Date added: 13/07/2021
Grant Writing for Beginners Slides Recording of event coming soon Are you new to applying for grants for your museum? Have you tried to get…
Resource Category: fundraising
Advice about Online Fundraising – Advice Sheet
Date updated: 26/04/2021
Museums rely on their visitors to generate a large part of their income to cover their operating costs, but what if a museum is closed…
Accessing Emergency Funding Flowchart
Date updated: 27/04/2020
Financial Stability for non-NPO organisations
Joint Funding Workshop – 10th October 2019: Resources
Date added: 22/10/2019
This workshop was held at Chatham Historic Dockyard on the 10th October 2019, and was aimed at museums of all sizes who wanted to learn…
Materials from LGBT+ Heritage Projects Heritage Lottery Fund Briefing and Networking Event 9 February 2018
Date updated: 26/04/2019
Presentation from the event held on 9 February 2018 at Classic Boat Museum Gallery, East Cowes. The event was delivered in partnership by the Heritage Lottery Fund, Classic Boat…
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): ICO guidance for not-for-profit organisations
Date updated: 26/04/2019
ICO guidance for not-for-profit organisations, which aims to answer GDPR questions regularly raised by charities and voluntary organisations. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): ICO guidance…
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): The Essentials for Fundraising Organisations
Date updated: 26/04/2019
On 25 May 2018 the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into effect in the UK. This will replace the current Data Protection…
A Practical Guide to HLF Grant Programmes under £100,000
Date updated: 26/04/2019
South East Museum Development hosted a training session from Judith Carruthers, Heritage Lottery Fund Development Officer in March 2017. She presented funding programmes under £100,000…
Funding for International Travel
Date updated: 26/04/2019
List of sources of funding for international travel published by ICOM UK. http://uk.icom.museum/resources/funding/funding-international-travel/
‘What is an EU project? Free elearning course
Date updated: 26/04/2019
Online learning module 'What is an EU project?' available free of charge from STEPBYSTEP2EUROPE.NET Covers: Introduction to the EU strategy 2020 and the cultural and…
Materials from Volunteers in Collections Care Conference
Date updated: 26/04/2019
Materials from the day conference and share event of the Peer Development Group for managing Volunteers in Collections Care held at Fort Nelson on 8th…
Materials from Museum Collections Funding Fair 2016
Date updated: 26/04/2019
A day introducing funders of museum collections projects held at the Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth on 13th December 2016 Art Fund Presented by Emma…
Materials from EU Funding Workshop 3
Date updated: 26/04/2019
Materials from Workshop 3 of the Hampshire Solent European funding project, held at Chilcomb House on 17 May 2016. Further information about the project can be found here.…
Materials from EU Funding Workshop 2
Date updated: 26/04/2019
Materials from Workshop 2 of the Hampshire Solent European funding project, held at Chilcomb House on 15 March 2016. Further information about the project can be…
Access Review Template
Date updated: 15/07/2019
In 2016, Sonia Rasbery was commissioned to produce an access review template to help museums looking to improve their regular, in-house review process. Alongside this project,…
EU funding ‘top tips’
Date updated: 26/04/2019
A helpful EU funding top tips guide, including key steps for accessing European funding and how to develop European project ideas successfully. Developed as part…
EU funding jargon buster
Date updated: 26/04/2019
A helpful guide to terminology used in EU funding stream documentation. Developed as part of the South East Museum Development's Hampshire Solent European Funding Project…
Touring Exhibition Group – Economics of Touring Exhibitions Resources
Date updated: 18/12/2020
In April 2015 the Touring Exhibitions Group (TEG) was awarded £40,000 investment from Arts Council England’s Museum Resilience Fund, to support the delivery of a…
Share Academy
Date updated: 26/04/2019
Share Academy is a partnership project between University of the Arts London (UAL), University College London (UCL) and the London Museums Group. The partnership came together…
Creative Communities Project Resources
Date updated: 26/04/2019
The Connected Communities Programme led by the AHRC is a multi-million pound research programme designed to help us understand the changing nature of communities in…
Beyond the Creative Campus: Reflections on the evolving relationship
Date updated: 26/04/2019
This booklet summarises and critically reflects on discussions and ideas emerging from a two year research network project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research…
Connected Communities Heritage Network (CCHN)
Date updated: 26/04/2019
Connected Communities Heritage Network (CCHN) founded in 2013 at De Montfort University in Leicester is funded by the AHRC to provide a forum and support…
Materials from Successful bid writing and sources of grants for museums
Date updated: 26/04/2019
Materials from the Successful bid writing and sources of grants for museums event held on the 5th February 2016. This event was aimed at staff…
Materials from All Together Now! Community Engagement Seminar
Date updated: 26/04/2019
Materials from the community engagement seminar "All Together Now!" held at Bursledon Brickworks on 4 December 2015 Museum Presentations Presentation by Andrea Mercer "Re:make Derby…
Materials from EU Funding Workshop 1
Date updated: 26/04/2019
Materials from Workshop 1 of the Hampshire Solent European funding project, held at Westgate Hall Southampton on 17 November 2015. Further information about the project…
Creative Europe Desk UK
Date updated: 30/04/2019
Creative Europe Desk UK promotes awareness and understanding of Creative Europe, the European Union's programme to support the cultural, creative and audiovisual sectors. From 2014-2020,…
Materials from Young Roots Briefing
Date updated: 26/04/2019
Presentations from the 'HLF Young Roots Briefing' on Thursday 17 September 2015 at Quay Arts in Newport, Isle of Wight Download HLF_Young_Roots_Briefing_17_Sept.pdf... Download HCT_ENTRENCHED.pdf... More…
Materials from ‘How to submit a good ACE Museum resilience fund application’
Date updated: 26/04/2019
Materials from the workshop at Portsmouth City Museum on 9 June 2015. At this interactive workshop, expert Mary Godwin, Arts Council England’s Relationship Manager Museums…
Materials from Funding from the Crowd: Battersea Arts Centre Fire to The Burial of Richard III
Date updated: 26/04/2019
Materials from 'Funding from the Crowd: Battersea Arts Centre Fire to The Burial of Richard III' Thursday 28 May 2015 at Winchester Discovery Centre. This…
Catalyst: Inspiring a Culture of Philanthropy Resources
Date updated: 26/04/2019
Fundraising resources generated by the Catalyst: Inspiring a Culture of Philanthropy project supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund. Includes training event materials, links and tools.…
Sources of Funding for Museums Staff: list from the Association of Art Historians
Date updated: 26/04/2019
The AAH promotes the professional practice and public understanding of Art History. They have collated this list of organisations which offer funding for individuals. Some…
Heritage Funding Helpline
Date updated: 26/04/2019
The Giving to Heritage project has launched the Heritage Funding Helpline as a result of requests for adhoc advice from a fundraising specialist. That this…
Donation Boxes in Museums
Date updated: 30/04/2019
AIM is pleased to introduce the first of a new series of publications called ‘Quick Guides’. The AIM QUICK GUIDES have been developed to provide…
CultureHive
Date updated: 26/04/2019
CultureHive is a free resource to help you discover and share best practice in cultural marketing and fundraising, managed by the Arts Marketing Association. Featuring…
Arts Award case study – Project Dinosaur
Date updated: 26/04/2019
Project Dinosaur – using Arts Award with young people in hospital The aim of this project was to connect the Museum of Natural History to…
Arts Award case study – Oxford University
Date updated: 26/04/2019
Arts Award - Oxford University museums and collections case study Building on a pilot developed by the Fitzwilliam Museum, the Oxford University Museums decided to…
List of alternative funders
Date updated: 26/04/2019
A few suggestions of other organisations you may like to consider when seeking funding. Download List_of_alternative_funders.pdf...
Gimme, Gimme, Gimme! – A Guide to Fundraising for Small Organisations
Date updated: 26/04/2019
This report was written by nfpSynergy to try and help organisations think about their fundraising with greater realism and to improve their chances of success.…
Instititute of Fundraising guidance and resources
Date updated: 26/04/2019
Fundraising guides (looking at everything from fundraising for individuals, Gift Aid, data protection and solicitation statements through to raffles, auctions and public collections...) 'Five Minute…
VisitEngland Market Research
Date updated: 26/04/2019
VisitEngland publishes useful research into tourism and leisure markets that museums can use both to inform their planning and to provide evidence for advocacy and…
Funding Central
Date updated: 30/04/2019
Free website providing access to thousands of funding and finance opportunities. Funding Central is a free website for charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises -…
Hampshire Solent First World War Centenary funding briefing materials
Date updated: 26/04/2019
Materials from Hampshire Solent Museum Development Programme's First World War Centenary funding briefing held at Carisbrooke Castle Museum on 23 January 2014. Presentation by Lucy Marder,…
Tips and Resources for Museums
Date updated: 26/04/2019
A useful booklet for museum compiled by Rennaissance South East in June 2011. Download Tips_and_resources_for_museums__June_2011.pdf...