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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£15.1K
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Spending
£13.5K
Public benefits
THE PRIMROSE TRUST PUBLIC BENEFIT: All of the Purposes of the Primrose Trust are for the public benefit. In particular, the Primrose Trust has been established to provide public benefit by promoting public interest in and appreciation of the diverse built heritage and designed landscape of this country. There are many such historic structures,
streetscapes and landscapes which promote for the public a sense of pleasure and wellbeing, as demonstrated by the desire of tourists to visit these areas. Such structures, streetscapes and landscapes are often under threat for various reasons, usually lack of funding for proper care and maintenance. It is intended that the Primrose Trust will provide grant aid towards such work, which is essential to provide for their long term survival and to ensure they continue to exist to benefit future generations. The trustees of the Primrose Trust understand that, to fulfil the Purposes of the Trust, it is essential to have public access to such structures, streetscapes and landscapes and therefore one of the main criteria in selecting projects will be the provision of public access. Very often this is not a problem but sometimes historic buildings may be on private property or private agricultural land in which case the Trust plans to negotiate, as a condition of grant aid, public access by arrangement with the owner. The Educational Purposes of the Trust will be fulfilled by raising public awareness, understanding and appreciation of the historic importance of our heritage, through appropriate information boards, leaflets, websites and publications. The provision of grant aid towards conservation of historic structures, streetscapes and landscapes will provide public benefit by promoting the traditional skills and craftsmanship required in the use of lime mortar, stonemasonry, stone carving, joinery, landscaping and so forth. Potential harm: No harm arises from any of the Trust’s purposes. Private benefit to unintended beneficiaries. The intention of the Trust is not to provide private benefit but the Trustees appreciate that where the structure, streetscape or landscape is in private ownership, there may be an unintended but inescapable private benefit. As previously stated, however, it is intended that grant aid will not be given unless there is prior agreement on public access. The trustees will also expect grant beneficiaries to develop and implement long term maintenance plans, as part of the long term benefit to the public. The Trust will not be charging a fee to owners so there is no issue of excluding the poor. Grant making The trustees of the Primrose Trust appreciate that major conservation programmes can involve very significant costs and that the Primrose Trust may often in such cases provide a grant as a catalyst or lever towards raising funding from other sources. As with other projects the Trustees will use the following criteria; 1 The grant must be capable of leveraging other funding 2 There must be a direct benefit to the public through public access to a conserved structure, streetscape or landscape. 3 Only one grant will be made to each project.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
The Primrose Trust promotes public interest in and appreciation of the diverse built heritage and designed landscape of this country. The Primrose Trust reviews applications for grant assistance and provides grant aid towards the proper care and maintenance of historic structures, streetscapes and landscapes which are often under threat. This in
turn provides a public benefit by promoting the traditional skills and craftsmanship required in the use of lime mortar, stonemasonry, stone carving, joinery, landscaping and so forth. The Primrose Trust raises public awareness understanding and appreciation of the historic importance of our heritage, through appropriate information boards, leaflets, websites and publications. The Primrose Trust may often provide a grant as a catalyst or lever towards raising funding from other sources for major conservation programmes.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of the arts, culture, heritage or science
- The advancement of environmental protection or improvement
Who the charity helps
- General public
- Older people
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Education/training
- Environment/sustainable development/conservation
- Grant making
- Heritage/historical
