The Paddock has been supported in our various projects by the following funders, to whom we are very grateful.
The Heritage Lottery Funding Young Roots Scheme is a grant programme funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, managed in partnership with specialist youth agencies, and provides grants of between £5,000 and £25,000. The scheme aims to involve 13–20 year olds in finding out about their heritage, developing skills, building confidence and promoting community involvement.
Young Roots projects stem directly from young people’s interests and ideas, harnessing their creativity and energy and helping them work with others in their local community.
The Heritage Lottery Fund enables communities to celebrate, look after and learn more about our diverse heritage. From our great museums and historic buildings to local parks and beauty spots or recording and celebrating traditions, customs and history, Heritage Lottery Fund grants open up our nation’s heritage for everyone to enjoy.
For further information, please contact:
Claire Jackson, Heritage Lottery Fund – Tel: 020 7591 6102 / 07971 295292, email claireja@hlf.org.uk
Website: www.hlf.org.uk
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2. Arts Council England, South East
Arts Council England is the national development agency for the arts in England. Between 2005 and 2008, we are investing £1.7 billion of public funds from government and National Lottery. This is the bedrock of support for the arts in England.
We believe that the arts have the power to transform lives and communities, and to create opportunities for people throughout the country.
Our vision is to promote the arts at the heart of national life, reflecting England’s rich and diverse cultural identity. We want people throughout England to experience arts activities of the highest quality.
For general enquiries, phone: 0845 300 6200, textphone: 020 7973 6564, or visit our website.
Website:http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/
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The Chase Charity and the Lankelly Foundation were established through the generosity of two separate entrepreneurs.
The Chase Charity was founded in 1962 and the Lankelly Foundation six years later. After many years of working together, the two Trusts have now resolved that they should take the next natural step and amalgamate to form the LankellyChase Foundation.
The Trustees recognise the many challenges which face our society and look forward to being able to respond to some of them, bringing a new clarity and focus to the compassion and creativity which have marked their work in the past.
Website:http://www.lankellychase.org.uk/
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Website: http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk
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Lewes Town Council is one of the largest 150 of the 10,000-or-so Parish Councils in England and Wales, with a council tax precept for 2006/07 of £657,000 and expenditure budgeted at nearly £750,000. It is the successor to Lewes Borough Council, which was incorporated in 1881. We are based at the Town Hall, in the High Street, which has been the home of Lewes’ local Council since 1893.
We administer The Pells and Lewes Priory, and run the Town Hall and the All Saints Centre as venues for activities ranging from dance-classes; tai-chi; and toy-libraries, to world-class sculpture exhibitions (Rodin, Caro, Moore); weddings; and musical and theatre events of all types.
Website: http://www.lewes-town.co.uk
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The UK Branch of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation has a reputation for recognising and initiating innovative ideas. The Foundation focuses on a few specific grant priorities in any one year in order to do them justice – these change every two or three years. The 2007 priorities for the four programmes – Arts, Education, Social Change and Anglo-Portuguese Cultural Relations – are set out on our website. As a general principle the Foundation supports projects which are genuinely original in their field and also favours those which take place outside London. The Foundation is becoming increasingly proactive in inviting certain organisations to propose projects which meet its aims. It also commissions its own publications.
Website: http://www.gulbenkian.org.uk
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7. The PRS Foundation for New Music
The PRS Foundation for New Music (PRSF) is the UK's largest independent funder purely for new music of any genre.
Its main aims are to stimulate and support the creation and performance of new music in the UK, ensuring this reaches a wide audience. In addition, it motivates public debate about creative music-making in the UK, for example through ground-breaking projects such as the New Music Award.
Over the past 7 years the Foundation has proved itself a significant force in supporting pioneering musical activity. The Foundation provides essential core support for creators, performers and producers of new music, while also underpinning exciting new music projects. Since March 2000 it has supported over 2045 new music initiatives with a total of £8.5 million.
PRSF promotes activity at the cutting edge of new music, encouraging the development of music in the UK. This is achieved through its own funding schemes and partnerships with other organisations.
The Foundation is widely respected as an approachable, adventurous, and straightforward organisation. It has already established a track record of funding a broad range of activity, from unsigned band showcases to composer residencies and from commissions for new music to experimental live electronica. PRSF support is seen by the music community as an indication of quality and innovation.
Website:http://www.prsfoundation.co.uk/
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A charitable trust which was set up by Vaughan Williams to finance needy musicians, make grants for worthy causes and make grants to music festivals, musicians etc.
Website: http://www.rvwtrust.org.uk
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9. The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust
D'Oyly Carte Charitable Trust. This is an exceptional grant from the trust, which now disburses about £1.2 million a year. The trust supports projects in the arts, medical welfare and the environment. Grants usually range between £200 and £10,000. Applicants are requested to make a preliminary outline proposal by letter.
Contact: Mrs Jane Thorne, administrator, The D'Oyly Carte Charitable Trust, 1 Savoy Hill, London WC2R OBP, Tel: 020 7420 2600
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10. Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
smée Fairbairn Foundation is one of the largest independent grantmaking foundations in the UK.
We make grants to organisations which aim to improve the quality of life for people and communities in the UK, both now and in the future.
We like to consider work which others may find hard to fund, perhaps because it breaks new ground, appears too risky, requires core funding, or needs a more unusual form of financial help such as a loan.
We also take initiatives ourselves where new thinking is required or where we believe there are important unexplored opportunities.
Our values
We have always believed in the need to support and maintain a free, stable and socially cohesive society. This means one in which enterprise is encouraged and people are able to realise their potential, take advantage of opportunities, and play their part in civil society and democratic life.
Grantmaking
In 2007 we expect to make grants totalling £29 million across the UK for charitable purposes in four programme areas: Arts & Heritage, Education, Environment and Social Change: Enterprise and Independence.
Equal opportunities and diversity
The Foundation wishes its policies and practices to support and encourage the development of a free, stable and socially cohesive society. We welcome applications for funding from all sections of the community.
Website: http://www.esmeefairbairn.org.uk
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