More Salisbury businesses benefitting from "vital" government grants
It comes after it was announced Wiltshire Creative were getting over £440,000 this morning (Monday 12th October).
Last updated 12th Oct 2020
The government's Culture Recovery Fund has already given a boost to a number of Salisbury organisations including Salisbury Cathedral and Wessex Archaeology.
A few more are now set to benefit from these vital grants as well.
Boscombe Down Aviation Collection is set to receive £28,600, while River Bourne Community Farm in Laverstock will get £35,000.
The aviation museum based in Old Sarum is one of 445 heritage organisations to receive a share £103 million to help them reopen and keep them going after the pandemic.
It will also enable the team at BDAC** to expand various displays and a digital strategy**.
The money has come from the Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage and the Heritage Stimulus Fund.
Boscombe Down Aviation Collection Project Director Sqn Ldr John Sharpe said:
"The Culture Recovery Fund has been setup to provide the support and is making grants to 445 organisations in the initial tranche. I am pleased to say that the Boscombe Down Aviation Collection had been included on that list and we are due to receive £28,600.
I must stress that this is not the end of our problems and we still have many challenges ahead. However, this is another piece (albeit a fairly large piece) in the plans we are creating to ensure the survival and then development of the Collection in the short, medium and long term."
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River Bourne Community Farm, like many other organisations across the country, have had a difficult time due to Covid-19.
They say they are extremely grateful for the money they will be receiving, as they are getting £35,000 from the same recovery fund.
Ros Kerslake, Chief Executive of the National Lottery Heritage Fund said:
"It is absolutely right that investing in heritage should be a priority during this crisis and this support by Government is crucial. Heritage creates jobs and economic prosperity, is a major driver for tourism and makes our towns, cities, and rural areas better places to live. All of this is so important for our wellbeing and will be particularly vital when we start to emerge from this incredibly difficult time.
Our heritage is still facing a perilous future - we are not out of the woods yet. But this hugely welcome funding from Government, and the money we continue to invest from the National Lottery, has undoubtedly stopped heritage and the organisations that care for it being permanently lost."
It was announced this morning that Wiltshire Council will receive £446,968 to help save jobs within the industry.