Deadline: 13 February 2020
Idlewild Trust is an independent grant-making trust that runs two programmes supporting specific areas within conservation and the arts.
Idlewild Trust supports projects in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. They don’t fund charities or projects based outside the UK or involving travel outside the UK, nor projects in the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man.
Idlewild Trust Funds
- Arts: Nurturing Early Stage Professionals
- Conservation: Objects and Works of Art
Aims
- Idlewild Trust want to improve opportunities for professionals working creatively in the arts at an early stage in their careers;
- Support the conservation of important works of art and objects that are being lost through the lack of funds to look after these works.
Funding Information
- Idlewild Trust make grants of up to £5,000 and awarded 41 grants totalling £148,680 in 2018;
- It also funds programmes for other early stage professionals working creatively within the arts including composers, curators and theatre-makers (eg: directors and choreographers).
- Idlewild Trust doesn’t fund private or state higher, secondary or primary education institutions including universities, schools, colleges and conservatoires.
Eligibility Criteria
Organisations applying must be one of the following:
- UK Registered Charity that is more than 2 years’ old: with two or more annual returns submitted on time to the Charity Commission;
- UK Publicly Exempt Charity: most museums/galleries are Registered Charities, but not all. UK Publicly Exempt Charities include 14 named national museums and galleries;
- Church that is an Excepted Charity: ‘excepted’ because their income is £100,000pa or less and because it’s part of an organisation;
- Idlewild Trust can’t fund higher, secondary or primary education institutions including universities, schools, colleges and conservatoires, whether state or private;
- Idlewild Trust can’t fund charities with the sole or main purpose of making grants;
- The Trust can’t fund organisations that have an income of £5,000pa or under.
- Arts: Nurturing Early Stage Professionals
- Idlewild Trust give priority to applications that have not started by the time the Trustees meet, but they’ll look at applications for year-long projects that have only just started;
- Idlewild Trust exclude projects that have been completed;
- The Trust can’t give grants to organisations that received a grant from Idlewild Trust within 24 months of the last award.
- Conservation: Objects and Works of Art
- Applicants must own the object/work of art. Sometimes local authorities own works of art/objects with long-term loan agreements with museums previously run by local authorities and now UK Registered Charities. If this is the case, they’ll consider these applications but include information on the loan agreement in the application;
- Applicants must have a completed Conservation Report by an independent and accredited conservator, including independent authentication, information on condition, proposed treatment and cost. If your organisation has an in-house qualified conservator, They’ll accept an internal Conservation Report if the conservator is accredited with ICON. Organisations applying should be UK Registered;
- Charities, national museums that are UK Publicly Exempt Charities or churches that are Excepted Charities (see helpful links below for funding reports).
Note:
- Idlewild Trust cannot support projects for children under the age of 18. It will consider applications that nurture emerging professionals within the arts aged 18 and over, but not within secondary schools, sixth form colleges, Further Education Colleges, universities or conservatoires;
- Idlewild Trust do not fund capital projects including extensions and new facilities. As a trust with limited resources, they focus either on Arts: Nurturing Early Stage Professionals or Conservation: Objects and Works of Art;
- Idlewild Trust no longer support the conservation or repair of organs or church bells. As a trust with limited resources, they focus funds for conservation on Objects or Works of Art;
- Since February 2016, they no longer support exhibitions, concerts, performances, festivals and touring programmes. Within the arts they now focus Arts: Nurturing Early Stage Professional and this might include, for example, a concert series for emerging professional musicians;
- Idlewild Trust supports projects for people that have sufficient core training or experience to be ready to start a career, or develop their early career. Not all projects they support are for people that have been formally trained at, for example, dance, art or drama school or music college; however, they then expect people’s experience to be highly relevant and valuable;
- Idlewild Trust only awards grants to UK registered charities and does not award grants direct to individuals. Within their Arts Programme, they do not fund projects that benefit just one person, considering only those that work with more than one;
- The Trust only fund projects either for artists (singers, musicians, artists, actors, dancers) or those involved creatively (composers, curators, writers, theatre-makers);
- Idlewild Trust don’t fund overseas tours or residential programmes abroad;
- Idlewild Trust no longer fund higher, secondary or primary institutions including universities, schools, colleges and conservatoires, whether state or privately funded. They know how valuable programmes run by these institutions are, but they’re a small funder and have to focus.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted online via given website.
For more information, visit https://www.idlewildtrust.org.uk/apply-grant
