Deadline: 26-Jun-25
The Museums Association is pleased to launch its programme of grant-making, networking and learning dissemination for health and wellbeing programmes in museums, funded by the Julia Rausing Trust.
Grants will enable the development and continuation of groundbreaking health and wellbeing programmes in UK museums during a time of financial crisis and increasing demand for services.
The fund is designed to enable museums to develop and embed their leading health and wellbeing work. They will not fund brand new initiatives, but will support museums to continue and build on existing programmes which demonstrate excellence to further develop practices and impact.
Funding Information
- Grants of between £50-75k over a period of around 2 years (36 months maximum)
Eligibility Criteria
- They are seeking to fund organisations with a demonstrable commitment to the Museums Change Lives campaign and Code of Ethics. Membership also provides access to resources and support to enable leading work in health and wellbeing.
- They use Accreditation as a marker of good practice in terms of public benefit, access, governance and collections care so expect applicants to be part of the Accreditation scheme. In rare cases, they understand that Accreditation may not be possible, for example if you are a digital-only museum, and will require evidence of why you cannot be Accredited but meet equivalent relevant standards.
- They are looking for excellent health and wellbeing work that builds on a proven track record; that may be at risk due to financial difficulties in the sector; and where applicants have coherent plans for how they can develop, improve or embed elements of their work.
- Even if current finances put this work at risk, they want to see that your organisation recognises the social value of this work.
- This could be in the form of a safeguarding policy and staff policies that support wellbeing. They are looking for organisations that can evidence a culture of care being supported at governance level.
Ineligibility Criteria
- The Health and Wellbeing in Museums Fund will not support:
- Capital costs.
- Work that does not have a direct benefit in the UK.
- Work that has already taken place.
- Repeating a project without building on feedback, evaluations and strategic commitments to embed excellent working practices.
- General appeals and circulars.
For more information, visit Museums Association.
