Grants and Donations Given

Grants and donations have been made to the following, many in conjunction with a lecture, visit or other event:

  • All Saints Jesus Lane (The Painted Church), Cambridge, towards conservation of textiles
  • Cambridge Sculpture Trails, for updating and maintenance of online information available to the public
  • Church of Our Lady and the English Martyrs, Cambridge, towards restoration of decorative features on the West Front
  • Creative Dimension Trust, towards a programme of introducing young people to skilled working by hand in cultural and heritage organisations
  • Crossness Engines Trust
  • David Parr House, Cambridge, towards new display cases
  • Dulwich Picture Gallery
  • Emmanuel College, Cambridge, for the production of short videos on College portraits
  • Exton Church
  • Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Educational Trust for Children
  • Fitzwilliam Museum, for their programme for dementia sufferers
  • Fitzwilliam Museum, for textile conservation to enable redisplay
  • Fry Art Gallery, Saffron Walden, towards their extension and improvements for public access
  • Gainsborough House, Sudbury, Suffolk, to their appeal for a new gallery extension
  • Gainsborough House, to their Acquisition Fund
  • Church of St Mary the Virgin, Gestingthorpe, towards the conservation of paintings of Moses and Aaron
  • Grinling Gibbons Society, for the development of an online version of the exhibition at Compton Verney
  • The GroundWork Gallery, King’s Lynn, for educational outreach
  • Kelmscott Manor (Society of Antiquaries), for the Kelmscott and Morris, Past Present & Future project
  • Kelmscott Manor (Society of Antiquaries), for their Tapestry Room Appeal
  • The Kempe Trust for restoration fund  for Kempe windows
  • Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, towards the purchase of a ceramic plate in recognition of the service of Jean Calhoun both to Kettle’s Yard, and to AFC
  • Lettering and Commemorative Arts Trust to fund a specialist workshop for four professional letter carvers to learn specialist skills necessary to design and create sundials, and towards subsequent apprentice workshops
  • St Wendreda’s Church, March, towards tower restoration appeal
  • March & District Museum, towards restoration of civic water fountain
  • Melford Hall (National Trust), for paintings conservation
  • MK Gallery, Milton Keynes
  • Moyse’s Hall, Bury St Edmunds, to support their exhibition of works by Mary Beale
  • Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge, for the development of temporary exhibitions and to increase access through engagement work
  • Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, towards their Posy Ring appeal
  • Museum of Cambridge, towards the conservation of a portrait of Josiah Chater
  • Museum of North Craven Life, towards digitation of 19th-century photographs
  • National Gallery, London, towards travel grants for Cambridgeshire candidates for the ARTiculation Prize
  • National Horseracing Museum, Newmarket
  • Newnham College, Cambridge, for the restoration of Ottoman/Islamic book bindings in the Skilliter Library
  • Octavia Hill Museum, Wisbech
  • Roche Court Education Trust, to support the ARTiculation Prize for 16- to 19-year old students 2020 and 2021, and for ARTiculation outreach in 2022
  • Royal Collection Trust for educational film project connected to Japan exhibition
  • The Soane Museum, for Robert Adam Archive
  • St Giles’ Church, Cambridge, towards their appeal to conserve the stained glass windows
  • Church of St Mary the Virgin, Belchamp Walter, towards the conservation of mediaeval wall paintings
  • Stained Glass Museum, Ely, towards the provision of learning materials
  • Tickencote Church
  • Whipple Museum of the History of Science, Cambridge, for handling boxes as learning materials for visiting school children
  • Wisbech and Fenland Museum, for new display cabinets