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.

Forward Arts Foundation

Towards core costs, specifically extending National Poetry Day into a year-round programme

Category
Museums and Galleries
Year awarded
Grant size
£90,000
Duration
3 years
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Forward Thinking

Towards core costs, specifically to run programmes and events which build bridges between divided communities and give a voice to young British Muslim communities.

Category
Welfare
Year awarded
Grant size
£45,000
Duration
1.5 years
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Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust

Towards core costs, specifically the Director's salary who oversees it work in the nationally significant marine environment on the West Coast of Scotland.

Category
Environment
Year awarded
Grant size
£89,901
Duration
3 years
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Marine Conservation Society

Towards a joint initiative by MCS, Greenpeace and International Programme on the State of the Ocean to catalyse personal and political action on marine conservation following Blue Planet II through a newspaper advertisement and associated social media campaign.

Category
Year awarded
2017
Grant size
£6,000
Duration
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Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

Towards the salary of an Assistant Programme Manager to support the conservation operation to restore Gough Island, through the eradication of mice

Category
Environment
Year awarded
2018
Grant size
£43,340
Duration
1 year
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Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

Towards the salary of the Head of Conservation of the St Helena National Trust, which aims to maintain and preserve the rich environmental and natural heritage of the island

Category
Environment
Year awarded
2018
Grant size
£60,000
Duration
3 years
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Scottish Environment Link

Towards the salaries of two Marine Policy and Engagement Officers to continue their work supporting the completion of Scotland's Marine Protected Area network and its management

Category
Environment
Year awarded
2017
Grant size
£100,000
Duration
2 years
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Shark Trust

Towards the core costs of their shark conservation work in the UK and the Falkland Islands using science and responsible consumer supply chains

Category
Environment
Year awarded
2017
Grant size
£85,250
Duration
3 years
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Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment

Towards a capacity building programme for environment NGO leaders to develop and strengthen their understanding of finance and investment as it relates to environmental sustainability

Category
Environment
Year awarded
2017
Grant size
£20,000
Duration
1 year
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