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Grants for acquisition and conservation
Nell Hoare
Grants for acquisition and conservation
1. Acquisition: Friends of the National Libraries
2. Conservation: National Manuscripts Conservation Trust
1. Conservation training and CPD: Anna Plowden Trust
www.friendsofnationallibraries.org.uk
Twitter: @FNL313
Established 1931
Grants of over £3m awarded since 2000
Grants for acquisitions: manuscripts, archives, fine bindings, rare printed books
National and non-national archives, libraries, museums, universities and specialist libraries are all eligible
Since 1931 - grants to 20 Scottish institutions, including 100 grants to National Library of Scotland
FNL
New Prince of Wales Fund: more funds for grants than ever.
No application form
Three application deadlines: March, June & October
BUT we can respond within a week if auction deadline looming
Just send email with details to me at: admin@fnlmail.org.uk
FNL
In 2018 gave largest number, and highest total value, of grants ever.
In 2019 to date: over £180,000 awarded, including a major grant to Edinburgh University and a grant to Inverclyde Archives.
In very special cases we may help with fundraising: e.g. The Ruskin Library.
FNL
Contact:
Nell Hoare, Secretary
admin@fnlmail.org.uk
And see: www.friendsofnationallibraries.org.uk
And
Twitter: @FNL313
FNL
www.nmct.co.uk
Established in 1990; nearly £3m in grants
Non-national institutions only
Total grants £70,000 in 2010; now £150,000pa thanks to fundraising.
Since 2010 our grants have leveraged over £3m
Partnerships with Pilgrim Trust, MALD and SCA
NMCT
Application deadlines 1st April and 1st October; decisions in June and December
Grants are normally between £1,000 and £20,000
Up to 100% of project cost; 50% of grant paid at outset; 50% at end of project
Grants for conservation of manuscripts. Not public records and not digitisation alone
Items on deposit? Yes, with owner’s agreement to NMCT terms
Application forms and FAQs: www.nmct.co.uk
NMCT
London Metropolitan Archives: Great Parchment Book of the Honorable Irish Society
Grant of £9,000; total project cost £22,000
ARCW: Forging AheadPartnership project to conserve steel archives in four institutions
Grant of £7,104 (full cost)
Highland Life, Skye & Localsh Archive Centre: Conservation of the Waternishplan & volume collectionGrant of £11,228; project cost £18,901
Argyll Estates: Conserving the maps and plans collection
Grant of £15,000; project cost £45,000
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archives Minton Archive Conservation project
Grant of £24,000; total project cost £33,000
St John’s College, Oxford: MS 154 Aelfric and Aelfric Bata Grammatical Texts
Project cost £21,300; grant of £10,667
www.annaplowdentrust.org.uk
Founded 1998; total of over £700k in grants since then;
Main grant programmes:
Conservation Training Scholarships
Plowden/Clothworkers’ Foundation CPD Grants
And periodically:
Award for Research and Innovation
Anna Plowden Trust
Plowden Scholarships
For ‘primary’ conservation training
Over 200 Scholarship awards since 1998
One annual deadline (early June)
Movable heritage not buildings
In 2018/19: 29 Scholarships to students on all major UK courses
Anna Plowden Trust
Plowden/Clothworkers’ Foundation CPD Grants
Nearly 200 CPD grants awarded since 1998
For conferences/courses and other CPD opportunities in UK and abroad.
New funding partnership with Clothworkers, so more funding available: 11 grants in 2016 but 44 in 2018
Four deadlines each year January, March, June, September
Anna Plowden Trust
Grant enquiries:
info@annaplowdentrust.org.uk
website for FAQs and forms:
www.annaplowdentrust.org.uk
Find out more by watching our films:
www.annaplowdentrust.org.uk/films
Anna Plowden Trust
If you have any questions about any of these funders do feel free to contact me on these email addresses:
admin@fnlmail.org.uk
info@nmct.co.uk
admin@annaplowdentrust.org.uk
Thank you
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