The High Speed 2 Community and Environment Fund (CEF) has been created to add benefit over and above committed mitigation and statutory compensation to communities along the route that are demonstrably disrupted by the construction of Phase One of HS2 from London to West Midlands. There are two types of CEF funding: CEF Local will focus…

The Architectural Heritage Fund’s Project Development Grant Scheme is intended to assist an organisation to cover some of the costs of developing and co-ordinating a project and taking it towards the start of work on site. To qualify, an organisation must have established that the end use of the project is likely to be viable and…

From business planning to understanding intellectual property, from monetising your assets to being resilient in the face of change, Creative United’s sector-specific new training is available to book now. With lunchtime webinars, half-day workshops and full-day masterclasses, Creative United’s events will deliver high-impact, practical training to independent museums and others in the arts, heritage, museum…

The Museums Association (MA), with funding from Arts Council England, has published ‘Museums Facing Closure: Legal and Ethical Issues’, a document outlining the legal and ethical issues relating to museum closures. Drawing on research into over 20 recent museum closures in the UK, the document looks to understand how the governing bodies, employees, and the…

The deadline for the AIM Collections Care Scheme, Remedial Conservation Scheme and Collections Care Audits is 30 September. If you are an AIM member museum or heritage site and need support with your conservation, then please take a look at each of the schemes here

Social investment is often seen as a London-centric activity. It can be harder for social enterprises and charities outside of the capital to access social investors and gain a better understanding of the financial products available. Well not anymore! This ‘Let’s talk good finance’ event in Birmingham offers third sector arts and cultural organisations with…

Join the IHBC at for a unique learning experience at Auckland Castle. Local project leads will review the full range of project challenges while speakers from key national bodies will set that work in context:   Historic England (Carol Pyrah) Heritage Lottery Fund (Sara Crofts) IHBC (Fiona Newton) CIOB President Rebecca Thompson, Chair for the Day…

The Ethical Property Foundation are organising three free property workshops/advice clinics as part of their 2017 National Programme for Property Education. The workshops are: 21/9/17 Durham- Managing Asset Transfer for your Community 28/9/17 Bristol- Managing Asset Transfer for your Community 3/10/17 Birmingham- Negotiating and Managing Property Leases

The Aviva Community Fund offers the chance to get funding from £1,000 up to £25,000 for an important community cause. It’s open to everyone to enter a project for their community where you will need to tell them what a difference these much-needed funds could make.  The Aviva Community Fund will finance over 500 projects across…

The John Ellerman Foundation has recently created a curatorial development fund worth £500,000 which aims to strengthen regional  museums and galleries in the UK. The foundation wants to help organisations enhance and sustain curatorial development to attract a broader public. They expect to make about five or six grants for periods of two to three…