Venice in Peril Fund
British charitable organization
Venice in Peril Fund CIO is a British registered charity. It raises funds to restore and conserve the art and architecture of Venice, and to investigate ways to protect them against future risks, particularly rising sea levels. Although it focuses on the conservation of specific sites, Venice in Peril maintains its concern for the wider environmental issues affecting the city and the lagoon. In support of its conservation work, Venice in Peril Fund also promotes a deeper understanding of Venice, its history, the contribution it has made to world culture and its modern challenges, so as to encourage responsible and informed engagement with the city. As part of this educational mission, it organises regular lecture series in the UK and occasional visits to Venice itself. It also provides annual bursaries for students of conservation at City & Guilds of London Art School. Venice in Peril Fund is a member of the Association of International Private Committees for the Safeguarding of Venice.
History
Art & Archives Rescue Fund (1967–1971)
The predecessor to the Venice in Peril Fund was the Italian Art & Archives Rescue Fund (IAARF), which was created as the British response to the 1966 Venice flood. Sir Ashley Clarke, former British Ambassador to Rome and at that time chairman of the British Italian Society, was asked to chair a committee to raise funds to help rescue artworks and buildings in Venice and Florence, which had also flooded. Besides Clarke, the trustees were Sir Kenneth Clarke, the Earl of Drogheda, Sir Frank Francis, Lionel Robbins and A. W. Tuke.
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