OLD POSSUM'S PRACTICAL TRUST — grant history
Latest income
£189k
Grants listed (FY2023)
29
Listed grants total
£3.5m
Accounts grants total
£3.5m
listed grants reconcile with the accounts totalextracted from its FY2023 accounts
Application guidance — from the funder’s own website
- How to apply: If you are applying for a grant from the Old Possum’s Practical Trust please use the contact form below... Please be patient when applying and do not send further emails. We do not acknowledge applications and will be in touch once a decision has been made or if we need further information.
- What they don’t fund: Funds will not normally be granted for: activities or projects already completed; capital building projects; personal training and education e.g.: tuition or living costs for college or university; medical care or resources; feasibility studies.
What this funder supports
Causes funded
- Education/training
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Accommodation/housing
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Animals
- Recreation
- Economic/community Development/employment
Where grantees operate
- Throughout England And Wales
- Scotland
- Northern Ireland
- Throughout England
- United States
- Netherlands
- Suffolk
- Throughout London
- Tower Hamlets
- Cardiff
Grants made, per its accounts filings
| Recipient | Year | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The T.S. Eliot Foundation | FY2023 | £3.1m | Donation for purchase and renovation of second Writer’s Retreat |
| Garsington Opera | FY2023 | £50k | Second tranche of £50,000 for Arts Hub capital project |
| Tomorrow’s Warriors Trust | FY2023 | £30k | First of 3-year grant for Young Artist Development Programme |
| The Felix Project | FY2023 | £25k | Third annual award of 3-year commitment |
| The National Theatre | FY2023 | £25k | 3-year grant for New Views programme |
| British Film Institute | FY2023 | £20k | Third award of 3-year commitment for Festivals Education Programme |
| The Children’s Bookshow | FY2023 | £20k | Tour support |
| English National Ballet | FY2023 | £15k | 3-year grant for Ballet Futures |
| St Stephen’s Church South Kensington | FY2023 | £15k | Music support |
| The Anne Frank Trust UK | FY2023 | £15k | First of 3-year grant for young writers' residential |
| British Library | FY2023 | £10k | Final grant of 3-year commitment for Write Here! |
| Farms for City Children | FY2023 | £10k | Third of 5-year grant |
| The Book Trade Charity | FY2023 | £10k | Annual grant |
| Wilton’s Music Hall | FY2023 | £8k | One-off grant towards 2022 Christmas Production |
| Stephen Spender Prize for Poetry in Translation | FY2023 | £5k | 3-year grant |
| National Opera Studio | FY2023 | £5k | Music support |
| Shakespeare Schools Festival | FY2023 | £5k | First of 3-year grant |
| Unicorn Theatre | FY2023 | £5k | 3-year grant |
| Holland Park Opera | FY2023 | £5k | Music support |
| Young Classical Artist’s Trust | FY2023 | £5k | Music support |
| Arkbound | FY2023 | £5k | Third of 3-year grant for writing project for prisoners and ex-offenders |
| Propel Magazine | FY2023 | £5k | First of 2-year grant |
| Sound & Music | FY2023 | £5k | Music support |
| Royal Court | FY2023 | £5k | 3-year grant |
| The Big Issue Foundation | FY2023 | £5k | Pandemic support |
| Refuge | FY2023 | £5k | Emergency funding |
| Unicef | FY2023 | £5k | General support |
| Royal College of Music | FY2023 | £5k | Music support |
| Dalgarno Trust Food Bank | FY2023 | £2k | Food bank support |