Funding is available for general charitable purposes. Previously the Trust has supported a wide range of different local, national and international causes, including charities working for human medical research, the relief of suffering and respite, and religious and heritage charities.
Funding is available for projects that fit with the family ethos of protecting rural communities and encouraging participation in the arts, particularly that of textiles. Priority is given to the following:
Sir Michael Tippett established the Foundation in 1979 to encourage the music of the future with funds from the sale of his manuscripts to the British Library.
Youth Music is the UK’s largest children’s music charity, set up in 1999 to promote and support music-making opportunities for children with the least access. Youth Music’s vision is that 'life-changing' music-making is available to all children and young people.
Funding is available to charities and charitable organisations for projects that promote urban and rural regeneration, with a preference for the Yorkshire region.
Grants for charitable organisations with outdoor and character-building projects for young people in the North West England as well as for educational, religious and cultural activities and institutions in the North West of England.
Grants are available for charitable organisations carrying out a variety of general charitable activities in the UK.
Funding is available for projects in the West Midlands that will make a difference to communities and that they can be actively engaged in.
The Alliance to Reward Initiatives and Social Enterprise (ARISE) Hatfield is an alliance of local business partners who have been working in Hatfield to provide funding to support initiatives and specially based activities that improve the lives of Hatfield residents and groups.
The Trust supports classical music performance and training especially chamber music, composition and music education. Particular interests within music education are music for children and adults with special needs, youth orchestras and projects at secondary and higher levels, including academic research.
Applications are considered under the following headings:
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