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Historic England Announces Covid-19 Heritage at Risk Fund

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By Historic England / Posted on Monday 15th June 2020

Historic England has launched a second emergency fund to support the heritage sector recovery from the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic.

The fund, which will be up to £3 million, will award grants to those who care for some of England’s most significant historic sites to help fund urgent maintenance, repairs and investigations where the support is most needed.  The business generated will help heritage specialists, whose livelihoods have been severely affected by the Covid-19 outbreak.

Grants of up to £25,000 will be offered to fix urgent problems at locally-cherished historic buildings and sites which are normally visited by the public, so that they can re-open as quickly as possible, subject to Covid-19 restrictions, and thrive once again. The funding can be used to address problems such as damaged roofs, masonry and windows, to hire scaffolding to prevent structural collapse, or commission surveys necessary to inform urgent repairs.

Applicants are invited to apply for grants of up to £25,000 towards a maximum project size of £30,000 for urgent minor repairs, maintenance or development works which must be started before 31 October 2020.

The deadline for expressions of interest is midnight on 28 June 2020.  Those successful at this stage will be informed by 27 July 2020 and invited to submit a full application by 31 August 2020.

For full eligibility criteria and how to apply click here.

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