Deadline: 17-Aug-20
The National Lottery Heritage Fund is distributing £88million of this to organisations in England through the Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage. They are distributing this government funding in partnership with Historic England, based on criteria set by DCMS.
The Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage is part of the £1.57 billion rescue package announced by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) to safeguard cultural and heritage organisations across the UK from the economic impact of COVID-19.
Separate portions of the DCMS rescue package are being distributed by:
- Arts Council England, grants and repayable finance for arts and culture.
- The British Film Institute, grants for film and cinema
The Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage will support organisations across the heritage ecosystem that were financially sustainable before COVID-19, have exhausted all other financing options, and are now at risk of failure.
Funding Information
Grants from £10,000 to £3million
Eligibility Criteria
This fund is designed to support heritage organisations that are at risk of no longer trading viably this financial year. They are accepting applications from heritage organisations in England, this includes:
- Not for profit organisations that manage heritage sites, venues or attractions
- Local authorities, universities and other public sector bodies that manage heritage sites, venues or attractions
- Private owners of heritage sites, venues or attractions that are normally open to the public 28 days a year or more
- For profit businesses that are a vital part of the heritage ecosystem and who generate the largest portion of their income from heritage work, this includes conservators, contractors, specialists and suppliers
- Organisations that manage culturally significant assets or collections
- Organisations that provide significant support to the heritage sector
If you manage more than one heritage site, please submit one application for your organisation as a whole. They ask you to do this so you can demonstrate the financial risk to your organisation and your business planning needs to be considered in the round.
Under this programme they are not accepting applications from:
- Organisations that manage heritage that is not in England
- Organisations that were not operating sustainably before March 2020
- Organisations that can apply for support from the Culture Recovery Fund through Arts Council England or The British Film Institute. This includes, accredited museums or museums that are working towards accreditation and cinemas.
- Organisations that need more than £3million to stabilise this financial year and become viable again. If this applies to you, you may be eligible to apply for repayable finance administered and managed by Arts Council England.
- Organisations that manage or preserve natural habitats and species.
For more information, visit https://www.heritagefund.org.uk/funding/culture-recovery-fund-for-heritage