DCMS's International Cultural Heritage Protection ...

The UK’s international cultural heritage protection initiatives are delivered primarily through specialist programmes overseen by DCMS. All programmes prioritise engaging with local communities, building capacity and creating opportunities for long-term sustainable growth, ensuring diversity and inclusion remain at the forefront of programming. All programmes are aligned with the UK’s overseas development objectives and conform to strict guidelines on overseas development aid spending, [...] > Since 2016, the Cultural Protection Fund has given grants of over £50 million to 159 projects to protect cultural heritage in 19 countries, but the need for our work has never been greater. Last year alone we received funding requests of almost 20 times the budget for our entire current programme. Stephanie Grant, Director of the Cultural Protection Fund at the British Council (2024) [...] Read more about the fund Arts and Humanities Research Council: Cultural Heritage and Climate Programme 2020-2025 In 2020, DCMS partnered with the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s Global Challenges Fund to run a pilot urgency grants scheme. The groundbreaking scheme centred on projects exploring how developing countries respond to the challenges for cultural heritage resulting from environmental disasters and climate change.