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Live Work Fund launched to support individuals across music and the performing arts
NewsThe Wolfson Foundation is partnering with Jerwood Arts, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and The Linbury Trust, on a new funding programme – the Live Work Fund –...
Funding for Wolfson Postgraduate Scholarships in the Humanities programme passes £20 million mark
News(Wolfson Scholars in the Humanities, 2019 cohort at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge) The Wolfson Foundation is pleased to announce that the Wolfson Postgraduate...
“Transparency is an antidote to that great enemy of the foundation: complacency”
NewsTransparency is an antidote to that great enemy of the foundation, complacency...
National Churches Trust award Wolfson Fabric Repair Grants to 18 UK churches
NewsA total of 18 churches and chapels across the UK will benefit from funding through the latest round of the Wolfson Fabric Repair Grants Programme. The grants are the...
Cataloguing Grants 2020 announced by Archives Revealed
News(Photo: Paul Oliver with Chicago blues musicians in 1960 from the Paul Oliver Archive of African American Music, Oxford Brookes University) Archives Revealed today...
Archives Revealed award new Scoping Grants
NewsArchived Revealed have announced the names of the archive organisations who will benefit from the eighth round of their Scoping Grants. The funding programme is...
£18.5 million awarded in our June funding round
NewsDespite the many administrative challenges for applicants and funders posed by a global pandemic, we are pleased to announce that we have awarded £18.5 million to...
Archives Revealed announces new Scoping Grants
NewsThe Archives Revealed funding programme, supported by the Wolfson Foundation, The National Archives and The Pilgrim Trust has awarded four new Scoping Grants to UK...
Theatres Trust and the Wolfson Foundation announce funding to improve environmental sustainability
NewsWe are pleased to announce details of the six theatres to receive funding through the Theatre Improvement Scheme in association with Theatres Trust. More than...
Fabric grant funding made easier for churches
NewsChanges have been announced making it easier for parishes to apply for funding to support fabric repairs. The Church of England, working with the Wolfson Foundation...
Rural projects benefit from £17.8m December 2019 funding round
NewsLike many other funders, the Wolfson Foundation predominantly funds organisations in cities and larger urban areas. It is, however, our aim to fund as widely as...
Chief Executive Paul Ramsbottom awarded an OBE
NewsWe are delighted to announce that our Chief Executive, Paul Ramsbottom, has been awarded an OBE for services to charity in the Queen’s New Year honours list 2020....
