The Golsoncott Foundation

Funding to promote, maintain, improve and advance the education of the public in the arts generally and in particular the fine arts and music.

The Golsoncott Foundation, established as a Charitable Trust in July 1998 from the estate of the artist and sculptor Rachel Reckitt (1908-1995) is an arts-funding trust whose declared object is to promote, maintain, improve and advance the education of the public in the arts generally and in particular the fine arts and music.

Who can apply

Applications from individuals seeking funding for academic or vocational courses are not accepted, though applications from institutions for general bursary funds will be considered. Similarly applications from schools are not encouraged, neither are capital appeals from museums, galleries, theatres, arts complexes, or other projects, except by invitation.

The trustees overriding concern is to support those projects that demonstrate and deliver excellence in the arts, be it in performance, exhibition, artistic craft, or scholarly endeavour.

Many applications are received from organisations and other charities whose focus on the arts is part of their wider social, youth, educational, faith-based, or therapeutic work. Such work is laudable, though its primary concern is with participation in the arts rather than excellence and the promotion of the highest standards. Given the fierce competition for grants, the trustees favour applications from arts organisations whose raison d’être is the art form itself, and its perfection or excellence in performance.​

Eligible expenditure

Additionally where applications concern young people, the trustees are interested in a long-lasting connection between them and the art, rather than a project offering little scope for further involvement.​

For more information, and to apply, visit: https://www.golsoncott.org.uk/how-to-apply.html