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Financial support

Helping members in times of need

The Members Support Fund’s financial aid aims to address difficulties for our members, including the relief of poverty and alleviating financial distress.

You can apply for either our means-tested support or a one-off grant of £250 to support you with your cost of living.

Means-tested support

Application criteria

Funds are available to current individual members of the Museums Association for the relief, in cases of need, hardship or distress; for example, death or serious illness or loss of employment. An application must be for a specific, time-limited purpose, not a regular amount for an indefinite period. The Trustees have absolute discretion to award or refuse grants.

2.1      Applicants must:

  • Be a current individual member of the Museums Association and;
  • Have been an individual member for at least three years.

2.2      The application must not be to replace any state benefits to which the applicant may be entitled and must not jeopardise the applicant’s entitlement to any state benefit.

2.3      The need must be genuine and measurable.

2.4      The amount of grant will be dependent on the circumstances and the financial situation of the applicant.

2.5      The types of situations for which assistance may be given include, but are not restricted to:

  • Childcare while the applicant re-skills
  • Respite care for an applicant
  • Specialist equipment for disabled living
  • Difficulties caused by sudden bereavement

2.6      The types of issues for which assistance will not usually be given include:

  • Private medical treatment
  • New student loans or vocational fees and expenses
  • Business debts
  • Research projects

2.7      To apply, please complete the form available below and forward to info@museumsassociation.org.

One-off grants to support cost of living

The Members Support Fund will provide 20 grants of £250 to existing individual members who have been financially affected by the cost of living crisis.

Priority will be given to applicants experiencing severe financial hardship through unemployment or loss of freelance work.

Please note that this will be self-certifying and will not involve means testing.

In the event of there being more qualifying applicants than grants available, these will be drawn by lot.

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