NWFED

Esmee Fairbairn Museum & Heritage Collections new strand

The Foundation is currently in discussions with the Museums Association (MA) and hasreached an agreement in principle with them to run an adapted version of the current ‘Effective Collections’ strand. The programme will be launched early 2011 with the first grants to be made mid – 2011.

The ‘Museum & Heritage Collections’ Strand focuses on time-limited collections work including research, documentation and conservation that is outside the scope of an organisation’s core resources. We will prioritise proposals that are at an early stage of development where it may be difficult to guarantee tangible outcomes. We will also prioritise proposals that have the potential to share knowledge with other organisations through partnership working or dissemination.

http://www.esmeefairbairn.org.uk/funding/museums-heritage.html

Clothworkers’ Foundation Bursary Scheme in Conservation

In 2009 the Clothworkers’ Foundation set up a bursary scheme to support continuing professional development conservation. Since launching the scheme, we have awarded over 60 bursaries covering attendance at a range of conferences, courses and events in the UK and abroad. Awards of up to £1000 (to cover travel, accommodation, subsistence, registration and fees) are available to help qualified conservators attend events directly relevant to their discipline. These bursaries will be available throughout the year subject to availability of funding. For further information and an application form please see our website.

http://www.clothworkers.co.uk

The Adam Reynolds Memorial Bursary 2010-11 is open for entries

The bursary, now in its fourth year, is available to mid-career disabled or deaf artists working in the field of visual arts. This year’s winner will be given £5,000 and a residency at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead.

The bursary has firmly established itself as one of the most significant commissioning opportunities for disabled artists in the UK.

Applications are welcomed both from artists who work in a disability or deaf arts context, and from those whose work is not focused on their disability.

Email: armb@shapearts.o

The deadline for entries for the competition is Monday 18 October at 10am.

For information on how to apply, please visit our website www.shapearts.org.uk .

MLA Small grants to help store the nation’s record of 2012

New funding for community projects who will help create The People’s Record is being made available by the MLA.

The 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games are a once in a lifetime event that needs to be recorded for posterity. Since 2008 MLA has supported a network of projects, led by museums, libraries and archives, to enable community groups to have their say and tell their stories. During 2010 MLA will launch an online space to showcase and sustain the results, as part of a comprehensive archival, material and digital record of the Games.

MLA is looking to inject small sums, up to £3,000 each, into partnership projects which will discover and create community records: documents, photographs, film, oral history and artwork. These will form part of The People’s Record digital archive. Funded projects will receive workshops and online guidance.

Application materials and guidance are available here: http://www.mla.gov.uk/what/programmes/setting_pace/peoples%20record

Further information from: Vanessa Harbar, Project Manager for 2012. Tel: 0121 345 7331

Young Roots: Funding available to engage young people with heritage

The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) dedicates £3million per year to its Young Roots grants programme, which gives grants ranging from £3,000 to £25,000 to fund projects that engage young people aged 13-25 with heritage.

 More than 50,000 young people from all around the UK have so far benefited from £20m of Young Roots funding; developing new skills, building confidence and connecting with their local history and communities.

The Young Roots programme is aimed at young people aged 13 to 25 and encourages them to take part in activities exploring heritage. Our research into the programme shows that young people enjoy shaping their projects and learning about heritage. They value the skills and confidence that taking part in a Young Roots project can bring. Youth workers tell us that the programme has opened up heritage as an exciting new area of work for them. And heritage organisations value the opportunity to work with young people in a supported way.

We are actively looking for potential projects to be supported through Young Roots in Wales. There are no deadlines for applications and decisions are reached within 10 weeks.

The HLF team is available to provide advice and help before applications are submitted. For more information visit:

http://www.hlf.org.uk/HowToApply/programmes/Pages/youngroots.aspx

Small Grants to promote education agriculture, horticulture and conservation for those who are disabled or disadvantaged

The CLA (County and Land Association) Trust awards grant funding in support of disabled people in England and Wales. The Trust’s aims are to: encourage education about the countryside for those who are disabled or disadvantaged, particularly youngsters from urban areas; provide facilities for those with disabilities to have access to recreation in the countryside; and promote education in agriculture, horticulture and conservation for those who are disabled or disadvantaged. The Trust focuses on smaller projects where the grant makes a real contribution to the success of that project. Applications should be for a specific project or item of capital equipment rather than on-going running costs. Grants rarely exceed £2,000 and the Trustees do not give grants to individuals. Applications can be made at any time.

http://www.clacharitabletrust.org.uk/granta.htm

The John Ellerman Foundation – Audience Development Grants

The arts is one of five areas of interest which benefits annually from the John Ellerman Foundation. In 2007/08, a total of 42 charities involved with the arts received £1.05 million between them.

Currently, the focus of the arts funding is directed towards music & opera, museums & galleries, and theatre & dance. The Foundation is particularly interested in charities which can demonstrate excellence in the field, commitment to attracting new audiences and wider public access, youth participation and motivation, originality and creativity in design, production and/or presentation and lasting impact.

Applications are invited from registered charities with a UK office involved in delivering projects throughout the United Kingdom, and can be made at any time. The Foundation is inclined to support small or medium-sized charities with an annual income of less than £25 million.

For more information email barbara@ellerman.org.uk or go to http://www.ellerman.org.uk/pages/arts.htm?dm_i=DB,3YN2,361C4,CHTQ,1

The Heritage Funding Directory

The Heritage Funding Directory is a comprehensive guide to sources of financial support (and more) for anyone seeking to undertake creative projects connected with the UK’s heritage. It includes details of the majority of substantive sources of funding from central and local government, non-governmental agencies and grant-making trusts which specialise in supporting heritage projects, as well as many which provide such funding within a wider remit.

• As well as detailing sources of grants, the Directory also lists bodies offering loans, awards, scholarships, training, funding advice, education, interpretation and publication, and other “in kind” resources.
• Categories of heritage include the countryside, historic landscapes, parks, gardens, churchyards and cemeteries; industrial, transport and maritime heritage; archives, collections, spoken history; historic churches and other buildings; museums and gallery collections; land and maritime archaeology; environmental; heritage skills and conservation.
• Each entry includes a detailed descriptions of the type of project which the funding source is willing to support, together with contact details for where you can go to seek further information. Where appropriate, a direct link is provided to the source’s own website.

Go to the Heritrage Funding Directory website http://www.heritagelink.org.uk/fundingdirectory/main/fundinghome.php

Wellcome Trust Arts Awards

Arts Awards support imaginative and experimental arts projects that investigate biomedical science.
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/Public-engagement/Grants/Arts-Awards/index.htm

For small to medium-sized projects (up to and including £30 000) upcoming deadlines are:

• 30 April 2010
• 30 July 2010
• 29 October 2010

Decisions will be made approximately three months after the relevant deadline.

AIM Conservation Scheme: put in your bids!

AIM is looking for more bids from its members for its popular Conservation Scheme, supported by The Pilgrim Trust, which recently granted AIM a further three years’ funding for the scheme. Bids are accepted for up to £5,000, allowing AIM members to ensure the conservation of some of their most important objects. So far 51 members have received grants totalling £225,000. Closing dates for this year are 31 March and 30 September.
http://www.aim-museums.co.uk