William and Jane Morris Church Conservation Grants and Linda Parry Textile Conservation and Research Grants.
Grant size
£500 to £5,000
Funder's interests
Conservation of decorative features in church buildings.
Activities supported
Churches, chapels or any other place of worship in the United Kingdom.
Themes
Conservation
Inclusions
Stained glass windows
Sculpture
Furniture
Internal monuments and tombs
Wall paintings
Textiles.
Exclusions and other info
Projects outside the UK
Structural repairs and fabric maintenance
Alteration or decoration of buildings
Electrical rewiring, plumbing or central heating systems
Bells or organs
Works already completed (grants are not made retrospectively)
Anything created after 1896
Items on the outside or in the grounds of the building
Grants are for objects made no later than 1896 (the year of William Morris’s death), even if it is in a building which is older. Except for textiles, for which there is no date limit and special consideration may be given to objects of specific antiquarian interest.
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