The Wolfson Foundation news
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Supporting the revitalisation of Berwick Barracks, Northumberland
We have awarded £100,000 to English Heritage for the transformation of Berwick Barracks - part of The Living Barracks project - a multi-million-pound,...
How is exposure to environmental pollution affecting human health? Researchers at Queen Mary University of London are set to find out.
£1.3 million awarded to equip a new Health and Pollution Research Hub at Queen Mary University of London....
Summer funding news spotlight: two new grants to support women experiencing addiction, abuse and trauma
Through our support of mental health under our Health and Disability programme, we have awarded grants to two organisations providing vital support to women....
A museum for our times
£600,000 awarded to create the UK’s first permanent museum about migration....
From scientific research to public engagement: a selection of our funding around climate change
£1.6 million awarded in Norwich to help secure the future of food and £1.2 million to support the first of its kind net zero glasshouse in Kew....
Nearly sixty years of supporting end of life care
The Foundation has supported the hospice movement since the earliest days, awarding its inaugural grant in 1969, two years after the opening of the first modern...
£19.9m awarded to 64 organisations in our summer funding round
The Wolfson Foundation has today announced its summer funding round, with 64 organisations across the UK receiving a share of £19.9 million for capital projects....
Reimagining heritage assets for the 21st century
£200,000 awarded to transform Poor Priests’ Hospital into heritage and learning destination in Kent and £100,000 awarded to National Trust Scotland’s Fyvie Castle...
Bolstering skills and relationships in isolated communities
£80,000 awarded to Centred (Scotland) to create a thriving workshop and £50,000 to create a new furniture shop and restoration hub for older people in Gloucestershire....
Latest DCMS/Wolfson funding awarded to 24 museums to champion the heritage on our doorstep
The Wolfson Foundation and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) announce the museums and galleries which will each receive a share of £4 million to...
£16m awarded to projects across the UK in our latest funding round
The Wolfson Foundation has today announced its latest round of grants, with over 100 organisations across the UK receiving a share of some £16 million for capital...
Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell joins the board of trustees
The Wolfson Foundation is delighted to announce the appointment to the board of trustees of Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell DBE DL FRS FMedSci FRSB FBPhS MAE. Nancy...
