Supporting the ArtsScholarships & Grants
Recent Awards (All)
| Recipient: | Parker Chandler |
| Awarded: | Apr 2019 |
| Value: | £200 |
| Type of award: | Scholarship |
Barton Court Grammar School (17)
Private project to create costumes that impart a positive message for the LGBT community
UCA Arts Scholarship
| Recipient: | Timea Szalontayova |
| Awarded: | Apr 2019 |
| Value: | £300 |
| Type of award: | Scholarship |
Canterbury Christ Church University (20)
Dance course “Dance without Limits 2019” in Czech Republic
| Recipient: | Lila Grace Bertaux |
| Awarded: | Apr 2019 |
| Value: | £250 |
| Type of award: | Scholarship |
Simon Langton Girls School / Phoenix Performing Arts (15/16)
Recording of own song with at a professional studio with initial release on Spotify and YouTube leading to production of an EP.
UCA Music Scholarship
| Recipient: | Kathryn Rackett |
| Awarded: | Apr 2019 |
| Value: | £450 |
| Type of award: | Scholarship |
University of Kent (24)
Revit Course, software for architecture.
This has led to a placement with a firm of architects.
Neville Trust Award
| Recipient: | Evan Hall |
| Awarded: | Apr 2019 |
| Value: | £300 |
| Type of award: | Scholarship |
Simon Langton Boys School (16)
RIBA creative architecture workshop, Easter 2019 (Course prize winner)
Anne and Stephen Gerlis Award
| Recipient: | Ena Begovic |
| Awarded: | Apr 2019 |
| Value: | £400 |
| Type of award: | Scholarship |
Canterbury Christ Church University (23)
Acting course, National Youth Film Academy – Set Ready Course 2019
| Recipient: | Ellie Walkinshaw |
| Awarded: | Apr 2019 |
| Value: | £350 |
| Type of award: | Scholarship |
Simon Langton Girls School / Phoenix Performing Arts (15/16)
Musical theatre course, British Youth Music Theatre certified by Trinity Laban
Michael Bukht Award
| Recipient: | Faye Williams |
| Awarded: | Apr 2019 |
| Value: | £500 |
| Type of award: | Scholarship |
Canterbury Christ Church University (22)
Music internship in South Africa - management of community involvement in music.
Canterbury Music Club Scholarship
| Recipient: | Rebecca Jo Roberts (Musical Theatre) |
| Awarded: | Apr 2018 |
| Value: | £385 |
| Type of award: | Scholarship |
St Edmund’s School (16)
Musical Theatre Summer School
| Recipient: | Alice Bryant (Cinematography) |
| Awarded: | Apr 2018 |
| Value: | £195 |
| Type of award: | Scholarship |
Canterbury District Resident (25)
Cinematography course at London Film Academy
| Recipient: | Ellie Walkinshaw (Musical Theatre) |
| Awarded: | Apr 2018 |
| Value: | £350 |
| Type of award: | Scholarship |
Simon Langton School (14)
Musical Theatre Course at Birds College
| Recipient: | Susannah Shaw (Dance) |
| Awarded: | Apr 2018 |
| Value: | £250 |
| Type of award: | Scholarship |
Canterbury District Resident (24)
Anton Lackey’s Puzzle Work Intensive
| Recipient: | Olivia Mackenzie (Musical Theatre) |
| Awarded: | Apr 2018 |
| Value: | £300 |
| Type of award: | Scholarship |
Canterbury Academy (16)
Musical Theatre Summer School
| Recipient: | Benjamin Keir (Film) |
| Awarded: | Apr 2018 |
| Value: | £250 |
| Type of award: | Scholarship |
Nevill Trust Award
Canterbury High School (17)
Production of short film about the Pardoner’s Tale
| Recipient: | Maeve Mena (Puppetry) |
| Awarded: | Apr 2018 |
| Value: | £300 |
| Type of award: | Scholarship |
Anne and Stephen Gerlis Award
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School (17)
Monies to help fund theatre company
| Recipient: | Canterbury Players |
| Awarded: | Nov 2017 |
| Value: | £250 |
| Type of award: | Underwriting |
Support for the staging of Sleepy Hollow at the Gulbenkian Theatre on 19-21 October
| Recipient: | Herne Bay Musical Theatre Society |
| Awarded: | Nov 2017 |
| Value: | £300 |
| Type of award: | Underwriting |
Assistance with purchase of Bose audio system for use in productions performed at the Bay Theatre and at theirown performance space in Arkley Studio, Herne Bay
| Recipient: | Canterbury Operatic Society |
| Awarded: | Nov 2017 |
| Value: | £250 |
| Type of award: | Underwriting |
Support for the society’s annual production, which is Oklahoma at the Marlow Theatre Canterbury on 12 – 14 April 2018
| Recipient: | Canterbury Shakespeare Festival |
| Awarded: | Nov 2017 |
| Value: | £300 |
| Type of award: | Grant |
Support for Canterbury Shakespeare Festival 2018 Season on 27th July to 19th August at various venues across Canterbury, allowing a wide range of people from local communities a chance to take part in Shakespearian plays as viewers and participants.
| Recipient: | East Bridge Chorale |
| Awarded: | Jun 2017 |
| Value: | £200 |
| Type of award: | Grant |
Support for the community choir’s summer concert, which presents Schubert’s Mass in C and Haydn’s Te Deum No. 2 at St. Mary’s Arts Centre, Sandwich, in September.
| Recipient: | Danielle Imara |
| Awarded: | Jun 2017 |
| Value: | £250 |
| Type of award: | Grant |
Support for the development and performance of a theatre piece devised with a drama group of adults with physical disabilities - with professional support - in Folkestone. This will lead to two ‘scratch/feedback’ performances at Folkestone Quarterhouse and the Gulbenkian Theatre in January 2018.
| Recipient: | Canterbury Three Cities Association |
| Awarded: | Jun 2017 |
| Value: | £200 |
| Type of award: | Grant |
Support with the hosting of a public exhibition, held at Beach Creative, Herne Bay, of over 70 specially commissioned prints, capturing images of the three partner cities, Canterbury, Vladimir (Russia) and Bloomington-Normal (USA). Around 300 visitors attended and the exhibition will be repeated in Folkestone in September 2017.
| Recipient: | Whitstable Music Society |
| Awarded: | Jun 2017 |
| Value: | £250 |
| Type of award: | Grant |
Support for costs of staging a concert by the Conchord Ensemble (wind quartet and piano) in January.
| Recipient: | Kent Piano Festival |
| Awarded: | Jun 2017 |
| Value: | £150 |
| Type of award: | Grant |
Provision of a bursary for the two main prizewinners at the annual festival in November towards the cost of attending the Kent International Piano Course.
| Recipient: | Horsebridge Arts and Community Centre |
| Awarded: | Jun 2017 |
| Value: | £400 |
| Type of award: | Grant |
Support for a Children’s Arts Festival in August. It will comprise more than 20 creative classes, including drama, dance, music, pottery, art and craft, on the theme ‘Time and Tide’, focussing on Whitstable’s oyster fishery, sailing and seaside. It is designed both to introduce children to different art forms and spark their interest in the town’s marine heritage.
| Recipient: | Kent Coast Theatre |
| Awarded: | Jun 2017 |
| Value: | £250 |
| Type of award: | Underwriting |
Support for performance of a series of new theatre pieces ‘Women Of Kent’ celebrating the lives of Ellen Terry, Vita Sackville West and the Boleyns.
| Recipient: | Perrywood Arts |
| Awarded: | Jun 2017 |
| Value: | £55 |
| Type of award: | Grant |
Support towards the purchase of new plastic display stands for fine art and craft exhibition at Faversham in May, and which can be used for future exhibitions.
| Recipient: | Whitstable Art Society |
| Awarded: | Jun 2017 |
| Value: | £150 |
| Type of award: | Grant |
Support for the Society’s annual exhibition being held at The Horsebridge Art Centre, Whitstable, from 25 October to 7 November.
