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.

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

Scottish Environment Link

Towards the salaries of a Marine Policy & Engagement Officer and Campaigns Officer who will work towards their Ocean Recovery Plan

Category
Environment
Year awarded
2021
Grant size
£150,000
Duration
3 years
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Sheffield Museums Trust

Towards the costs of a Curator of Industry and Metalwork who will work across the Graves Gallery, Millennium Gallery and Weston Park Museum

Category
Museums and Galleries
Year awarded
2021
Grant size
£94,500
Duration
3 years
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Sheila McKechnie Foundation

Towards the costs of the Defence of Civic Space in the UK project in partnership with a small consortium of funders, including Baring Foundation and the Funders’ Initiative for Civil Society

Category
Other
Year awarded
2021
Grant size
£10,000
Duration
1 year
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Smarter not Harder Foundation

Towards the costs of the Smarter not Harder Partnership Programme, providing training to people working in the charity sector in the areas of personal productivity and employee wellbeing

Category
Other
Year awarded
2021
Grant size
£13,000
Duration
1 year
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Spotlight on Corruption

Towards the core costs of ensuring the UK's anti-corruption laws and enforcement of those laws are as effective as possible so that these institutions hold corruption in check and allow democracy to flourish

Category
Social Action
Year awarded
2021
Grant size
£90,000
Duration
3 years
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Stop Climate Chaos Scotland

Towards the costs of convening environmental charities around their engagement with COP26

Category
Other
Year awarded
2021
Grant size
£33,000
Duration
1 year
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Tate Gallery Liverpool

Towards the costs of a new curatorial post to embed new models of practice and become more relevant to their local audience, particularly Liverpool's Black communities and people of colour

Category
Museums and Galleries
Year awarded
2021
Grant size
£115,556
Duration
2 years
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The Big Give

Towards their new green match fund for environmental charities in support of their work on climate change, natural resources, biodiversity, conservation, pollution and waste in the UK or overseas

Category
Other
Year awarded
2021
Grant size
£10,500
Duration
1 year
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The Community Justice Fund

Towards a pooled fund created in response to the pandemic to enable a more fair and equal society where everyone can get the legal support they need to access their rights and prevent injustice

Category
Other
Year awarded
2021
Grant size
£74,000
Duration
1 year
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