Recharge Programme 2024-25
The Recharge programme provides in-depth MDO support and grant funding to help London Museums respond to increasing challenges, such as changes to visitor behaviour post pandemic, rising costs and addressing increasing effects of climate change, without any increase in their budgets.
With this in mind Art Fund, working in partnership with Museum Development, is generously making funding available towards projects that might help museums with projects around three key themes of developing the use of collections in new ways, audience development and volunteer and workforce development.
Recharge programme 2024-2025
Deadline for applications: by 5:00 pm on Monday 8 July 2024
Through this programme, four museums will be supported to carry out a self-assessment, using the MD Organisational Healthcheck Tool. A total grant fund of £10,000 is available for this programme.
Each museum will receive an Advisory Report, geared around the key three priorities identified and will be eligible for a grant of up to £2,500, generously funded by Art Fund, towards projects around three key themes:
- Developing the use of collections in new ways
- Audience development
- Volunteer and workforce development
Applications are invited from museums that are interested in strategic approaches to develop strong and flexible organisations that can adapt and respond to challenge, both expected and unexpected and to the changing needs of the communities they serve. Applicants are required to ensure that their projects address equality and accessibility.
Timescale: Projects will need to be completed by 5:00 pm Monday 3 March 2025
Information: to check eligibility as well as the type of projects the grants programme will support, see Guidance for Applicants (opens as a pdf, 601 Kb)
How to apply: please complete and return our Application Form (Word document download, 1076 Kb), with any supporting documents to [email protected]
Deadline: no later than 5.00pm on Monday 8 July 2024. Applications submitted after this deadline will not be accepted.
Queries: If you have any questions about the Recharge programme please get in touch by email with Yvette Shepherd, MDO Organisational Health, or phone 078 4120 6864
Last year: Re-set Programme 2023-24
Art Fund, working in partnership with Museum Development, generously made funding available towards projects that would help museums with projects around three key themes:
- Developing the use of collections in new ways
- Audience development
- Volunteer and workforce development
A total grant fund of £16k was available to provide 4 grants of £4k to 4 London Museums, to support projects identified by museums through the MD Organisational Health Check process and projects were completed by March 2024:
- Brent Museum and Archives
- Museum of Croydon
- Dulwich Picture Gallery
- Royal Academy of Music Museum
A summary report of the 2023-24 Re-set programme is available here (pdf file 1,267 Kb, opens in new window) and a Word version is here (Word document download, 3,752 Kb).
Previous programmes: Re-set Grants 2022-23
The successful museums taking part in this programme were:
- Brunel Museum
- Gunnersbury Park Museum
- Havering Museum
- Markfield Beam Engine and Museum
- Valence House, LB Barking & Dagenham
A summary report of the 2022-23 Re-set Programme is available here (pdf file 1500 Kb, opens in new window)