Deadline: 21-Aug-20
The National Lottery Fund is currently seeking applications for the Culture Recovery Fund Grants. This fund offers financial support for cultural organizations that were financially stable before Covid-19, but are now at imminent risk of failure.
The programme is part of the Government’s £1.57 billion package to protect the UK’s culture and heritage sectors from the economic impacts of Covid-19. This fund will support cultural organisations that have been affected by the Covid-19 crisis to stay afloat, providing them with support over a 6-month period to ensure that by 31 March 2021 they can reopen, either fully or partially, or operating on a sustainable, cost-efficient basis until they are able to reopen at a later date.
It is open to arts and cultural organisations, including charitable and non-profit organisations as well as private organisations and commercial for-profit ventures.
Funding Information
- Total fund: Up to £500 million
- Grant range
- Minimum of £50,000 up to a maximum of £3 million
Eligibility Criteria
This funding is available to:
- Cultural organisations (both profit and not for profit) based in England. The lead organisation (the organisation submitting the application) should be properly constituted as an organisation.
- The kinds of organisations that are eligible to apply include:
- limited companies registered at Companies House
- community interest companies (CICs) registered with the CIC regulator
- charitable incorporated organisations (CIOs) registered with the Charity Commission
- charitable companies or charitable trusts registered with the Charity Commission
- limited liability partnerships registered at Companies House
- partnerships established under a partnership deed/ agreement
- community benefit and co-operative societies registered with the Financial Conduct Authority
- Royal Charter bodies
- statutory bodies and other public bodies including Universities and museum who run or maintain cultural services
- The lead organisation must also be able to provide at least one year’s independently certified or audited financial statements.
For more information, visit https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding/CRFgrants#section-1