National Archives - Resilience Grants

Objectives of Fund

Funding is intended to increase organisational capacity for archives services and provide long-term solutions that will help resilience in the sector. Grants of up to £20,000 are available for projects lasting up to one year.

Who Can Apply

Public sector bodies, not-for-profit organisations including registered charities, and for-profit organisations including business archives can apply.

Eligible Expenditure

The fund can cover most things associated with resilience-building activities that the organisation has identified as a priority.

Projects could include, but are not limited to:

• Proposals that would lead to increased organisational stability, including long-term organisational, financial and strategic planning.
• Increased staffing capacity and enhanced skills.
• Reduced costs.
• Increased income.
• Improving capacity to develop, care for and enrich collections, physically and digitally.
• Ensuring that collections are safely preserved, including digitally.
• Work on diversity, equity and inclusion.
• Responses to climate change include developing energy-efficiency within an archives service.
• Strategic development of existing archive networks or establishment of new networks with a clear strategic focus.

How To Apply

Resilience Grants run on a biannual programme, with the application window open twice a year.

The 2024/25 rounds have been changed due to the General Election. The schedule is now as follows:

• Round 1 opens on 29 July and closes on 30 August 2024 with the panel meeting scheduled for 1 October 2024.
• Round 2 opens on 2 December and closes on 10 January 2025 with the panel meeting scheduled for 10 February 2025.