THE RADCLIFFE TRUST
Revenue grants of between £2,500 and £7,500 are available to UK registered charities and Community Interest Companies (CICs) working in heritage, crafts and music, with a particular emphasis on music education, composition and chamber music.
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o Application deadline: FRIDAY 31st JANUARY 2025.
o Funder: The Radcliffe Trust (also known as Dr Radcliffe’s Trust) (founded 1714. Charity No: 209212. Total value of all grants awarded during the year ended 31st March 2023: £485,650 (2022: £389,577; 2021: £488.998)).
o Who can apply: UK registered charities, charitable organisations, not-for-profit organisations including Community Interest Companies (CICs).
o Key words: Special Needs, Music, Youth Orchestras, Research, Crafts, Conservation, Training, United Kingdom.
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Tetbury, Gloucestershire based grant-making Trust, the Radcliffe Trust (also known – and listed with the Charity Commission for England and Wales – as Dr Radcliffe’s Trust) is one of the UK’s oldest charitable trusts, having been founded in 1714 on the death of eminent physician, Dr John Radcliffe. The Trust makes grants to support classical music performance and training, especially for chamber music, composition and music education. Its particular interests within music education are:
o Music for children and adults with special needs.
o Projects at secondary and higher levels, including academic research, and
o Youth orchestras.
The Trust also supports the development of the skills, knowledge and experience that underpin the UK’s traditional cultural heritage and craft sectors. This includes support for:
o Craft and conservation training.
o Practical projects, and
o Strategic projects which demonstrate clear benefits to individuals and to the sector.
The Trust is committed to flexible, open and inclusive grant-giving and will also consider other projects, should they fall broadly within its remit. It aims to promote standards of excellence through all of its support.
Grants are generally for revenue and between £2,500 and £7,500 with the occasional lower and higher award. Where in the past the Trust has made multi-year awards, now it only provides one-off grants.
Funding is not available for:
o Capital projects.
o General appeals or endowment funds.
o Individuals.
o Operating or core cost, or
o Retrospective grants.
Further information, guidance and an online application form is available on the Trust’s website.
The annual deadlines for applications to both the Heritage and Crafts and the Music Grants programmes are:
o 31st January, and
o 31st July.
The next application deadline is therefore on Friday 31st January 2025, with the following deadline falling on Thursday 31st July 2025.