Charles Hayward Foundation: Heritage & Conservation
Overview
The fund projects that preserve heritage assets of national significance.
Who can apply
UK registered charities that have an annual income over £350,000.
They fund projects operating in the British Isles. They consider the quality of the projects more important than their geographical location.
They have strict criteria for awarding grants. Use their eligibility checker to see if your charity complies with their guidelines: Eligibility quiz
What they fund
They fund projects of a unique nature and of national importance. They only fund projects in the following sub-categories:
- Conservation and preservation of pictures, manuscripts, books and objects for public display, use and interest.
- Development of libraries, museums and galleries.
- Adaptation of former Industrial Heritage sites to creative and educational spaces.
Project funding priorities
Their main focus in this category is on protecting, restoring and interpreting past inventions, discoveries, industrial sites and defining moments that have shaped our history and identity, and displaying them in a modern context for public engagement, use and learning.
Funding Level & Notes
The trustees will fund a select number of projects with a one-off grant of up to £50,000.
Charles Hayward Foundation is committed to transparency, and they publish details of grants made to the 360Giving data standard.
To see details of grants made by the Foundation since 2020, click here, or you can download the individual spreadsheets for each year listed here.