UK conservators not already aware of it may be interested in the recently established Conservation Grants Fund offered by the National Conservation Service.
The NCS Fund is aimed at filling gaps in heritage sector funding and strengthening the relationship between institutions without conservation staff and Accredited Conservator businesses in their region. Of principle interest to conservators is probably the strand that covers grants for museums, libraries and archives who need a small sum to pay for an Accredited Conservator to carry out an assessment of a collection ahead of a larger bid, for example to the National Manuscripts Conservation Trust, Arts Council, Wellcome Trust and others, for the conservation works identified. A similar strand of the NCS Fund covers grants to pay Accredited Conservators to report on the condition and ongoing conservation needs of a collection or object that an institution wishes to acquire but needs better to understand its conservation impact before deciding to do so. The NCS Conservation Grants Fund is applied for by the institution but the payment goes to the conservator on completion of the assessment. Grants typically are around 500 to 1000. Grants are for institutions commissioning such advice and work from private-practice, Icon registered conservation businesses and are not normally expected to be provided for the assessment to be done by an institution-based salaried conservator unless no other specialist in a region can be found, or none that can travel to carry it out. If you are a small conservation practice and work locally with museums or archives in your area, do consider bringing the NCS Fund to their attention. The NCS Fund is resourced from Business Member Partner subscriptions, currently Arcade-UK Ltd and Jamie Briggs Removals Ltd, with an additional donation from The James & Deirdre Dyson Trust. We have awarded four grants this year and there are funds available still for 2019. For more information about the Fund, go to www.ncs.org.uk <http://www.ncs.org.uk> or contact me. _____________________________________________________________ Chris Woods PGDipCons BAhons CertCons RMARA ACR FIIC Director National Conservation Service 21 Albemarle Street Mayfair London W1S 4BS www.ncs.org.uk NCS membership is operated by Nationwide Conservation Service Ltd, a not-for-profit membership company limited by guarantee, registered in England & Wales no. 07077608, VAT reg. 202361951. NCS projects are provided by Conservation Ltd, a company registered in England & Wales no. 6659286 VAT reg. 981696269. Both companies are registered at 21 Albemarle St, Mayfair, London W1S 4BS Reply to Sender : https://community.culturalheritage.org/eGroups/PostReply/?GroupId=481&SenderKey=f6ddc6a1-4cd1-47c8-bdae-c7beb8163f12&MID=8882&MDATE=756%253e465459&UserKey=d16eaa87-0f69-494b-9f2f-303dbc1222e1&sKey=fab9aa4f27a04c5d876e Reply to Discussion : https://community.culturalheritage.org/eGroups/PostReply/?GroupId=481&MID=8882&MDATE=756%253e465459&UserKey=d16eaa87-0f69-494b-9f2f-303dbc1222e1&sKey=fab9aa4f27a04c5d876e You are subscribed to "Global Conservation Forum (ConsDistList)" as [email protected]. To change your subscriptions, go to http://community.culturalheritage.org/preferences?section=Subscriptions&MDATE=756%253e465459&UserKey=d16eaa87-0f69-494b-9f2f-303dbc1222e1&sKey=fab9aa4f27a04c5d876e. To unsubscribe from this community discussion, go to http://community.culturalheritage.org/HigherLogic/eGroups/Unsubscribe.aspx?UserKey=d16eaa87-0f69-494b-9f2f-303dbc1222e1&sKey=fab9aa4f27a04c5d876e&GroupKey=757a8f16-505f-4323-8e74-e376757aa9f7.
