Deadline: 30-Jun-22
The British Council is inviting applications for Cultural Protection Fund (CPF) large grant to help create sustainable opportunities for social and economic development through building capacity to foster, safeguard and promote cultural heritage.
The overarching objective of the fund is to help create sustainable opportunities for social and economic development through building capacity to foster, safeguard and promote cultural heritage. The CPF awards funding to projects which keep cultural heritage sites and objects safe, as well as supporting the recording, conservation and restoration of cultural heritage. It also provides opportunities to local communities for training and education, enabling and empowering them in the long term to value, care for and benefit from their cultural heritage.
The Cultural Protection Fund (CPF) is led by the British Council in partnership with the UK Government Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). It was launched in 2016 to protect vital cultural heritage at risk in conflict-affected regions. In 2019 the fund expanded its remit to protect cultural heritage at risk because of climate change and related disasters.
Cultural heritage includes many different things from the past that communities value and want to pass on to future generations, for example:
- archaeological sites and monuments
- collections of objects, books or documents in museums, libraries or
- archives historic buildings
- cultural traditions such as stories, festivals, crafts, music, dance and costumes
- stories of people, communities, places and events
- the heritage of languages and dialects
- people’s memories and experiences (often recorded as ‘oral history’)
Funding Information & Duration
Applicants may apply for:
- Large grants from £100,000 up to £2m
- Funding is available for projects commencing in autumn 2022
- Projects can run for any duration but at the latest must finish by the end of January 2025
What they will not fund?
- Projects where private gain outweighs public benefit
- Projects that don’t protect heritage
- Purchase of property or major capital projects involving significant amounts of redevelopment
- In the majority of cases, exchange rate losses
- Projects which are not ODA compliant
Eligibility Criteria
- Open to applicants proposing to deliver activities in
- If you are not based in one of the above countries or states, you can apply but you must have a local partner where the project is taking place. Individuals and sole traders are not eligible to apply.
- Applications must be submitted by one lead applicant organization with up to eight partner organizations. Either the lead applicant or at least one of the partner organizations must be based in a country where project activity is taking place.
- Applications must demonstrate intent to benefit one or more of the target countries as their loving hand. If private owners or for-profit organizations are involved in a project, they expect the benefit to the social and economic development of the target country to outweigh any private gain.
- If a grant is awarded, you will be required to accept the terms and conditions of the Grant Agreement.
- A lead applicant organization can submit multiple expressions of interest under any given round of funding but may only submit one full application.
- Sole traders are not eligible to apply. All applicants will be required to submit evidence of legal status and supporting documentation in English.
For more information, visit https://www.britishcouncil.org/arts/culture-development/cultural-protection-fund/apply