Grants Awarded

Migraine Trust (Health)

Project: PhD research programme at King’s College London investigating the biology of premonitory symptoms of migraine attacks.
Amount awarded: £60,000
Location: London
Year awarded: 2024

Boleskine House Foundation (Heritage)

Project: Restoration of Boleskine House, in particular carving of stone fireplaces for principal rooms.
Amount awarded: £65,000
Location: Inverness-shire
Year awarded: 2024

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance (Health)

Project: Provision of frontline facilities (including training simulation suites and aftercare spaces) at the planned new operating base in Southampton.
Amount awarded: £100,000
Location: Hampshire
Year awarded: 2024

Guards’ Chapel Trust (Music)

Project: Purchase of bespoke Harrison and Harrison pipe organ for The Guards’ Chapel at Wellington Barracks.
Amount awarded: £50,000
Location: London
Year awarded: 2024

Strawberry Line Café and Cycle Project (Health)

Project: Provision of activities and employment at Strawberry Line Cafe and Cycle Path for adults with learning disabilities and additional needs.
Amount awarded: £42,000
Location: Somerset
Year awarded: 2024

Purbeck Youth Music (Music)

Project: Singing Schools, providing choral teaching for primary school children in rural Dorset.
Amount awarded: £3,700
Location: Dorset
Year awarded: 2024

Carrington Lime Heritage Skills Training (Heritage)

Project: Places for sixteen trainees on the Professional Heritage Plastering Programme.
Amount awarded: £63,500
Location: Gloucestershire
Year awarded: 2024

Teapot Trust (Health)

Project: Art therapy for children across Scotland suffering from cancer, idiopathic juvenile arthritis and other serious and debilitating conditions.
Amount awarded: £75,000 over three years
Location: Edinburgh
Year awarded: 2024

Hopwood Foundation (Heritage)

Project: Heritage skills training in ornamental plasterwork and joinery, allied to conservation and restoration of Hopwood Hall. Grant in abeyance pending clarification of access rights to Hopwood Hall.
Amount awarded: £100,000
Location: Lancashire
Year awarded: 2024

University of Liverpool (Health)

Project: Research by the University of Liverpool Department of Women’s Health in partnership with Liverpool Women’s Hospital into uterine fibroids and their role in postpartum haemorrhage and anaemia.
Amount awarded: £300,000 over three years
Location: Liverpool
Year awarded: 2024

Helpful Hounds Assistance Dogs (Health)

Project: Training of assistance dogs for young people with disorders such as ADHD and autism that affect mobility and social interaction.
Amount awarded: £24,000
Location: Hampshire
Year awarded: 2024

Diocese of Leeds (Music)

Project: Purchase of a computer-based control system for Leeds Cathedral pipe organ.
Amount awarded: £59,000
Location: Yorkshire
Year awarded: 2024

Clear Sky Children’s Charity (Health)

Project: Creative arts and play therapy for young children who are experiencing emotional and behavioural problems as a result of trauma.
Amount awarded: £20,000
Location: Oxfordshire
Year awarded: 2024

EVA Women’s Aid (Health)

Project: Provision of counselling for older (60+) victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse in and around Redcar.
Amount awarded: £36,000
Location: Yorkshire
Year awarded: 2024

Historic Coventry Trust (Heritage)

Project: Restoration of Coventry Charterhouse, in particular the rebuilding of the pentice wall using traditional methods, with associated heritage skills training.
Amount awarded: £75,000
Location: Warwickshire
Year awarded: 2024

Brodrick Trust (Music)

Project: Restoration of Leeds Town Hall pipe organ. The work will reintroduce a more vibrant sound, reflecting the builder’s intention. The instrument will be the centre of education programmes for young people and music students.
Amount awarded: £50,000
Location: Yorkshire
Year awarded: 2024

 

All grant sums are maxima, with payment dependent on project delivery in accordance with grant terms and conditions.