{"id":18262,"date":"2018-03-02T17:28:24","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T17:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=18262"},"modified":"2018-03-02T17:28:24","modified_gmt":"2018-03-02T17:28:24","slug":"first-world-war-memorials-programme-uk-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=18262","title":{"rendered":"First World War Memorials Programme: UK update"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Evesham_War_Memorial_300.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-18263\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Evesham_War_Memorial_300.png\" alt=\"War Memorial\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>The First World War Memorials Programme (FWWMP) is a UK government supported initiative funded <em>via<\/em> the Department for Digital Culture, Media and Sport and covers a wide range of war memorial activity with War Memorials Trust (WMT) focussed on delivering the grant element.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>FWWMP writes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The FWWMP is making \u00a32 million available in one-off additional funding for war memorial repair and conservation projects across the UK through the centenary of World War I<\/li>\n<li>the funding is being channelled through pre-existing grant schemes administered by WMT<\/li>\n<li>seeks to facilitate repair and conservation works through its grants and act as a catalyst for action. It will follow the repair and conservation principles supported by the national heritage bodies in each part of the UK<\/li>\n<li>promotes current best conservation practice. This is a key principle at the heart of the scheme to ensure no works are damaging to a memorial and ensure it is maintained for future generations.<\/li>\n<li>is open to war memorials of any type with a First World War connection<\/li>\n<li>prioritises funding based on the need for works and their urgency<\/li>\n<li>is managed by WMT. All paperwork should be sent to WMT&#8217;s office to be processed before being allocated to the relevant member of staff<\/li>\n<li>receives applications via the standard WMT channels<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.warmemorials.org\/fwwmp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The First World War Memorials Programme (FWWMP) is a UK government supported initiative funded via the Department for Digital Culture, Media and Sport and covers a wide range of war memorial activity with War Memorials Trust (WMT) focussed on delivering &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=18262\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18262"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18264,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18262\/revisions\/18264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}