The Headley Trust

Trustees make grants under the following headings:

  • Arts, heritage and conservation projects in the UK of outstanding creative or architectural importance (including industrial, maritime and built heritage), support for regional museums/galleries, rural crafts, archaeological projects.
  • 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 repairs to listed medieval parish churches in sparsely populated and less prosperous villages.
  • Conservation and recording of heritage (including ecclesiastical & vernacular architecture, archaeology and cultural artefacts), primarily in South Eastern Europe (Slovenia, Croatia, Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Turkey), raising awareness of heritage issues, 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, under the following general headings:
    • Water (sanitation, access, better use of water resources)
    • Environment (sustainable energy, farming, forestry)
    • Education & literacy
    • Healthcare (maternal, disability, trachoma prevention & treatment)
    • Emergency appeals (at the discretion of trustees)
  • 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, projects which provide family & parenting support, and improved access for people with disabilities.
  • Small grants providing practical aids for disabled people.

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