Health and Wellbeing in Museums Fund

Coming in spring 2025: a new fund to support UK museums in delivering health and wellbeing programmes

We’re delighted to announce the forthcoming Health and Wellbeing in Museums Fund, a £1.5m, three-year programme of grant-making, networking and learning dissemination for health and wellbeing programmes in museums. The programme is funded by the Julia Rausing Trust.

Grants will enable the development and continuation of groundbreaking health and wellbeing programming in UK museums during a time of financial crisis and increasing demand for services.

We’ll make around 20 grants of £50,000 to £75,000, embedding excellent practice and reaching at least 5,000 participants, with a legacy enabling further support in future. We’ll also undertake a public evaluation and share learning from the funded work to inspire others in the sector.

Timeline

Please look out for full information on the fund in spring 2025, with funds to be awarded in two rounds in 2025 and 2026.

Lead image: A Recovery through Ceramics workshop taking place at Shipley Art Gallery. The project was nominated for Best Small Museum Project at the Museums Change Lives Awards 2024