The Government has announced a third round of funding is available through the Culture Recovery Fund to support organisations in the cultural, creative and heritage sectors.
So far, almost £2billion in funding has been allocated to cultural organisations across England.
Almost £220 million will now be available for existing recipients of Culture Recovery Fund grants as well as organisations that have not already received support but are at imminent risk of failure. This will protect theatres, museums, galleries and other cultural organisations around the country and safeguard hundreds of thousands of creative jobs.
This funding will be split between an Emergency Resource Support Fund and a Continuity Support Fund. The Emergency Resource Support Fund will be open to organisations who are at risk of ceasing to trade viably within twelve weeks, particularly those who have not benefitted from previous Culture Recovery Fund schemes. The Continuity Support Fund will be open to the previous Culture Recovery Fund recipients and will launch later this year.
Guidance will be available shortly on the following websites:
Arts Council - https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/
British Film Institute - https://www.bfi.org.uk/funding-industry
National Lottery Heritage Fund - https://www.heritagefund.org.uk/
In addition to the funding mentioned above, £20 million is being invested into the National Heritage Memorial Fund (more information here) and an additional £35 million is being invested into the Heritage Stimulus Fund (more information here).