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FUNDRAISING: Strategy, sources and National Cataloguing Grants
Fleur SoperCollections Knowledge ManagerThe National Archives
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•Fundraising strategy• Resources• National Cataloguing Grants• Resources
FUNDRAISING
FUNDRAISING STRATEGY BENEFITS
• Provides an effective approach• Connects fundraising with overall mission and values• Connects fundraising with advocacy• Provides an overview of sources available• Allows analysis of need, and planning of which sources to target in the mix
FUNDING SOURCES4
Potential external sources of funding include:• Government and statutory funding• Trusts and foundations• Lottery funding• Private funding• Income generation• Current funding opportunities•nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sector/fundraising
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A WORD OR 2 ON COLLECTING CULTURES
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• now extended beyond museums to include libraries and archives• encourages partnership working within and across the cultural heritage sector• grants of between £50,000 and £500,000 • developing collections to enhance knowledge, skills and public engagement
NATIONAL CATALOGUING GRANTS PURPOSE
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• To address the large and growing backlog of un-catalogued collections across the UK• supports the cataloguing of collections that need external funding to provide access to their content• Public sector bodies, Registered charities, not-for-profit organisations•Publicly accessible archives
NATIONAL CATALOGUING GRANTS PRINCIPLES
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• Funds cataloguing of archives in all formats, supports wider benefits
• Significant collections, strategic approach, priorities, core resources, sustainable access
NATIONAL CATALOGUING GRANTS RESOURCES
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• Guidance• Case studies•nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sector/cat
aloguing-grants-programme• Everything you need to know? If not...
NATIONAL CATALOGUING GRANTS WHO & WHAT9
•Successful applicantsMedia Archive of Central England, More Than Pits and PotsHull University Archives, A Classical Arrangement: the archives of architects Francis Johnson and PartnersNewcastle University, Pits, Prose and Performance: The Chaplin LegacyUniversity of Bristol Theatre Collection, The Raymond Mander & Joe Mitchenson Theatre CollectionNational Portrait Gallery, The George Frederic Watts CollectionIslington Local History Centre, Sadler's Wells Theatre CollectionHistory of Advertising Trust, J Walter Thompson collectionNational Portrait Gallery, Sir George Scharf papers
