| Fund name |
- Repair grants for heritage at risk
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| Grant size |
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| Funder's interests |
- Grants are distributed to help fund the cost of caring for historic places, buildings, monuments, and landscapes, and fund projects that enable people to understand and champion their heritage
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| Activities supported |
- Places - projects that repair, conserve, and care for historic places, including buildings, structures, monuments, landscapes, and areas
- People - activities that help people understand and champion the historic environment through engagement, skills, training, education, and heritage project-based posts
- Research - activities related to the historic environment sector, including scientific and technical conservation, surveys and investigations, publication, archiving, toolkits, and guidance.
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| Themes |
- Help more people connect with, enjoy, and benefit from the historic environment
- Use heritage to improve civic pride, prosperity, and well-being
- Achieve a positive change and sustainable future for historic places, including buildings, landscapes, archaeological sites, and marine assets
- Ensure heritage plays an important role in the fight to limit and manage the effects of climate change
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| Inclusions |
- Private dwellings, places of worship and commercial buildings are only exceptionally considered. In all cases, they would need to have high heritage and community value to be considered
- Areas of focus
- Need - projects to serve the most in need communities, using English indices of deprivation as a tool to identify those
- Partnership - projects which support the resilience, innovation and growth of partners, building skills and confidence in communities
- Growth - projects which support getting vacant sites back into use, securing existing beneficial uses and promoting positive change in places
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| Exclusions and other info |
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| How to apply |
- Submit an expression of interest (EOI)
- Before starting an EOI, local authorities applying for Partnership Schemes in Conservation Areas need to let their local Historic England office know they are planning to apply.
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| Deadline |
- On average, it will take up to 6 weeks to review your EOI and let you know if you are being invited to apply.
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