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To help improve access to the arts and culture, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport is making a total of £128 million in funding available to cultural venues including museums, galleries and public libraries in England.
Organisations are encouraged to submit expressions of interest for the financial support which will be distributed across three funds:
- The £49.4 million Cultural Development Fund which aims to increase access to arts and culture in areas of low engagement. The deadline for submitting Expressions of Interest is 12 pm (midday) on the 29th July 2022.
- The £15.5 million Libraries Improvement Fund will improve local library services. The deadline for submitting Expressions of Interest has now passed.
- The £63.3 million Museum Estate Development Fund will fund urgent museum maintenance and infrastructure works. The deadline for submitting Expressions of Interest has now passed.
This funding round follows a previous allocation of £48 million worth of funding to 60 organisations earlier this year.
Venues across the country have already benefited from the fund including the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, which earlier this year received £5 million to fund structural work to safeguard the building for future generations, and Bletchley Park, which was given £468,000 for essential maintenance works to its buildings.
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