The Prince's Charities

The Prince’s Charities is a group of not-for-profit organisations of which The Prince of Wales is President: 18 of the 20 charities were founded personally by The Prince. The group is the largest multi-cause charitable enterprise in the United Kingdom, raising over £100 million annually. The organisations are active across a broad range of areas including opportunity and enterprise, the built environment, responsible business, education and health.

The charities reflect The Prince of Wales’s long-term and innovative perspective, and seek to address areas of previously unmet need.
 

National Heritage Memorial Fund

The National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) was set-up in 1980 to save the most outstanding parts of our nation heritage at risk of loss to the nation, as a memorial to those who have given their lives for the UK. The result is the nation’s collection – an incredible world-class collection that will belong to the British people forever. This treasure trove of essential Britain saved by NHMF is central to the story of our nation and its people, including:

• The Macclesfield Psalter
• The Mappa Mundi
• The Mary Rose
• Flying Scotsman
• The last surviving Wold War II destroyer, HMS Cavalier
• Brecon Beacons National Park
• Sir Walter Scott manuscripts
• Antonio Canova’s ‘The Three Graces’
• Wordsworth’s Dove Cottage 

The Art Fund

The Art Fund is an independent charity committed to saving art for everyone to enjoy. Since they began in 1903, they have helped to save over 860,000 works of art. Today, some 80,000 members fund their work, allowing them to offer more than 600 museums and galleries around the UK over 860,000 works of art, from priceless masterpieces which were under threat of being sold abroad, to fascinating works costing a few hundred pounds.

At a time when public funding for museum collecting is in steep decline, the Art Fund has an increasingly vital role to play, as the ability of UK museums to collect is now under serious threat. The price of art also continues to rise, whereas public funds for museums are limited. As an independent body, they are able to campaign for the proper funding of museums and the continued enrichment of public collections throughout the UK. Perhaps most importantly, The Art Fund led the campaign to extend free admission to all national museums and galleries, which achieved success in 2001.
 

Save Britain's Heritage

SAVE has been described as the most influential conservation group to have been established since William Morris founded the Society for the Protection Ancient Buildings over a century ago. It was created in 1975 - European Architectural Heritage Year - by a group of journalists, historians, architects, and planners to campaign publicly for endangered historic buildings. Through press releases, lightening leaflets, reports, books and exhibitions, SAVE has championed the cause of decaying country houses, redundant churches and chapels, disused mills and warehouses, blighted streets and neighbourhoods, cottages and town halls, railway stations, hospitals, military buildings and asylums.

From the start, SAVE has always placed a special emphasis on the possibilities of alternative uses for historic buildings and, in a number of cases, it has prepared its own schemes for re-use of threatened buildings. On repeated occasions SAVE proposals have been instrumental in giving threatened buildings a renewed lease of life. SAVE is also very active on the broader issues of preservation policy.
 

Dunard Fund

We are very grateful for the generous support of the Dunard Fund, without whose generous support we would not be able to do as much important restoration and renovation work.

Historic Scotland

Historic Scotland is an Agency within the Scottish Government and is directly responsible to Scottish Ministers for safeguarding the nation's historic environment, and promoting its understanding and enjoyment. Historic Scotland has had a number of different names and emphases of function over the past few decades but became Historic Scotland in 1991.

Their role is to deliver policy and advise on all aspects of the historic environment on behalf of Scottish Ministers. They also carry out statutory functions relating to two acts of Parliament - the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979, which allows them to schedule sites of national importance and take them into state care, and the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997 that grants them the authority to list structures for their architectural or historical significance.
 

Monument Trust

The Monument Trust is a charitable trust established in 1965 by the late Simon Sainsbury. It has a special interest in helping keep alive the artistic and cultural heritage of the UK

Its Trustees make grants in the following areas:

• Health and Community Care – substantial HIV/AIDS projects in the UK and Africa, social exclusion, the sexual health of young people, and hospices
• Arts and Heritage – arts, architectural and environmental projects of national or regional importance, including galleries, museums, and historic houses and gardens. Proposals are particularly welcome for cultural projects which will make a major contribution to improving economically depressed areas.
• Criminal justice – including prisoners’ resettlement, advice and mentoring, and alternatives to custody