The Leche Trust is a grant-making charity. Through their Heritage Grants they support the conservation of historically, artistically and culturally significant buildings and objects dating from before 1837 that are in urgent need of remedial treatment.
Key Criteria
Applicants must be UK registered charities or local authority-run venues, with a turnover of less than £1.5million per annum. Items must be in public or charitable ownership and accessible to the public.
The trust will consider applications relating to historic objects, works of art and architectural decorations and fittings of artistic merit, which date prior to 1837. These might include:
- individual paintings
- sculpture and monuments
- wall paintings
- non-structural architectural fittings such as decorative plaster work and panelling
They will also consider applications relating to archaeological finds, items within archives and libraries and other decorative art objects.
Grants are usually around under £5,000. The trust prefers to give grants to smaller projects, or specific elements of projects, where their contribution can have a greater impact.
