MLA - Museums, Libraries and Archives Council
Organisation:
The Museums, Libraries and Archives Partnership includes the national Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) and its nine regional agencies. A single Partnership vision, mission, corporate plan, and linked governance and performance structure unite MLA Partnership nationally and regionally. Grant schemes vary between regions. Regional agencies can provide further information about regional sources of funding, and many provide access to grant funding databases via their websites. Archives are recommended to contact their relevant agency for further advice .
See the MLA website for details of successful applicants to the national strand of the Action for Archives Programme.
Their
Past Your Future Phase 2 This programme will offer funding for
the sector to use their collections to explore innovative and
creative ways of increasing community learning and young
people's knowledge and understanding of the impact and
significance of conflict.
Deadline for applications 23 May 2008 and
22 May 2009
For MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund and PRISM Fund see separate pages.
Grant Schemes run by region agencies
MLA London
No grant schemes currently available
MLA East of England
No grant schemes currently available
MLA East Midlands
No grants schemes currently available
MLA North East
Small Grants Call -applications now closed
MLA North West
No grants schemes currently available
MLA South East
- Learning Links Placements 2007-8 - Closing date for applications has passed.
MLA South West
No grants schemes currently available
No grant schemes currently available
MLA West Midlands
MLA West Midlands has allocated £5000 pounds for the bursary scheme .
Eligibility
- Eligibility may vary between schemes, please see agency websites for guidance.
Criteria
- Criteria vary between schemes, please see agency websites for guidance.
Types of Project Funded
The James Clavell Library, Royal Artillery Historical Trust - Conservation of the James Alex Browne archival collection. Awarded £4,000 under ALM London Collections Care Funding Programme - Support Grants
Record Office Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland - 'Making History' A Community 'roadshow' event for the Belgrave neighbourhood of Leicester. Awarded £2995 under EMMLAC Grant Programme.
Hampshire Record Office - Raise profile of archives as sources of creative and informative material through a writer-in-residence to act as catalyst for discovery, discussions and creativity amongst identified non-users of archive collections. Awarded £1,080 under SEMLAC Project Planning Grants.
Kingston Museum and Heritage Service - Grant towards a consultant to deliver work with schools that will focus on the archive of Eadweard Muybridge and look at photography and the development of filming movement. The school sessions were delivered as part of 'The Big Draw' campaign. Awarded under ALM London Archive Awareness Campaign Grants Scheme.
Application/Contact Details
MLA London, Fourth Floor, 53-56 Great Sutton
Street, London, EC1V 0DG
Tel: 020 7549 1700
Fax: 020 7490 5225
E-mail: info@mlalondon.org.uk Web:
http://www.mlalondon.org.uk/
MLA East of England, 110 Northgate Street, Bury
St Edmunds,Suffolk, IP33 1HP
Tel: 01284 723100
Fax: 01284 701394
E-mail: info@mlaeastofengland.org.uk
Web: www.mlaeastofengland.org.uk
MLA East Midlands, 56 King Street, Leicester
LE1 6RL
Tel: 0116 285 1350
Fax: 0116 285 1351
E-mail: admin@emmlac.org.uk Web: www.mlaeastmidlands.org.uk
MLA North East, House of Recovery, Bath Lane,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 5SQ
Tel: 0191 222 1661
Fax: 0191 261 4725
E-mail: info@mlanortheast.org.uk Web:
www.mlanortheast.org.uk
MLA North West, Ground Floor, The Malt
Building, Wilderspool Park, Greenalls Avenue, Warrington, WA4
6HL
Tel: 01925 625050
Fax: 01925 243453
E-mail: info@nwmlac.org.uk
Web: www.nwmlac.org.uk
MLA South East, 15 City Business Centre, Hyde
Street, Winchester, Hants SO23 7TA
Tel: 01962 858844
Fax: 01962 878439
E-mail: info@mlasoutheast.org.uk Web:
www.mlasoutheast.org.uk
MLA South West, Creech Castle, Bathpool,
Taunton, Somerset, TA1 2DX
Tel: 01823 259696
Fax: 01823 270933
E-mail: general@mlasouthwest.org.uk
Web: www.mlasouthwest.org.uk
MLA Yorkshire Ground Floor, Marshall Court, 1
Marshall Street, Leeds, LS11 9YP
Tel: 0113 394 4840
Fax: 0113 243 9872
E-mail: info@mlayorkshire.org.uk Web:
www.mlayorkshire.org.uk
MLA West Midlands, Second Floor, Grosvenor
House, 14 Bennetts Hill, Birmingham, B2 5RS
Tel: 0121 631 5800
Fax: 0121 631 5825
E-mail: info@mlawestmidlands.org.uk
Web: www.mlawestmidlands.org.uk
