Community Heritage
Grant Scheme
15.03.24
THE Heritage Council is
inviting online applications from community groups in
Inishowen under its Community Heritage Grant Scheme,
until 5pm on Monday, March 25.
Applications are sought for projects that apply good
heritage practice to the management of places,
collections, buildings or objects or are aimed at
improving access and inclusion to heritage sites. The
scheme also supports training events for traditional
building skills, biodiversity and archaeology as well as
the purchase of specialised equipment. |
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The Community Heritage Grant Scheme supports a variety of
community projects. Applications to this year’s
grant scheme close on Monday, March 25, 2024. |
Joseph Gallagher, County
Donegal Heritage Officer, said: “Community groups can
now apply for 100% funding for natural, built and
cultural heritage projects. Grants of between €500 and
€25,000 per project can be awarded.”
Eligible projects include conservation works to
buildings or stabilisation of ruins, access audits,
improving physical or virtual access to heritage
buildings or sites, purchase of equipment, traditional
building skills training events or workshops, on-line
exhibitions, the development of heritage databases or
websites, podcasts, conservation reports or plans,
biodiversity action plans, historic building surveys,
heritage audits, graveyard surveys, oral history
projects, control of invasive species, work on habitats
and natural sites, citizen science projects and
essential small-scale repairs to publicly-owned
buildings, work to archaeological monuments, objects or
collections and archival projects.
Advice is available from the Donegal Heritage Office on
074 91 72576 or by email at
heritage@donegalcoco.ie . |
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