Deadline: 28-Aug-2020
The Leche Trust grants programme is supporting projects in two areas: performing arts and conservation.
Focus Areas
Performing Arts
- The Trustees’ priorities for music, theatre and dance are:
- Excellence in professional performance;
- The production and performance of new work;
- The development of young, professional artists aged 18 or over.
- Trustees do not normally fund:
- projects that will commence less than six weeks from the published date of the decision meeting concerned
- amateur/non-professional performance
- general arts programmes submitted without specific details of activities and events
- training and development projects aimed at under 18 year-olds
- projects with the primary purpose of health, therapy or social welfare
- visual arts projects
- capital developments at arts venues or purchase of equipment
- recording projects
Conservation
- The Trustees supports the conservation of historic objects, collections and features of buildings and designed landscapes which are pre-Victorian in date, i.e. pre-1830s.
- In the case of churches, we will consider supporting the conservation of items such as monuments, wall paintings, stained glass, and historic furniture and fittings.
- They prefer to give grants to smaller projects, or specific elements of projects, where our contribution can have a greater impact.
- Projects may include conservation surveys and preventive measures as well as remedial work, and we will consider grants towards the acquisition of items for collections.
- Trustees do not fund:
- structural repairs to buildings;
- new buildings or the installation of modern facilities and services;
- general appeals for funding without details of specific, eligible works
- displays and exhibitions;
- general heritage education, outreach and audience development projects;
- organ conservation, unless instruments are substantially pre-1830s in date and the aim is to conserve an original action and casework;
- bell restoration projects, unless the bells and their fittings are substantially pre-1830s in date and the aim is to conserve these as far as possible, consistent with safe use.
The Trustee is unable to fund:
- Buildings and objects in private ownership;
- Schools and school buildings;
- Natural environment and wildlife projects;
- Health, medical or social welfare projects;
- Projects promoting religion.
Funding Information
Trustees will consider grants up to £5,000.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must be UK registered charities, public authorities or public institutions. They do not accept applications from Community Interest Companies (CICs) or individuals.
For more information, visit http://www.lechetrust.org/funding-guidelines.htm