Gracehill Old School Trust receives grant of £28,000 from the Heritage Recovery Fund to help recover from the COVID-19 pandemic

• 91 organisations and individuals have been awarded grants through the Heritage Recovery Fund to help recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
• The Heritage Recovery Fund is being distributed by The National Lottery Heritage Fund on behalf of the Department for Communities

The funding will help Gracehill Old School Trust engage with new audiences online whilst normal activities remain closed and also cover some of the lost income that resulted. It will also help with the production of a new website and improved interpretative signage around the village.

Dr David Johnston, Chairman of the Trust said “The effects of covid have been very severe in the community and heritage sector and our Trust, which has been very active and successful over many years, would not have survived without this vital lifeline, for which we are very grateful to the Department for Communities and The National Lottery
Heritage Fund.”