{"id":26819,"date":"2020-06-30T16:44:04","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T15:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=26819"},"modified":"2020-06-30T16:44:04","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T15:44:04","slug":"ihbcs-covid-19-signpost-118-nlhf-heritage-funding-deadline-extended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=26819","title":{"rendered":"IHBC\u2019s COVID-19 signpost 118: NLHF &#8211; Heritage funding deadline extended"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field field--name-field-intro-text field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field--item\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-25883\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Heritage_Fund.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"138\" \/>The National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF)\u00a0 has announced that the deadline to apply for emergency grants has been extended to the end of July.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item\">\n<p>NLHF writes:<\/p>\n<p>We have expanded our \u00a350million\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritagefund.org.uk\/funding\/heritage-emergency-fund\">Heritage Emergency Fund criteria<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0help heritage organisations safely reopen in line with Government guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>The deadline to apply has also been extended\u00a0to\u00a0<strong>12noon<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Friday 31 July.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ros Kerslake, Chief Executive, The National Lottery Heritage Fund, said: \u201cThis is still a time of great change and uncertainty for heritage organisations, and we are with them in heart and mind right now as they take uncertain steps back into a fast-changing world.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are keen to help them in planning for the recovery that is so vital for heritage, its people and communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Helping the sector to recover<\/h2>\n<p>You can now apply to use our funding to help your organisation reopen and recover from the effects of the\u00a0coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>This could include strategic reviews of business models, operating plans and business plans, or investment to enable digital delivery of services. You could also use the funding to help you manage your site while following social distancing guidelines, for example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>additional staff to help manage queues<\/li>\n<li>Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for staff and volunteers<\/li>\n<li>training<\/li>\n<li>additional cleaning<\/li>\n<li>implementing contactless payment methods<\/li>\n<li>temporary structures to help manage visitors such as shelter for queues or additional toilets<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Find out more on how to apply on our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritagefund.org.uk\/funding\">funding page<\/a>. Your\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritagefund.org.uk\/about\/contact-us\">local teams<\/a> can give advice on what we can support and how to apply&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>Using funding made possible by The National Lottery, we&#8217;re helping heritage organisations\u00a0survive the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritagefund.org.uk\/blogs\/how-coronavirus-covid-19-affecting-heritage-sector\">significant impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic<\/a>\u00a0with grants\u00a0from \u00a33,000-\u00a350,000 and\u00a0\u00a350,000-\u00a3250,000.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritagefund.org.uk\/news\/heritage-emergency-fund-support-recovery-costs-sector\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritagefund.org.uk\/responding-coronavirus-covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">See background&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more background see the <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=25882\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IHBC NewsBlog<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF)\u00a0 has announced that the deadline to apply for emergency grants has been extended to the end of July.<\/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-26819","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\/26819","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=26819"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26820,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26819\/revisions\/26820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}