Heritage & Arts Grants

Please see below for a detailed list of grants made since April 2011 for sums over £4,000.  We also make smaller grants but these are not listed seperately.

 

Material (or Fabric) Conservation/Refurbishment

Oxfordshire Buildings Trust Ltd

£4,000

Towards the transfer of the Ascott Park Jacobean Gateway to the new Bodleian Library.

St. John Soane's Museum, Camden

£5,000

Towards the restoration of the Tivoli Recess.

 

 

Museums, Libraries, Collections and Archives

Ditchling Museum, East Sussex

£5,000

Towards a Collection Store for the Eric Gill archive.

The Royal College of Organists Library, Birmingham

£5,000

Towards the cataloguing of five recently acquired significant collections.

 

 

Wildlife/Environment Conservation

Plant Heritage, Guildford, Surrey

£5,000

Towards national Collection Holder training workshops.

 Tyne Rivers Trust, Northumberland

£5,000

Towards Tyne Freshwater Pearl Mussel Rehabilitation.

 

 

The Arts

Aurora Orchestra, London

£5,000

Towards concerts at LSO St Luke's in early 2012.

Jericho House, 'Into thy Hands' Wilton's Music Hall

£5,000

Towards a period play on John Donne and faith, by Jonathan Holmes.

NMC Recordings - Debut Discs

£5,000

Towards the recording and promotion of discs for 12 British composers

Stage One, London

£5,000

Towards workshops for emerging theatre producers.

Tamasha Theatre Company, London & Oldham

£5,000

Towards 'Snookered', a play around British/Muslim identity.