Deadline: 14-Sep-21
The Idlewild Trust is pleased to announce a call for applications for the Arts and Conservation Funds.
Programs
The Trust runs two grant programmes:
- Arts: Nurturing Early-Stage Professionals – Grants to improve opportunities for professionals working creatively within the arts at an early stage in their career. They want to improve opportunities for professionals working creatively in the arts at an early stage in their careers.
- Conservation: Objects and Works of Art – Grants to support the conservation of historic or artistically important objects and works of art in museums, galleries, places of worship, historic buildings or their grounds. They 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
- The Trust gives grants of up to £5,000. The amount available varies year on year, but to give you an idea in 2020 they awarded 33 grants totalling £128,055 and 47 grants totalling £184,196 in 2019.
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.
- Idlewild 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.
For more information, visit https://www.idlewildtrust.org.uk/apply-grant