Visit Bath has compiled a list of ways people can help Bath businesses and organisations during the lockdown.

The tourism group has launched the 'Pay it Forward' in Bath initiative.

Visit Bath said by purchasing a voucher or gift card to be used later in the year or making a donation can help tourism and hospitality businesses in Bath.

Here are some examples.

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Food and Drink:

Visit Bath has said gift vouchers are available at plant-based cookery school Demuths, the recently opened The Walcot on Walcot Street, Sweet Little Things tearoom and bakery, Good Day Café and Noya’s Kitchen.

Demuths' gift vouchers - valid for 12 months - can be delivered immediately by email or sent as a handwritten voucher by post.

Vouchers at The Walcot are valid for a year and can be used on all food and drink.

Sweet Little Things offers afternoon tea, lunch or brunch and Noya's Kitchen does Vietnamese dishes, Thursday curry evening and a weekend 5-course supper club.

Shopping and gifts:

The Bath Gift Card is a way of supporting local businesses.

It is accepted across the city in more than 200 businesses from shops and restaurants, hotels and bars to museums, beauty salons plus many more.

Interior shop Neptune, on Walcot Street, offer gift cards that can be sent directly to the person you are giving it to via the post in a wallet or as an e-voucher direct to their inbox.

Beauty and Hair:

Number Three Hair Salon on Saville Row is shut but gift vouchers from £20 to £150 can be purchased by calling 01225 443222 or by emailing hello@numberthreebath.com.

Ubiety, the Bath based beauty and personal care brand is selling gift cards as well as their products online. 100% of profits go to Dorothy House Hospice Care to provide end of life care to patients, their families and carers.

The plant-based range includes candles, diffusers, hand lotions and face mists.

Museums and Galleries:

Bath Preservation Trust is looking to raise £5,000 to help ensure day-to-day maintenance of their four museums – No. 1 Royal Crescent, Beckford’s Tower and Museum, Museum of Bath Architecture and Herschel Museum of Astronomy – as well as continue with campaigning work for the protection and enhancement of Bath’s architectural and historical environment.

The Holburne Museum has been at the cultural heart of Bath for more than 130 years.

The loss of income during the lockdown, however, is a great threat to its existence.

They are asking art lovers and their supporters to donate what they can to help them through the current crisis.

Bath Artists Studio supports Bath’s community of artists, giving them an affordable space to work, teach and develop their creative practice.

Over the years the studio has provided a home to hundreds of artists and given enjoyment for thousands via classes, events and exhibitions.

A donation will help ensure that they can continue to meet the costs of running and maintaining their premises, whilst the current closure to the public and their member artists is causing a loss of income.

Experiences and attractions:

Bailey Balloons flight vouchers are still available and will be valid for 12 months from when the flying season starts again.

They are also giving the option to pay £40 now and the rest in July.

You can support Komedia, one of Bath’s main entertainment venues, with a voucher while they are temporarily closed. The voucher is valid for one year and they can be used to purchase tickets for any future shows.

Carters Steam Fair is a vintage travelling known in Bath for its annual visit to Royal Victoria Park.

They have come up with several ideas to help support them through this period so they can return to Bath in the future.

These include: gift experiences that can be used on the rides and attractions and give more free rides than usual, virtual sign-writing and fairground art courses, personalisation of one of the dodgem cars and the opportunity to buy limited-edition Carters Fair posters, books and tote bags.

The Theatre Royal is calling on theatre lovers for donations to help ensure work can continue behind the scenes so that when it does open its doors again it will continue to be a significant part of the community bringing the best of theatre to Bath.

For film lovers, a Tivoli gift card can put towards food, refreshments and future cinema tickets.

Hotels, places to stay and spa days:

Brooks Guest House, who have Bed & Breakfast properties in Bath and in Bristol, have gift vouchers that are valid for 12 months.

The Royal Cresent Hotel & Spa has a variety of gift vouchers to purchase for breaks, spa days, treatments, wine and dine dinners and afternoon teas to use once the hotel is open again.

Boutique hotel No. 15 GP also have vouchers available for breaks, spa days and afternoon teas, valid for 18 months from the date of purchase.