Headley Trust

Open (ongoing) Age Aged 60+ Archives and artefacts Arts, culture and heritage Buildings and built environment Built heritage Communities Craft and design Cultural heritage Cultural, events and festivals Education and learning environment Faith and religion Family and parenting International issues Natural environment and climate Overseas aid and development Performing arts School, College and University Verbal arts Visual arts and media World issues Africa Antrim & Newtownabbey Ards & North Down Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon Belfast City Causeway Coast and Glens Derry City and Strabane England Europe and Russia Fermanagh and Omagh Great Britain International Lisburn and Castlereagh Mid and East Antrim Mid Ulster Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland Scotland Wales Large (over £60,000) Medium (up to £60,000) Micro (up to £1,000) Small (up to £10,000)

Track grant Notes

Overview

The Trust is one of the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts which share a common administration.

Who they fund

The Headley Trust funds registered charities and charitable organisations with clearly defined charitable purposes.

Your project/work must fit with the following programme areas:

Programme areas

Arts and 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.

Health and 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.

Overseas

Developing Countries - the 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. Please do not submit an enquiry if your country is not mentioned above.
Arts & Heritage Overseas - the 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 submit an enquiry 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.

Download their 2022 annual report here.