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THE PILGRIM TRUST
+Three hundred and twentieth-fourth meeting of the Trustees
held on Tuesday, 17 July 2012 at
The Pilgrim Trust, 55a Catherine Place, London SW1P 3AY
PRESENT:
Lady Jay (Chairman)
Mr Paul Richards
Lady Riddell
Mr Tim Knox
Mr David Verey
The Right Hon Sir Alan Moses
Mr James Fergusson
Ms Sarah Staniforth
Mr Michael Baughan
Apologies:
John Podmore
Sir Mark Jones
Professor Colin Blakemore
In attendance:
Georgina Nayler (Director)
Jenny Oppenheimer
Samantha Gross
Justine Michell
(Items are not necessarily minuted in the order in which they were discussed.)
MINUTES OF LAST
MEETING
Minutes of the last meeting were approved by Trustees and signed as
a true record.
MATTERS ARISING
Weston Park Foundation
The resubmission of this application would be considered later on the
agenda.
Glencoe Museum
Trustees noted that the grant offer to the Glencoe Museum had not been
made as, following the Director’s timely visit to Glencoe, she realised
that thatch was heather and that the building was almost certainly listed
neither of which had been revealed by the application or applicants.
David Verey suggested that as a general rule projects that were
recommended for support should be visited.
The Chairman requested that a ‘checklist’ be drawn up of assessment
questions for all applications that were put forward to Trustees.
St Stephen’s House,
Oxford
Trustees noted that St Stephen’s House was now drawing up a project
plan for the full repair and restoration of the church ceiling and that it
intended to ask the Cowley Fathers for a contribution.
Pilgrim Trust Website
Approval was given for a budget of up to £19,000 for the development
of the new Pilgrim Trust website.
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The Director invited Trustees to participate in the development of the
website. Jamie Fergusson and Tim Knox agreed to take part and Mr
Knox volunteered the advice of the Soane Museum’s web master.
Trustees expressed the hope that the website might do more to show the
history of the Pilgrim Trust and some of the fascinating and ground
breaking projects it had supported in the past. In particular, Trustees
mentioned the Recording Britain project. The Director said she had, for
some time, thought it would be interesting to reprise the Recording
Britain project, taking photographs of the same views. The Trustees
were enthusiastic about this idea and asked the Director to investigate.
DIRECTOR’S REPORT
Dinner
The dinner following the meeting would be held at Brooks’s and the
guests would be Carole Souter, Chief Executive, Heritage Lottery Fund
and Alison Richmond, Director of the Institute of Conservation.
Dates for Trustees’
Meetings
The Chairman asked that any Trustees who had a problem with these
dates to let the Director know as soon as possible. The suggested dates
were:
30 January
30 April
17 July
5 November
Design Museum
Trustees agreed to that this project was too large to be considered by the
Pilgrim Trust. Some Trustees commented that the building, the former
Commonwealth Institute, was of great significance but also expressed
reservations about the proposals and that some of the most important
features of the building would not be visible under the new scheme.
No. 1 Royal Crescent
Trustees agreed that they would be happy to receive an application, but
noted that the size of the project was large and wondered if the applicant
could be steered into making an application for a particular aspect of the
project. Trustees suggested that the applicant consult the Director
before applying.
FINANCE
Minutes of the Finance
Committee meeting
Trustees noted the Minutes of the Finance Meeting.
Pilgrim Trust portfolio
valuations
Noted
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Administrative
Expenditure and Budget
for 2012
Noted
Pilgrim Trust funds
available for distribution
and budget for grant
giving in 2012
Noted
Grants awarded by region,
2012
Noted
Unclaimed Grants
Discussed and noted
Review of Pilgrim Trust
large and block grants
St Giles Trust
The quarterly report was noted
Prison Reform
Trust
Noted
Volunteer Now!
Belfast
Trustees agreed to offer £30,000 for 2012 towards a small grants scheme
for work with women within the criminal justice system and those at
risk. (grant number 9566)
National
Cataloguing
Scheme
Trustees agreed to commit a further £500,000 over 5 years towards the
scheme commencing in 2013
Association of
Independent
Museums (AIM)
Trustees agreed to commit £322,500 over 3 years. As the administration
costs requested from AIM have risen to £7,500 a year, Trustees asked
the Director to reassure herself that these were reasonable. The new
grant scheme would be split 50:50 between grants to museums for active
conservation work and grants for preventative conservation.
National
Manuscripts
Conservation
Trust
Noted.
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National Churches
Trust
Church Buildings
Council
i. Conservation
grant scheme
Trustees agreed a grant of £200,000 for 2013. Trustees asked to be kept
in touch with developments at the Trust following the appointment of
the new Director and the planned appointment of a new Chairman in the
autumn.
Trustees agreed to continue to support the grant scheme to preserve and
conserve important contents in Church of England churches and to raise
this grant from £120,000 to £150,000 for 2013.
Noted
ii. Cathedral’s
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Fabric Fund
Scottish Churches
Trust (formerly the
Scottish Churches
Architectural
Heritage Trust)
APPLICATIONS
REJECTED
The following grants were
rejected:
Trustees agreed to continue to support the repair of places of worship in
Scotland and increased the size of their commitment to £40,000 for
2013.
Royal Navy Submarine Museum, Gosport
Painshill Park Trust, although Trustees indicated that they might
be prepared to look at the project again, if Painshill Park had a
small gap on its fundraising target.
Penicuik House Preservation Trust
Scottish Railway Preservation Society
The Institute of Historic Research
The Public Catalogue Foundation
Grants over £5,000
The following grants were agreed:
Preservation - Historic Buildings
9554
HERITAGE WORKS BUILDINGS PRESERVATION
TRUST LTD
Everton Library (Jewel on the Hill project) – contribution
towards the costs of a Conservation Management Plan
9555 DUNFERMLINE HERITAGE TRUST
£10,000
£9,000
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Conservation in Action! Conserving and Restoring the
16th-century Wall Paintings at Abbot House, subject to
any comments Sarah Staniforth might have on the
conservation proposals.
9556 TRINITY COMMUNITY ARTS
Trinity Roof Repair Project, repairing the roof of the
former church building, now a Community Centre to
ensure it is a continued hub for local activity.
£15,000
SCOTTISH HISTORIC BUILDINGS TRUST
The Patrick Geddes Centre for Learning and
Conservation- the conservation and adaptation of A-listed
16th Century merchant's house. The Pilgrim Trust grant
will contribute towards the cost of the conservation
management plan.
£10,000
9558
THE NATIONAL BOTANIC GARDEN OF WALES
William Paxton’s Waterpark –Reclaiming A Regency
Rarity
£25,000
9559
THE MAVISBANK TRUST
Mavisbank House – towards the cost of developing a
Business Plan and of employing a Project Director
£24,400
9557
Preservation - Conservation, Cataloguing, Acquisitions
9560
THE WESTON PARK FOUNDATION
Towards the conservation of Hepplewhite style Chairs
attributed to Gillow of Lancaster.
9561
SIR JOHN SOANE'S MUSEUM
"Money, Power and Politics: Sir John Soane's
Architecture for the Regency State": towards the
development of a fully digitally imaged online
architectural drawings catalogue interpreting Soane’s
work in Westminster, Whitehall and regional offices of
the Bank of England (over 2 years)
9562
THE BRITISH MUSEUM
Towards the cataloguing of the collection of British
portrait prints, for global digital access through British
Museum Collections Online (over 2 years).
£10,000
£45,000
£50,000
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Preservation & Scholarship
9563
9564
9565
THE JOHN BUCHAN HERITAGE MUSEUM TRUST
"The John Buchan Story". Establishing a Museum in
Peebles, Scottish Borders, to celebrate the life and works
of John Buchan, 1875-1940, writer & public servant.
The Pilgrim Trust will contribute towards the cost of
show cases.
BEDE'S WORLD
Towards the employment of a curator to development the
collections at Bede’s World and create a focus for the
organisation (over 3 years).
WATTS GALLERY TRUST
Conservation of the Studio Collection: the paintings,
sculpture, furniture, objects and drawings of GF and
Mary Watts at Limnerslease
FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM DEVELOPMENT TRUST
'Maximising Access to University of Cambridge
Museums Collections' and contributing to professional
development, volunteer training, public engagement and
outreach across eight Museums of the University of
Cambridge. Trustees were concerned by the size of the
grant requested and that there was such a large funding
gap. They would be prepared to reconsider the project
should the Fitzwilliam Museum be able to attract
substantial funding from other sources.
£ 11,750
£90,000
£10,000
Deferred
Preservation - Training, Research, Miscellaneous
TYNE & WEAR ARCHIVES & MUSEUMS
DEVELOPMENT TRUST
Hadrian’s Wall and its Legacy in Tyneside, a major
community archaeology project researching Roman
collections and materials from Tyneside. It was likely
that a grant would not be required from the Pilgrim Trust,
but the project would be reconsidered if a funding gap
remained.
Social Welfare - Drug & Alcohol Misuse
9569
THE ALCOHOL AND DRUG SERVICE
The Alcohol Project CSN - Support for alcohol users
£55,054
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with Complex Social Needs & their carers (over 2 years)
9570
WORTHING CHURCHES HOMELESS PROJECT
Community Link Team Substance Misuse Worker.
Delivering support and interventions to homeless and
insecurely housed adults experiencing substance misuse
(over 2 years).
£54,248
Social Welfare – Criminal Justice
9567 BLUE SKY DEVELOPMENT AND REGENERATION
A Stitch in Time Manufacturing highly desirable fashion
items in a women's prison to increase employability and
reduce re-offending (over 3 years).
£45,000
9568 THE PRISONERS' ADVICE SERVICE
Legal advice and representation to assist rehabilitation of
women prisoners. The Director was asked to meet with
PAS to find out more about how the Pilgrim Trust might
assist the service.
£20,000
Grants awarded
between meetings
The paper outlining the small grants that had been awarded between meetings
under the Chairman and Director’s delegated authority was noted.
Applications
rejected between
meetings
The paper outlining the rejections since the last meeting was noted.
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SW1
Chairman
17 October 2012