Deadline: 16-Jan-23
The Heritage Council is seeking applications for Heritage Capacity Fund to Support not for profit, non-governmental organisations working in the heritage sector.
Objectives
- To support developing and strengthening the skills, processes, and resources that heritage organizations need to survive, adapt, and thrive following the C19 pandemic.
- To support heritage organisations who play a key role in the heritage infrastructure of Ireland and are vital to the delivery of national policy and plans.
Funding Information
- An allocation of up to €1,000,000 will be made available in 2023 under this scheme. The maximum amount available per organisation is €60,000. They envisage the average offers to be in the €30,000 – €60,000 range and that approximately 30 organisations will be supported by this scheme.
What they can fund
- Funding towards your organisations’ core costs, alongside direct project costs. Core costs include existing staff salaries, rent, rates, statutory and/or legal responsibilities etc
- Costs to help your organisation be more resilient in the future, for example, adapting business plans, risk management reviews and piloting new ways of working.
- For professional institutions – funding of bursaries for professional training or for specific personnel to deliver accredited CPD courses on heritage.
- Training and skills development costs.
- Hiring of new staff: a clear job description for the post must be provided with your application.
Eligibility Criteria
- Not-for-profit, heritage-focused non-governmental organisations (NGOs), with a demonstrated national relevance. Your not-for-profit organisation should ideally be established as a Company limited by guarantee (CLG) and should not be controlled either directly or indirectly by any state or other body. The constitution of the organisation should prohibit the payment of remuneration to the directors.
- The purpose of the organisation must relate to one of the aspects of heritage mentioned in the Heritage Acts 1995, 2018, or organisations engaged in the protection of intangible cultural heritage as part of Ireland’s commitments to the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.
- Demonstrated national relevance – the organisation must carry out work that has application at a national scale or, its work is being used to inform policies at a national scale.
- Work plan- the organisation must be undertaking innovative small to medium scale actions that provide clear outcomes that assist in the delivery of one or more of the following – the Heritage Council’s strategic plan 2018 -2022; the National Biodiversity Action Plan; Heritage Ireland 2030; Culture Ireland 2025
- Private companies, public bodies, or individuals are not eligible to apply for funding under this scheme.
For more information, visit Heritage Capacity Fund.