{"id":48615,"date":"2026-11-10T16:19:09","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T16:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=48615"},"modified":"2026-11-10T16:19:09","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T16:19:09","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-new-visitor-levy-fund-to-help-futureproof-edinburghs-cultural-and-heritage-buildings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=48615","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: New Visitor Levy fund to help futureproof Edinburgh\u2019s cultural and heritage buildings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Edinburgh-Skyline-courtesy-of-Fiona-Newton.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Edinburgh-Skyline-courtesy-of-Fiona-Newton.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16564\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\">image: Fiona Newton, IHBC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new \u00a33.8m funding programme to support improvements to Edinburgh\u2019s public cultural and heritage buildings has opened for applications, reports the City of Edinburgh Council (CEC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CEC writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026 The Small Scale Accessible and Sustainable Capital Fund is a three-year programme reinvesting income from the Edinburgh Visitor Levy directly into sensitively upgrading Edinburgh\u2019s cultural buildings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Part of the Visitor Levy\u2019s transformational \u00a390 million investment programmes, the fund will allow owners and operators of these spaces to apply for grants of \u00a310,000 &#8211; \u00a3500,000 to invest in projects that make them easier for people to access and help cut carbon emissions, so they can operate more sustainably in the long term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the next three years it will support projects that sensitively upgrade buildings through approaches like retrofitting, upgrading structures and systems, improving access for all and introducing low carbon technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This could include works such as installing new ramps and lifts, upgrading insultation and windows, and delivering new accessible technology like wayfinding apps and live captioning equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Applications for the fund are now open, with a rolling application deadline:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Round one: Closes 20 November 2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Round two: Closes 26 February 2027<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Round three: Closes 10 December 2027<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eligible organisations can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburgh.gov.uk\/smallcapitalfund\">apply via the Council\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburgh.gov.uk\/news\/article\/14357\/council-agrees-first-round-of-edinburgh-visitor-levy-spend%5d\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See more on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburgh.gov.uk\/news\/article\/14357\/council-agrees-first-round-of-edinburgh-visitor-levy-spend%5d\">Visitor Levy\u2019s transformational \u00a390 million investment programmes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image: Fiona Newton, IHBC A new \u00a33.8m funding programme to support improvements to Edinburgh\u2019s public cultural and heritage buildings has opened for applications, reports the City of Edinburgh Council (CEC).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[820,83,38],"class_list":["post-48615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-edinburgh","tag-scotland","tag-tourism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48615","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\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48615"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48616,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48615\/revisions\/48616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}