MEND funding recipients share £25m

The government has announced £24.8m of funding for the fourth round of the Museum Estates and Development (MEND) Fund.

Twenty-nine museums across the country will receive grants, supporting them to carry out infrastructure projects and address maintenance backlogs.

The recipients include Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire (£2.5m), Tamworth Castle in Staffordshire (£1.7m), and Queen Street Mill in Burnley, Lancashire (£813,115).

The MEND fund is open to accredited museums in England that are not directly funded by DCMS. The government says it can be used for purposes such as improving access and environmental conditions, unlocking income-generating opportunities, and providing a better experience for visitors and staff. 

A fifth round of the fund will be allocated in the next financial year.

The full list of recipients for the fourth round are:

North West
Queen Street Mill, Burnley, Lancashire – £813,115
Furness Abbey, Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire – £457,795
Fusilier Museum and Learning Centre, Bury, Lancashire – £81,244

North East
Weardale Museum, Weardale, County Durham – £499,665
Sunderland Winter Gardens, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear – £488,705
Preston Park Museum, Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham – £366,300
Hartlepool Art Gallery, Hartlepool, County Durham – £302,383

Yorkshire
Museum of North Craven Life, Settle, North Yorkshire – £798,500
Land of Iron, Skinningrove, North Yorkshire – £655,907
Bankfield Museum, Halifax, West Yorkshire – £441,978
Pickering Beck Isle Museum, Pickering, North Yorkshire – £388,023
Millennium Gallery, Sheffield, South Yorkshire – £315,684

Midlands
Tamworth Castle, Tamworth, Staffordshire – £1,716,238
Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, West Midlands – £1,695,75
Newstead Abbey, Ravenshead, Nottinghamshire – £1,482,882
Creswell Crags, Worksop, Nottinghamshire – £499,999

East
Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire – £137,745
Sainsbury Centre, Norwich, Norfolk – £1,276,711
Bressingham Steam Museum, Diss, Norfolk – £429,719
Colchester Castle, Colchester, Essex – £1,293,625
Southchurch Hall, Southend-on-Sea, Essex – £423,105

South East
Bletchley Park, Bletchley, Buckinghamshire – £2,451,350
The Lightbox, Woking, Surrey – £319,000

South West
Russell Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, Bournemouth, Dorset – £1,500,817
Nothe Fort, Weymouth, Dorset – £1,374,763
Dorset Museum and Art Gallery, Dorchester, Dorset – £940,500
Wheal Martyn Clay Works, St Austell, Cornwall – £707,200

London
London Museum of Water and Steam, Brentford, London – £2,626,277
The Foundling Museum, Camden, London – £319,000