# UK projects receive over £16mn in capital grants from Wolfson Foundation

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2023/07/24/uk-projects-receive-over-16mn-in-capital-grants-from-wolfson-foundation/
- Published: 2023-07-24T08:30:00+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**The Wolfson Foundation has announced £16 million in grants to over 80 projects
across the UK, with 60% of the organisations funded receiving their first grant 
from Wolfson.**

[The Wolfson Foundation’s](https://www.wolfson.org.uk/) funding supports new builds,
refurbishments and equipment for organisations working in a range of areas – with
a strong emphasis on research and education – including science, heritage, humanities
and the arts, health and disability.

#### Where the funding has gone

Grants have gone to support new plant research facilities at Durham University and
Lancaster University that aim to improve the resilience of crops. Grants of £1 million
and £965,000 respectively will be used to set up controlled environment facilities
to study how plants respond to different environmental conditions. In turn, this
will help to develop solutions to improve food security in response to the climate
crisis.

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Wolfson has also awarded £1.5 million to 19 schools for facilities for performing
arts, science, design technology and music. This includes supporting Ysgol Friars
in Bangor, Gwynedd, to update two physics laboratories, enhancing the learning experience
for A-level students.

Cultural heritage projects across the UK are also receiving support, including museums,
galleries, historic buildings and landscapes and libraries and archives. The Africa
Centre in London will use their grant of £100,000 to create a new exhibition space
where they will showcase stories of culture and heritage from their archive, celebrating
the diversity of Africa and its diaspora.

Funding for organisations working with people with disabilities includes £100,000
for Compass Advocacy Network (CAN) in Northern Ireland. This will help build a space
for social enterprise and woodcraft activities at a farm near Ballymoney, creating
work and training opportunities.

#### More on Wolfson Foundation funding

The foundation’s funding programmes can be grouped into [funding for places](https://www.wolfson.org.uk/funding/funding-for-places/)(
capital funding) and [funding for people](https://www.wolfson.org.uk/funding/funding-for-people/).
About 85% of its funding is for capital infrastructure, and around 15% is for people,
through scholarships or fellowships.

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