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Cathedral Church of St. Peter in Exeter
Exeter Cathedral was founded in 1050, and is a magnificent building, steeped in history. The present cathedral was built between 1114 and 1258 and is one of the best and most complete surviving examples of the English Decorative style of architecture left. A place of spirituality, learning and outreach, it is seen as an essential
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Orchard Barn Environmental Education Centre
Orchard Barn is a volunteer-run centre for environmental education in rural mid Suffolk providing practical training in traditional timber framing and construction techniques. Students are taken into the woods to learn to source / hand convert trees into timber and dig clay. Over 5,000 trainees/volunteers have benefitted over the years with hands-on learning on practical
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Rowan Humberstone
Rowan Humberstone is an arts centre and forest school for adults with learning disabilities based in Cambridgeshire. Since their inception in 1984 Rowan Humberstone has provided a safe, creative, and enriching environment where the arts are used as a tool to bring people together and tackle social exclusion. The Radcliffe Trust has provided a number
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Veterans’ Growth
Veterans’ Growth is a charity based on five acres of peaceful farmland in East Sussex. It supports veterans struggling with mental health challenges. Their programme combines rehabilitation with skill-building activities such as horticulture and woodworking. One of their most successful initiatives is the “Small Acorns” woodworking project, partly funded by The Radcliffe Trust. Veterans’ Growth’s
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Sound Waves – Mull Music Makers
Mull Music Makers offers young people on the island of Mull the opportunity to learn the violin and develop general musicianship. Mull Music Makers creates musical opportunities for youngsters living in a severely under-serviced and remote island community. They have an innovative, blended model of delivery focusing
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Textile Conservation Foundation
The Radcliffe Trust’s most recent grant was used to provide bursaries to three students on the two-year MPhil Textile Conservation programme at the Kelvin Centre for Conservation and Cultural Heritage Research. One student graduated this year and successfully secured employment at The People’s History Museum, and the other two students are progressing to the second
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The Carousel Project
Carousel is an award winning organisation that nurtures the talents of adults, young people and children with learning disabilities, through a range of projects in music, radio, performance, tv, film and digital art. Projects include workshops to explore the arts right through to high profile events that showcase people’s artwork in professional settings. Carousel seeks
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The Nelson Trust
The generous grant from The Radcliffe Trust enabled The Nelson Trust to fund an experienced Woodwork Tutor for 12 months, who facilitated weekly 2-hour sessions for their clients who are in recovery from addiction. A total of 67 clients accessed these sessions, usually for a period of 6 weeks. During this time they learned a
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The Purcell School
The Purcell School’s, well respected, Masterclass Programme received funding from the Radcliffe Trust to expand a range of vital masterclasses to enhance the students’ instrumental studies and offer individual exposure to the wider music world. Saxophone Masterclass: Simon Haram, February 2024 Over 100 students have benefitted from masterclasses funded by The Radcliffe Trust. The students
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Yorkshire Artspace Society Ltd
Yorkshire Artspace applied to The Radcliffe Trust for a grant to support two bursaries for their Silver Fellowships. They were awarded a grant in 2023 which enabled them to offer settled bench access, technical support, mentoring, skills masterclasses and networking to two very worthy candidates. Both Fellows benefited from learning new skills and techniques in
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