FUNDING is available to help small businesses across Dorset adapt and survive the coronavirus pandemic as part of a crowd-funding scheme that has already seen tens of thousands of pounds handed out. Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) set up the Crowdfund Dorset Business campaign in response to the first wave of coronavirus pandemic to help support local businesses. The initiative offers micro, small and social enterprise businesses up to £5,000 of match-funding, provided they can raise an equivalent amount from 10 or more supporters. Since May 2020, the scheme has pledged more than £36,000 in match-funding to nine businesses and projects across Dorset. Among them is Nothe Fort, which raised £5,000 through crowdfunding, which was then matched by Dorset LEP, to make the heritage attraction Covid-safe, enabling more than 35,000 visitors to safely enjoy the attraction in summer 2020.
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Irvine’s maritime museum has raised £39,835 for essential repairs for the world’s oldest floating Clyde-built vessel – more than double the £15,000 target. The Scottish Maritime Museum’s Keep the Kyles Afloat campaign was made possible by the #SupportOurMuseums initiative, where Crowdfunder UK and the Museums Association provide free support to museums amid the pandemic. David Mann, director of the museum, said: “We are blown away by the support for our campaign to get MV Kyles shipshape for its 150th anniversary in 2022. “Thanks to everyone who has donated, and the help of the #supportourmuseums initiative which made the campaign possible, we can ensure that this historic vessel remains part of Scotland’s living maritime heritage for decades to come. We can make essential repairs, create new interpretation and now we can be even more ambitious, working on the engine so Kyles can sail under its own power for first time in over a decade.