Deadline: 07-May-21
The Leche Trust has announced grants programme to support projects in two areas: performing arts and conservation.
Priorities
- Performing Arts: 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.
- They aim to achieve a broad balance between music, theatre, and dance projects and take into account the number and location of the audiences and/or individuals likely to benefit.
- Conservation
- They support the conservation of historic objects, collections and features of buildings and designed landscapes that are pre-Victorian in date, i.e. pre-1830s.
- In the case of churches, they 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 they will consider grants towards the acquisition of items for collections.
Funding Information
- As trustees they meet three times each year and at each meeting have an allocation of around £30,000 for performing arts projects and £30,000 for conservation projects.
- They will consider offering grants up to £5,000 but, because of demand, £5,000 grants are exceptional. In 2019 they received 302 applications and awarded 84 grants totaling £175,300. The average grant was £2,000.
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.
Application Process
Your application, maximum 3,000 words, should include (for performing arts or conservation projects as appropriate):
- A project description;
- Timetable: performance dates or programme start/end dates;
- Number of people who will benefit: e.g. projected audiences, young artists, annual visitors;
- Intended outcomes;
- Outline budget for the project;
- The amount you are requesting;
- Indication of likely funding from other sources.
For more information, visit http://www.lechetrust.org/how-to-apply.htm