What are Arts Council England (ACE) Project Grants? Arts Council England (ACE) is responsible for leading the strategic development of the museum sector.  They have…

How to create an applicant profile on Grantium The first step is to create a user account which you will use to log into Grantium.…

Financial Stability for non-NPO organisations

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…

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…

List of sources of funding for international travel published by ICOM UK. http://uk.icom.museum/resources/funding/funding-international-travel/

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…

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,…

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…

A helpful guide to terminology used in EU funding stream documentation. Developed as part of the South East Museum Development Programme's Hampshire Solent European Funding…

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 is a partnership project between University of the Arts London (UAL), University College London (UCL) and the London Museums Group. The partnership came together…

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…

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) founded in 2013 at De Montfort University in Leicester is funded by the AHRC to provide a forum and support…

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…

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,…

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…

Presentations from the 'Funding for Young People focused projects briefing event on Wednesday 1st July at Dover Museum, given by Heritage Lottery Fund and Artswork to…

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…

A few suggestions of other organisations you may like to consider when seeking funding. Download List_of_alternative_funders.pdf...

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.…

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…

Free website providing access to thousands of funding and finance opportunities. Funding Central is a free website for charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises -…

Download Why_work_with_artsits___Further_Reading_and_Fact_Finding.doc... Download Example_Project_Plan_Template.doc... Download Exhibition_Schedule.xls... Download Example_Commissioning_Process.doc... Download Sample_Artists_Agreement.doc... Download Example_Brief___Hoodwink.doc... A funny look at the session by Ian Coulson Download Why_Work_With_Artists__Why_Work_With_Museums____Cartoons_by_Ian_Coulson__17_02_2014_1.pdf...

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,…

Directions for attendees at the Hampshire Solent SHARE: Creative Use of Collections event. Download Finding_Us_1.pdf...

Materials and presentations from Kent & Medway's Museum Development Programme's First World War Centenary Update event, held at the Royal Engineers Museum on Monday 4th November 2013. Download…

To claim a Development Grant, a claim form should be returned electronically and in hard copy with: an invoice from your museum a copy of the paid…