The Amelia Scott wins grant funding
The Amelia Scott has been awarded a grant of over £72,000 from The Health and Wellbeing in Museums Fund.
The grant will allow The Amelia Scott to develop a new phase of the work it is doing in the field of creative health that will focus on two areas of local and national need:
- Support for men experiencing housing challenges
- Bereavement support for older people
The programmes will demonstrate how civic museums can be more than cultural spaces, they can be lifelines, easing pressure on Council services and health and social care providers. This new phase of work will offer meaningful support to people navigating life’s challenges. Creative activities are a powerful way to foster connection, build resilience, and promote long-term wellbeing. At its core, this work is about making a lasting difference to people’s lives.
Cllr Justine Rutland Cabinet member for Economic Development said: ‘This is wonderful news. The Amelia Scott continues to show how cultural institutions can play a vital role in supporting public health and wellbeing. This grant will help our residents facing some of life’s toughest challenges—housing insecurity and bereavement. I’m very proud of the team for securing this generous funding and wish them well as they embark on the project.’
The Amelia Scott has been delivering a creative health programme for three years. With vital Council services like housing support, benefits advice, and death registration already embedded in the building, the facility is uniquely placed to integrate creative health into everyday public service delivery.
The Amelia Scott will also be working to develop a transferrable model for museums across the UK - showing how cultural spaces can be central to community wellbeing, civic infrastructure, and public service innovation.
The Health and Wellbeing in Museums Fund is an initiative of the Museums Association. Health and Wellbeing in Museums is a programme of grant-making, networking and learning dissemination for health and wellbeing programmes in museums funded by the Julia Rausing Trust.
