28 days a year or which host public events. By this they mean that your heritage site should be accessible to the public (for free or paid) and that the focus of the day is sharing the heritage you care for.
- For profit businesses that are a vital part of the heritage ecosystem and who generate the largest portion of their income from heritage work. This includes conservators, contractors, specialists, suppliers and cooperatives
- Organisations that manage culturally significant assets or collections
- Organisations that provide significant support to the heritage sector
- Faith organisations that manage listed places of worship
- Non accredited museums