Funding

Northern Ireland allocates £29m ‘lifeline’ to culture

A new suite of funding schemes will provide support in the short and longer term

New grants available in ongoing coronavirus crisis

Find out what funding is currently on offer to support your organisation

Financial support for Welsh museums

New grants package is part of the Cultural Recovery Fund

English councils predict £700m gap in culture and leisure budgets

Local authorities expect to spend about £200m more on these services in 2020/21 while losing around £500m in income

Scottish acquisitions grant scheme unveiled

The new Special Funding Scheme has no deadlines

Art Fund awards £600,000 to 18 museums and galleries

Recipients include Foundling Museum and National Videogame Museum

Contemporary Art Society unveils acquisition fund for museums

Rapid Response Fund designed to support sector during Covid-19 crisis

Manchester’s next cultural wave will centre on social impact

We're collecting the evidence to show that museums really do change lives

Manchester artists respond to coronavirus crisis

People's History Museum among museums to benefit from funding

Museum funders relax grant conditions in light of Covid-19 pandemic

Plans to adapt or create new funding programmes in response to crisis

What does the 2020 Budget mean for museums?

Government cuts business rates and confirms Cultural Investment Fund

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The policy column | Empowering Collections: a progress report

A year on from the Museums Association’s (MA) Empowering Collections report, it’s pertinent to revisit our vision of making collections more relevant and dynamic. Is the sector making this vision a reality? And how can museums and others sustain the report’s ambition across all 11 recommendations?  Sector bodies have responded. The Collections Trust aims to …