2018-2019

During the financial year 2018/19 the Trust made the following grants:

Organisation

Project

Grant

Agatha Christie Trust for Children

To support research into Childhood Leukaemia (1st of 3)

£50,000

Welsh National Opera

 

Support for a new touring production of Rhondda Rips it Up!

 

£50,000

Music Theatre Wales & National Dance Company Wales

To support a UK tour of PASSION a new dance opera.

£30,000

National Museum Wales

Major Retrospective exhibition of works by David Nash at the NMW and off-site projects.  (2nd tranche)

 

£25,000

British Library

To support the Save Our Sounds: Unlocking Our Sound Heritage, project in partnership with the National Library of Wales

£20,000

Brecknock Art Trust

To purchase four Water Colour Gallery frames for Y Gaer in Brecon

£20,000

National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain

To support places for young Welsh musicians.

£16,000

 

Mousetrap Theatre Projects

 

To support the Theatre Openers Programme, (2nd year).

 

£15,000

Arts & Business Cymru

To support the Prosper initiative, to develop the skills of junior fundraisers in smaller arts organisations in Wales

£15,000

Sinfonia Cymru

Core artistic support over 3 years   (1st tranche)

£15,000

Buxton International Festival

To support Outreach and engagement and Young Artists programme

£10,000

Trac /Music Traditions Wales

To assist with the costs three residential rehearsal weekends, aimed at establishing a National Youth Folk Ensemble for Wales.

£10,000

Vale of Glamorgan Festival

To support the “Journey to 50” across the 2018 and 2019 Festivals.

£10,000

Oriel Myrddin Gallery

To support The Building Project, an exhibition and community visual arts project

£9,000

Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama

Support for the engagement of a String Quartet in Residence. 
(1st of 2)

£9,872

The National Manuscripts Conservation Trust

For the preservation of historic manuscripts in Wales.

£8,700

Finding Rhythms

Support for music based training in South Wales Prisons.

£8,000

Mostyn Gallery

To support exhibitions by Josephine MeckSeper & Derek Boshier during 2019

£7,600

 

Spinning Wheel Theatre Ltd.

Support for a new touring production of The Velveteen Rabbit for small venues across East Anglia.

£7,000

Taliesin Arts Centre

 

To support a new commission of Requiem, for the Now The Hero project, from Johann Johannsson, & Owen Roberts  (2nd tranche)

£6,250

Mid Wales Music Trust

To support the “Joined Up Music” Year 3 project in Powys

£5,584

The Forget -me – not Chorus

To assist with costs of the creation of a new musical work relating to the WNO production of A Masked Ball.

£5,500

Presteigne Festival

To support new commissions from Huw Watkins and Gareth Moorcraft.

£5,000

Goldfield Productions

 

Support for the touring production of Hansel & Gretel and associated outreach activities.

£5,000

Llandeilo Fawr Festival of Music

To support core costs of the 2018 Festival.

£5,000

National Theatre of Wales

Mametz real time digital lesson plans. To provide information and insight into the 2014 NTW production, Mametz.

£5,000

 

Theatr na nÓg

The White Feather, theatre production for young people in South Wales

£5,000

Cardiff & Vale Health Charity

To support costs of a sculpture by Dilys Jackson for the “My Orchard” project at University Hospital Llandough

£4,000

Circus Arts Academy

To support exhibition costs of Circus Life: Art and Artistes

£3,800

Cowbridge Music Festival

To support core costs of the 2018 Festival

£3,000

Longborough Festival Opera

Support for the 2018 Young Artist Programme, and production of  “The Coronation of Poppea”.

£3,000

 

TOTAL

 

 

£392,306