The Headley Trust

Trustees make grants under the following headings:

  • Arts, heritage and conservation projects in the UK of outstanding creative or architectural importance
  • Support for regional museums to purchase unusual or exceptional artefacts.
  • Repair work to the fabric of Anglican cathedrals and large ecclesiastical buildings of exceptional architectural merit
  • Fabric repair of medieval parish churches in sparsely populated and less prosperous villages
  • Restoration of buildings, statuary or paintings, primarily in Central and Eastern Europe, supporting the capacity of new heritage NGOs, and training the next generation of conservation and heritage professionals
  • Development projects in sub-Saharan Anglophone Africa, and Ethiopia.
  • Bursary support, particularly for artistic or technical skills training, or performing opportunities for talented young artists, including the disadvantaged or disabled.
  • Social welfare projects which support elderly people of limited means, especially with their housing needs, or help carers of an ill or disabled relative. Also, parenting education projects; and occasional health research into specialist areas of particular interest to the trustees
  • Small grants providing practical aids for disabled people

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