Deadline: 16-Jan-23
The Heritage Council is seeking applications for Heritage Stewardship Scheme to support staff in local authorities, state agencies and third-level institutions with responsibilities for heritage programmes, e.g., stewardship of and access to collections, archives, buildings, monuments, and habitats.
Objectives of the scheme
- The objective of the Heritage Stewardship Fund is to support and build the capacity of staff who play a key role in the heritage infrastructure of Ireland and are vital to the delivery of national policy and plans.
- Such staff may be operating in organisations whose core remit may not be fully focused on heritage, but which may have an impact on heritage, or which may possess significant collections of portable objects, archives or buildings and habitats.
Funding Information
- An allocation of up to €500,000 will be made available in 2023 under this scheme. The minimum amount available is €5000 up to a maximum of €30,000. They envisage the average offers to be in the €20,000 – €30,000 range and that approximately 20 projects will be supported by this scheme. Applicants are required to provide a financial contribution of 10%.
Eligible Costs Include
- Third party supplier costs e.g., professional fees to undertake a heritage audit or plan, or training, contractor costs for conservation of a building/object or site etc
- Purchase of specialised equipment e.g., museum grade cases, monitoring equipment for humidity/ temperature or light, interpretation/digital/multimedia equipment, archival boxing for vulnerable documents etc
- Travel and subsistence costs for volunteers.
Eligibility Criteria
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This scheme is open to employees in
- Local authorities
- Public bodies
- State agencies
- Third level educational institutes
- Local authority-based museum curators, archivists, archaeologists, architectural conservation officers and biodiversity officers. This scheme is also open to employees of state agencies and third level educational institutions proposing heritage focused projects, i.e., public sector bodies of the state that have a statutory obligation to perform specific tasks on behalf of the government.
- Please note the scheme is not open to Local Authority Heritage Officers as funding is allocated through the County Heritage plan scheme.
What can organisations apply for?
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Examples of the types of projects for funding under the scheme:
- Projects that support the management and conservation of heritage objects to accepted professional standards
- Projects that facilitate increased access to heritage with a special focus on inclusion and diversity
- Projects that relate to climate change preparation for resilience through conservation planning
- Projects that support partnership and networking events that address common challenges and needs
- Projects that provide community training, traditional buildings skills, advice, and support to increase access to and awareness of heritage,
- Projects that support decision making and policy development for the management of heritage assets
- Data collection and research relating to Ireland’s heritage that can be used for formulating future policy and advice particularly urban initiatives Publications of national relevance.
- Projects that use digital technology to document, record, display, interpret and preserve both tangible and intangible heritage
For more information, visit Heritage Stewardship Scheme.