Grants we have made

Grants list

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This section lists all grants we have made since 2013. The categories from 2013 to 2018 were Arts, Environment and Welfare. This changed in 2018 when Welfare was replaced with Social Action. There are also separate categories for grants to the Museums and Galleries Fund and to the UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs) Fund.

From November 2025 the grants listed relate to our current strategy for 2025 to 2030.

Please note that the Visit Website button under each grant listed is a link to the listed grant-holder's website.

Manchester Museums Partnership

Towards ‘Ubuntu’, a two-year project focusing on their collection of objects from Africa

Category
Museums and Galleries
Year awarded
2025
Grant size
£98,484
Duration
2 years
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Marine Conservation Society

Funding towards UK Overseas Territories project staff, in territory capacity building and training

Category
Environment
Year awarded
2025
Grant size
£149,960
Duration
3 years
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Music Theatre Wales

Core cost funding towards their programme from June 2025 – May 2028, aiming to reimagine contemporary opera

Category
Arts
Year awarded
2025
Grant size
£90,000
Duration
3 years
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MySociety

Core cost funding including salaries to deliver project encouraging councils to create sustainable communities

Category
Environment
Year awarded
2025
Grant size
£150,000
Duration
3 years
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National Coal Mining Museum for England

Towards costs of Collections Care Assistant post and budget for moving large industrial items

Category
Museums and Galleries
Year awarded
2025
Grant size
£87,233
Duration
3 years
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Not1More

Funding to support staffing and other core costs

Category
Social Action
Year awarded
2025
Grant size
£80,000
Duration
2 years
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Pause Creating Space for Change

Towards core costs to support influencing work

Category
Social Action
Year awarded
2025
Grant size
£150,000
Duration
3 years
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Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

Towards project costs and a UK Conservation Projects Officer salary

Category
Environment
Year awarded
2025
Grant size
£150,000
Duration
3 years
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Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

Core cost funding including their UK Overseas Territories project salaries

Category
Environment
Year awarded
2025
Grant size
£150,000
Duration
3 years
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