The Trusthouse Charitable Foundation provides grants for projects addressing Rural Issues and Urban Deprivation including for arts projects for people with disabilities; performance or visual arts with a clear and strong community impact; alternative education projects; supplementary teaching; heritage projects in marine or industrial areas which involve local people and have a demonstrable community…

The TWA Digitisation Grant is now open and welcomes applications from independent museums of all sizes, as well as local authority and national DCMS-funded museums based in the UK. This year the fund offers grants of up to £5000 for UK museums, archives and libraries to digitise their collections. The Grant can be used to…

The Association for Independent Museums has announced that the Arts Council England funded Hallmarks Governance Programme will continue with a new series of seminars to support trustees taking place between September 2017 and Janualry 2018. Helping trustees to develop the skills and knowledge they need to lead their organisations effectively, this new series will be…

The AIM Sustainability Grant Scheme, supported through the generosity of the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, is now open for applications. The scheme is intended to help medium and smaller sized AIM members to improve their medium and long term sustainability. To be eligible, museums must have an annual turnover of less than £300,000 or fewer than…

The next BRICK workshop will take place at the historic Brymbo Ironworks near Wrexham. The day will focus on topics relating to governance, procurement and project management, all of which are essential to the proper planning for reusing heritage sites. The session will also feature presentations on a range of heritage regeneration projects, all at…

The Charles Hayward Foundation is a grant-making charitable trust making awards to charities that registered in the UK. Under their main grants programme, funding for heritage and conservation is available for the following projects: Purchase of land or reclamation of recently purchased land to be used for nature reserves where these will be maintained in…

The Masonic Charitable Foundation’s Community Support Scheme offers large and small grants to charities registered in England and Wales that are working in the areas of financial hardship, health and disability, education and employability, and social exclusion and disadvantage. Large grants of more than £5,000 are awarded to charities with an annual turnover of more…

The Charity Commission has recently launched an accounts templates pack for small charitable companies to help trustees of charitable companies with an income of under £500,000 to prepare their accounts. These are the result of a close partnership between Companies House and the Charity Commission to ensure that the templates reflect the regulatory requirements, current…

Museums and Galleries Tax Relief came into effect at the start of April and applies to touring and non-touring exhibitions effective from 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2022. Arts Council England have posted a very useful FAQ page on their website relating to this which will be updated as more information becomes available and…

The Association for Independent Museums’ AIM Hallmarks Awards Scheme is now open for applications. These awards offer grants of between £5,000 and £15,00 to help AIM member museums and heritage sites in England and Wales to improve the way they work. More information and details of how to apply can be found here Deadline for…