Category: Arts

£75,000 Summerfield grant helps @RosesTheatre Capital Campaign

18/5/2015

At their April 2015 quarterly meeting the Trustees awarded a grant of £75,000 to the Roses Theatre in Tewkesbury towards their capital campaign for redevelopment and modernisation of the community arts centre and theatre.

The grant helped them to break through the half-way barrier of their Capital Campaign, and they have now raised over half a million pounds.

Click here to read more about the campaign.

Summerfield Trust £75,000 for Roses Theatre Tewkesbury towards £1m Capital Campaign

Roses Theatre Capital Campaign: major redevelopment and modernisation of the Tewkesbury based community arts centre and theatre.

Summerfield grant benefits local primary school

17/12/2013

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In May 2013 the Summerfield Trust paid a grant of £3,000 to Oakwood Primary School in Cheltenham towards a 'Sculptor in Residence' project to provide weekly workshops with the children, teaching them to work with wood and create a collection of seating that will remain in the school and be used by the children. During her time the sculptor will also be creating a large figurative sculpture that will be sited at the front of the school.

Click here to read full report.

(Photos courtesy of Oakwood Primary School)

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The Museum in the Park's 'Walled Garden Project' benefits from Summerfield grant

12/12/2013

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The Summerfield Trust has awarded a £12,000 grant towards the creation of a new entrance way from the existing Museum into the walled garden.

The project aims to bring back to life 2,000 square metres of derelict land which was formerly the garden belonging to the mansion house, now the Museum in the Park. The Entrance Way will be a fully accessible pathway from the Museum reception, a winding trail which rises gently though planted slopes with terraced seating looking back towards the Museum.

LINK: To read more about the project, visit the Museum in the Park website.

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#Gloucestershire_Dance benefits from 2012 #Summerfield_Trust grant

18/11/2013

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Summerfield Trust grant to Gloucestershire Dance performance by Roses Youth Theatre members October 2013

Performance of 'Stuck in the Mud', October 2013.

We gave Gloucestershire Dance a grant of £20,000 in November 2012 to help develop a partnership with the Roses Youth Theatre in Tewkesbury.

Gloucestershire Dance is a production and training company specialising in inclusive practice. With their partners they aim to effect real change and address barriers to participation in the arts sector.

The photo is of Roses Youth Theatre members performing in a production of 'Stuck in the Mud' at Blackfriars Priory in Gloucester in October 2013. The event was attended by Vanessa Arbuthnott and Lavinia Sidgwick from the Summerfield Trust who both found it thoroughly enjoyable and entertaining.

LINKS: Gloucestershire Dance and Roses Youth Theatre

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Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum renamed The Wilson

18/9/2013

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Summerfield Trust News Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum renamed the Wilson

The new Logo

Cheltenham's Museum and Art Gallery is to be rebranded as The Wilson.

The building in Clarence Street is due to re-open on 5 October following a £6.3m refurbishment over the past 18 months. The Summerfield Trust awarded a special one-off grant of £750,000 in 2009 towards the cost of the project.

The new name is inspired by explorer Dr Edward Wilson, who was born in the town and who died on Captain Scott's Antarctic expedition in 1912.

The Trustees visited the site on 12th September to view the progress of the building works and the new Summerfield Gallery.

Summerfield Trust news Trustees visit The Summerfield Gallery Jane Lillystone Anthony McClaran James Millar Edward Gillespie

Left to Right: Jane Lillystone, Museum Arts & Tourism Manager, with Trustees Anthony McClaran, James Millar and Edward Gillespie on the new roof space overlooking Chester Walk.

“The new building will transform Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum, allowing for improved access and enhanced opportunities for the display of its locally, regionally, nationally and internationally important art and heritage collections. Treasures from our collections will come into the public view for the first time, whilst the new galleries will enable Cheltenham to become a major venue for national and international touring exhibitions. Our aim is to become a cultural hub for the town - a place where everyone (of all ages) is welcome.” - Jane Lillystone, Museum Arts & Tourism Manager.

Trustees Edward Gillespie, Anthony McClaran, James Millar and Trust Administrator Lavinia Sidgwick visit the new Summerfield Gallery at the refurbished Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum on 12th September 2013.

Left to Right: Edward Gillespie, Anthony McClaran, Lavinia Sidgwick and James Millar in the new Summerfield Gallery overlooking Chester Walk.

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SCT Grant helps Gardens Gallery

1/5/2013

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Gardens Gallery in Montpellier, Cheltenham. Click on image to visit their web site

The Gardens Gallery in Montpellier, Cheltenham re-opened on 6 February 2013 with its new, more visually attractive, front facade with six double-glazed panels replacing the previous two single glazed ones. This completed the changes made as part of the Energy Reduction Project and the Gallery is hoping the changes will reduce its electricity consumption by 50% per year.

The Gallery is grateful for the generous grants of £2.5K from the Summerfield Charitable Trust, £3.3K from the Gloucestershire Environmental Trust paid out of Landfill Tax contributions donated by Cory Environmental, and £3K from the Cheltenham Borough Council’s Neighbourhood Improvement Fund.

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Arts Award for the Trust

1/4/2013

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The Summerfield Charitable Trust has long supported the arts in Gloucestershire, so we were delighted to receive the Charles Irving Sponsorship Award from Cheltenham Arts Council.

The award is given for local organisations that have provided support for voluntary arts projects.

PHOTO: Mr Edward Gillespie (right), Chairman of the Trustees, receiving the award on behalf of the Summerfield Charitable Trust from Mr Graham Lockwood at The Arts Council Annual Awards Ceremony in September 2012.

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£75,000 Summerfield grant helps @RosesTheatre Capital Campaign

Summerfield grant benefits local primary school

The Museum in the Park's 'Walled Garden Project' benefits from Summerfield grant

#Gloucestershire_Dance benefits from 2012 #Summerfield_Trust grant

Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum renamed The Wilson

SCT Grant helps Gardens Gallery

Arts Award for the Trust

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