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June 2026

Friend of Red Ochre, Magic AI, was awarded The King's Award for Enterprise for Innovation, which is given to just 50 British businesses per year. Fewer than 8,000 businesses have ever held it. Congratulations Varun.

 

Our colleague Martin Cooper has set up the Agency of Here. If you're looking for a sense of peace and place feel free to have a look. You can contact Martin through Red Ochre or Agency of Here. 

Health and Wellbeing in Museums Fund

The Museums Association, funded by the Julia Rausing Trust, is providing grants to enable the development and continuation of ground breaking health and wellbeing programmes in UK museums during a time of financial crisis and increasing demand for services. Deadline for enquiries 20th May.

See the website for more details.

 

Friends of the National Archives

FNA help regional, national and specialist libraries, archives and museums acquire books, manuscripts and archives that they could not otherwise afford.

See the FNA website for more details.

 

National Archives Project Grants

Project Grants of up to £30,000 are available to fund substantial, collaborative projects between at least one GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) or Heritage organisation and one community group. These grants support in-depth research, skills development, and the creation of lasting resources that reflect diverse voices and experiences.

See the NA website for more details.

 

Funding for homeless people

Help The Homeless provides grants to registered charities to help homeless people off the streets and enable them to live healthy, independent lives. They favour small, grassroots charities working to help the most vulnerable people in their communities.

See the Help the Homeless website for more details.

 

Access to Accommodation Fund

For registered charities in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland working with people experiencing or at risk of homelessness. It funds projects that unlock or create new housing solutions, including pilot or scalable models led by locally embedded organisations.

See the SMITFC website for more details.

 

Small grants

Better Community Business Network Grant Initiative. They provide one-off grants up to £3,000 to non-profits in Scotland, England or Wales that address a local community issue or deliver a community benefit initiative. The next funding window is 7th July-7th September.

See the BCBN website for more details.

 

UKGrantmaking, is a free interactive platform that collates and analyses information on grants made during the most recent year when published statutory accounts information was available. There is lots of interesting and useful information here, including a list of grant making trusts and foundations.

 

Here's an interesting piece from NPC (New Philanthropy Capital) on the size and story of the UK impact economy.

 

Thousands of CEOs admit AI had no impact on employment or productivity and it has economists resurrecting a paradox from 40 years ago.

 

People give lower priority to improving moral traits because they think they’re highly moral already.

This is a key finding from Jonathan Berman (Associate Professor of Marketing at London Business School) in his exploration of how people balance self-interest with prioritising others for the greater good.

 

Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP). New guidance moves Impact reporting from ‘nice to have’ to a core responsibility.

 

The ethics of AI.

Here’s an interesting piece on the ethics of AI in the workplace and in society more generally. The Young Foundation is a think tank so the perspective and language reflects that, but there are some interesting points here.

 

I recently read some interesting notes and articles from the Heritage Alliance.

 

Government Publishes National Vision For Archives In England. The government has published Archives at the Heart of Society, a national vision for archives in England, setting a long-term framework to ensure archives are valued and widely used.

 

DCMS (Performance) Data Shows Slowing Recovery in National Museums and Galleries Attendance.