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The Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation

Grants to Registered Charities

The Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation makes grants to UK registered charities in three areas: music, performing arts, and Jewish/interfaith relations. In music and performing arts it prioritises bursaries, apprenticeships and fellowships for named individuals within excellent institutions, and projects giving significant active participation in performance to excluded adults (homeless people, asylum seekers, prisoners, NEETs) or to disadvantaged children and young people. It is a small trust that does not normally fund large charities; applications are by a short emailed form, but the funding round is currently closed with the next deadline to be announced.

Apply on the funder’s site
You could get
£1,000 – £10,000
Deadline
Not published
no closing date given
Effort
Light
short form, little evidence needed

Who can apply

  • UK registered charities only (the application form is 'for applications from registered charities only'); other non-profit organisations and commercial companies cannot apply
  • The Foundation is a small trust and does not normally fund large charities or local branches of large organisations
  • No income threshold or area restriction is published
  • Previous grant recipients must include their last grant report
  • Individuals can apply only through the separate Personal Awards and Medical Research Travel Grants

What it funds

Music: music performance and education that does not readily attract commercial sponsorship or full public funding, especially projects that actively involve participants and increase their skills, including performance. Performing arts (excluding music): the same priorities. In both, priority goes to

  1. Bursaries, apprenticeships and fellowships for named individuals of any age within, or supported by, institutions recognised for excellent creative output and a nurturing culture, particularly benefiting people from disadvantaged backgrounds
  2. Projects enabling significant, active participation in performances by often-excluded adults (homeless people, asylum seekers, prisoners, those not in education, employment or training); and
  3. Projects enabling active participation by children and young people facing significant barriers, with most participants from widening-participation 'target schools' or schools where more than 40% of pupils receive pupil premium or free school meals

Jewish/interfaith: in the UK, work building understanding and peaceful coexistence between Jewish and non-Jewish communities (e.g. joint cultural and educational projects) and activities widening public understanding of Jewish life, history and culture; in Israel, work promoting coexistence between Jewish and Arab/Palestinian citizens.

Organisations with a track record in interfaith and intercultural work, and projects likely to produce practical results, are favoured.

Past music grants listed on the site were mostly £2,000 to £6,660 (some per year for three years).

What it will not fund

  • Organisations that are not registered charities (other non-profits and commercial companies)
  • Large charities, including local branch offices of large organisations (not normally funded)
  • Retrospective activity or costs already incurred; costs should not fall due until at least three months after the relevant Trustee meeting
  • Ticket subsidies (music)
  • Gap-year activities, DofE awards or Operation Raleigh
  • Undergraduate or postgraduate students

How to apply

  1. Read the Not supported page to check eligibility
  2. Download the latest application form (Word, version June 2026) from the How to apply page
  3. Complete the form: charity details and aims, category (Performing Arts, Music or Jewish/Interfaith), a one-sentence description, how the grant will be used, impact (beneficiary numbers and selection, intended impact, evidence, sustainability, activities), value for money (cost per beneficiary), previous applications or grants, budget, amount requested and, if part-funding, total cost, funding secured, pledges and other funders approached
  4. E-sign and date the form and email it, with links to the supporting documents, to admin@wingate.org.uk by the next published deadline
  5. You receive an email acknowledgement

Applications are currently closed; the website says to check back at the end of September 2026 for the next deadline date.

Have ready

  • Completed, e-signed application form (June 2026 version)
  • Link to the charity's latest statement of accounts (in English), preferably from your website or the Charity Commission
  • Copy of the last grant report, if you have previously received a grant

A budget summary goes on the form, with a separate sheet attached if needed.

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