Acknowledging AIM support

Congratulations on receiving support from AIM!

We’ll pull together as much as we can from your application, but to ensure we share our approach and the timing of announcing this good news, we will require:

Key contact details for your organisation (including your www and any social media details)
Grant Project synopsis (A summary of your intended work, 200 word max)
Relevant project or organisation images (hi res are best for use in our print Bulletin, we’ll also use for www and social)
Approved quote on your project we can use in a press release (75 words max)
Please ensure you are aware of the agreed date AIM and other grant recipients will go live with news of their successful application

You will also need to consider how you refer to AIM and our funders in your own communications. Be sure to:

Check if there is a project #hashtag for social media
When referencing AIM please use our guidance here.
When referencing NLHF please refer to their guidance here.
When referencing ACE please refer to their guidance here.

Questions? Don’t hesitate to contact the AIM communications team on editor@aim-museums.co.uk

New Stories New Audiences

All grant holders must acknowledge the support of AIM and National Lottery Heritage Fund publicly. They must do this for the duration of the grant contract.

Online and social media including websites, blogs, and apps. Social posts should include @Aimuseums, @HeritageFundUK and #NationalLotteryHeritageFund
Promotional material and publications e.g. leaflets, newsletters, posters, guidebooks, annual reports etc
Press releases about work funded by AIM and the National Lottery Heritage Fund must also bear our logo, as well as acknowledging our support in the text
Events – Your AIM and National Lottery Heritage Fund grant must be acknowledged at any event that relates to an activity we have funded.

We also expect you to develop innovative and creative offers or promotions designed to thank National Lottery players for their support and to raise awareness of your funding.

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AIM Connected Communities

All grant holders must acknowledge the support of AIM and the UK Government publicly. They must do this for the duration of the grant contract. Click here for more details>>

AIM Pilgrim Trust grants

Recipients of an AIM Pilgrim Trust Collections Care grant or a Remedial Conservation grant should provide the following with their final grant claim:

200 – 300 word case study outlining the background to the grant application, the work carried out and the impact this has had on the museum.
2 – 3 hi-res images to be used alongside the case study.
For Remedial Conservation grants, the award should be acknowledged on the appropriate label with the words “Conserved with the aid of a grant from the AIM Pilgrim Trust Conservation Scheme”.

For recipients of any AIM Pilgrim Trust grant or audit who wishes to acknowledge the grant publicly, e.g. on your website, in social media, newsletters, press releases etc, you may find the following guidance helpful:

The grant or audit should be credited to the AIM Pilgrim Trust Collections Care audit / Collections Care grant / Remedial Conservation grant
Social posts should include @Aimuseums and @ThePilgrimTrust
The AIM logo is available here and the Pilgrim Trust logo can be requested from Fiona Woolley, Grants Administrator, on fiona.woolley@aim-museums.co.uk

AIM Arts Scholars Brighter Day

All projects will gratefully acknowledge that the supported project has been enabled by a grant from the Arts Scholars Charitable Trust. The grant must be acknowledged in an appropriate manner stating, “Supported by a grant from the AIM and Arts Scholars Charitable Trust Brighter Day scheme” and must feature the AIM and Arts Scholars logos.

Acknowledgement guidance will be provided to successful projects. AIM and Arts Scholars will have the right to publicise the grant and project and the recipient will support press and other communications by providing images or text as required.

The museum must supply a completed Grant Claim Form, parts of which may be published by AIM in their communications. Any images supplied must be high-res jpegs. Supporting documents will also be required – a full checklist is on the Grant Claim Form.

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