Please read these guidelines before applying for funding to The Headley Trust
The Headley Trust funds registered charities and charitable organisations with clearly defined charitable purposes.
There is a two-stage process for applicants to The Headley Trust. At the first stage a brief summary of your application is presented to trustees. If successful, the executives will request a full proposal from you which would be taken to trustees at a later meeting.
If you think your application fits one of the following areas, please complete the application form.
Arts & Heritage UK
The trust funds regional museums and galleries (including local authority museums). Main areas of interest are support for curators and acquisitions; the display, study and acquisition of British ceramics; conservation of industrial, maritime and built heritage; archaeology; arts education including digitisation and outreach.
The trust will also consider cathedrals & major churches within the UK.
Cathedrals (Anglican only)
Funding will be considered towards restoration or repair work to the fabric of ancient cathedrals, parish church cathedrals (that are members of the Major Churches Network) and large churches of exceptional architectural merit that were built before 1850. The trust will also consider conservation of monuments; applications for energy efficient measures if part of a wider appeal for fabric conservation; applications for fire and burglar alarms; applications for solar panels and photovoltaic cells.
Please do not apply for funding for cathedral education centres, conferences, exhibition or heritage spaces, organs, clocks, bells, plumbing, kitchens or heating.
Overseas
Developing Countries
The Headley Trust funds development projects that focus on education and employment interventions for women and girls; water, sanitation and hygiene and community health programmes in the poorest anglophone countries in Africa (Kenya, Malawi, Sierra Leone, Somaliland, Uganda, Zambia). Priority will be given to locally led organisations employing local experts.
Arts & Heritage Overseas
The Headley Trust funds conservation and recording of heritage; programmes that build the capacity of the cultural heritage sector and engage young people in their heritage in South Eastern Europe (Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia.) Priority will be given to locally led organisations employing local experts. Please do not apply if your country is not mentioned above.
Education
The trust funds bursaries for vocational training in conservation and heritage skills in the UK that fall within these areas: stained glass restoration, stonemasonry, wall painting conservation, textile conservation, boat building & boat conservation, wood carving/stone carving combined and carpentry/joinery. It funds bursaries for UK graduate students in dance and postgraduate students in music. There is also some support for music tuition projects in primary schools.
Health & Social Welfare
The trust funds projects that support older people to live independently for as long as possible in their own home or improve their quality of life in residential care. The trust also supports projects that help disadvantaged families and young people, especially with access to basic needs, parenting, young people with experience of the care system and strengthening educational engagement.