Fund raising
Building a Lasting Legacy for Music at St Wulfram’s and Grantham
Donations and bequests
The primary objective of the Trust is to establish and grow a permanent endowment fund, providing secure and sustainable financial support for its charitable objectives. By continuing to build this fund through donations, grants and bequests, the Trust can ensure that it is able not only to sustain its support for music at St Wulfram’s, but also to broaden the range and ambition of the activities it can support for generations to come.
The Trust has been exceptionally fortunate to have received generous gifts and bequests from individuals over the years. These acts of generosity have already made a lasting and tangible contribution to the musical life of St Wulfram’s, supporting the purchase of music, the provision of hymnbook covers and, most recently, the restoration of the historic Erard piano.
The Trust is deeply grateful to the following individuals, and to their families, for the bequests and donations made in their memory:
Peter Isaac
David Brown
Barbara Teague
Jo Green
Mollie Kidd
Their generosity forms part of a legacy for music at St Wulfram’s and helps to ensure that its rich musical tradition can continue to flourish for many years to come.Every donation or bequest, whatever its size, helps to strengthen the endowment and increases what the Trust will be able to achieve. A gift today can therefore have an impact far beyond the present — helping to sustain the musical tradition here at St Wulfram’s and in the wider remit of the trust’s work.
If you wish to make a donation, please contact our secretary. philiplanktrust@outlook.com
If you have a specific allocation a contribution in mind, please let us know.
It would be most beneficial to the trust if those individuals who are tax payers sign a 'Gift Aid form'and send this to the trust who will be able to claim back the basic rate tax from H.M. Customs and Revenue. At present this adds 25% to the value of the gift.
Grants
Since it started the trust has been able to apply for a range of different grants. These have helped to fund such things as new hymn books, re-robing the choir, the purchase of a box organ and supporting organ and choral scholars with their studies.
Postlethwaite Music Foundation:
The Postlethwhaite Music Foundation have generous grants to support vocal coaching workshops with the Gesualdo Six; £1800.00 in 2022 for the original workshop and £700.00 in 2024 towards the
workshop, prior to the BBC Radio Three recording of choral evensong. A recording of the Gesualo
Six and the Youth Choir can be found here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIAudWEsLoY&t=2s
Ouseley Trust:
The Ouseley Trust made a grant of £3000.00 in 2022. This very kind donation was used to support our education work providing much needed funding for our choral scholars, organ scholars and vocal coaching
Over the last ten years the choir has doubled in size and the repertoire has expanded to include more modern music and to commission new music. The trust has been active in gaining funds to develop the music library and the robing of the choir to support this. We are particularly grateful to the Ouseley Trust who have generously supported this work.
Choral scholarship endowment fund:
In 2019, The Friends of Cathedral Music have kindly awarded the choir a substantial endowment grant of £25k towards our choral scholarship scheme.
The Pilling Trust:
In 2018 the Pilling Trust provided the funding for the Box Organ, which has enabled us to
establish a Friday choral evensong on a regular basis.
The All Churches Trust:
The AllChurches Trust has funded the purchase of music and choir robes.