Part of the rescue package announced by DCMS earlier this month (December 2020) is specifically to safeguard cultural and heritage organisations across England from the economic impact of COVID-19. The second round of the Culture Recovery Fund looks forward to next spring and early summer when it is expected (hoped) that cultural organisations will be able to operate with fewer restrictions.
Over £300million of grants will be available, covering the period April-June, to support cultural organisations with the costs they will face as they welcome back visitors.
Grants for Heritage
The National Lottery Heritage Fund is distributing £36m of this government funding to organisations in England, in partnership with Historic England, based on criteria set by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). This second round will offer grants of between £10,000 and £3m to support organisations to make the transition towards full reopening. The fund will be open for applications from 7 January 2021 and you can apply any time from then until 26 January 2021.
Repayable Finance
The other element of Culture Recovery Fund support available is Repayable Finance, which has a budget of up to £100m. Culture Recovery Fund 2: Repayable Finance allocations have a lower limit of £1m and no upper limit. Both not-for-profit and commercial organisations will be able to apply.
The guidelines for applications to both funds from the 7 January 2021 can be accessed via this link:
https://www.heritagefund.org.uk/funding/culture-recovery-fund-heritage-second-round
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