Arts, Heritage and Communities

Arts, Heritage and Communities is sponsored by The Skinners' Company. This program funds arts, heritage, and community projects, primarily in London and Kent. Projects can range from one-off events to multi-year initiatives and must include an arts or heritage element, bringing together and supporting local people.

Arts Heritage and Communities - The Skinners' Company Arts, Heritage and Communities Young People’s Vocational Development The Relief of Poverty and Hardship We fund arts, heritage, and community projects, primarily in London and Kent. These can range from one-off events, through to multi-year projects.

Arts and heritage projects include local projects which help communities conserve and restore their landmarks, landscape, traditions and culture. Performing and visual arts work include projects across the arts – from performance and drama to music and art. Community projects can be broader, bringing together and supporting local people, but must still include an arts or heritage element.

Grants of up to £5,000 per year are available for projects and/or capital items, with awards for three years open to consideration.

Arts, heritage, and related local community projects Working primarily in London and Kent Where successful outcomes can be evidenced Projects that show clear public value As much as possible, where the project is run by a registered not-for-profit organisation, with at least one set of audited or independently examined annual accounts* The charity's annual turnover does not exceed £300,000 *If you are not a registered not-for-profit organisation, we may be willing to consider exceptions under certain circumstances.

If this applies to you, please contact us to discuss this further. Fully funding requests rather than awarding part-funding A non-exclusive focus on: the City of London, Hackney, Hounslow, and Enfield boroughs in London. Tonbridge and Malling, Tunbridge Wells, Folkestone, and Hythe Districts of Kent.

Projects that have no community or charitable element Community projects with no Arts or Heritage component Retrospective funding, deficits, or loans Organisations which are not a registered not-for-profit organisation Organisations with an annual turnover above £300,000 Organisations with reserves of more than 12 months’ expenditure Organisations which applied to us unsuccessfully within the previous 18 months Services which are a statutory responsibility Projects that are primarily for the advancement of religion or politics (this does not exclude faith-based charities; however, we may ask for a copy of a non-proselytizing policy) Projects in hospitals, nursing, or residential care settings, which are a statutory responsibility – or for medical research “We’re so grateful for the support of the Foundation, and it’s work to help organisations such as ours.

It is invaluable for us, and the service we provide! ” West Kent Community Radio Before submitting a full application, please email us with a short outline of the project. If you are eligible, we will be in touch with full details of how to make a complete application.

Applications will be considered at our committee meetings (held in spring and autumn) – with deadlines circa six weeks prior. During our assessment, we may request a visit to find out more. We will communicate all decisions following the date of the meeting.

The deadline to submit completed applications has now passed and this programme is closed to new applications. Please check back in May for details about the next application round. If an award is made, the terms of our grant will be included with notification of our decision.

This will include end of year monitoring, with any future instalments of our grant conditional on this. Jascha Elliott, Head of Foundations charities@skinners. org.

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