Trusts & Foundations
Through the incredible generosity of our funders, BAC can continue to create more inclusive, sustainable, and equitable futures for individuals and communities.
Every year we raise funds from a number of Trusts and Foundations to support our wide range of activities at Battersea Arts Centre. We are immensely grateful to these Trusts and Foundations who are supporting BAC’s mission as a Home for the Extraordinary.
If you would like to find out more about how we work with Trusts and Foundations, please get in touch with Miran Hadžić, Senior Grants Manager, at miranh@bac.org.uk.
Here are four Trust and Foundation supporters of BAC and how they are working with us to make meaningful change – locally, nationally, and internationally.
Battersea United Charities is a grant-making charity with a long history of philanthropy for over 380 years serving the people of the Battersea area, funding local organisations and projects that support the community in line with the charity’s objectives.
For BAC, this involves the delivery of our Christmas Day Lunch, in which local members of the community are invited to join our festive celebrations and enjoy a Christmas lunch in our Grand Hall. Battersea United Charities’ grant enables BAC to not only provide a festive Christmas to community members who may otherwise be alone at the holidays, but also transport to and from the event, and fun activities including live music and a visiting Santa.
Cockayne is a US based foundation, which seeks to support innovative arts programmes to provide life-enriching experiences. It supports the arts in London through a donor advised fund, Cockayne Grants for the arts, currently held at The London Community Foundation. 2024 marks the 10th anniversary of The Cockayne Foundation, which they are celebrating in London with 10 special Anniversary Grants.
BAC is thrilled to be one of 10 recipients of these grants and excited to launch our Cockayne Commissions, which will support a wide range of small and major commissioned work over the next two years, continuing our legacy as a space for extraordinary artists to create bold and radical new works.
The John Coates Charitable Trust fund organisations and projects that are of personal interest to the trustees. At BAC, their contribution has enabled significant development and delivery of Next Gen, which includes our Beatbox and Dance Academy, and Young Producers programme. Next Gen annually engages upwards of 400 people aged 11-25 from Wandsworth and beyond.
The Orange Tree Trust is a grant-making charity established in 2018 that funds individuals and organisations with a range of objectives, including advancing the well-being, education, culture, health and social needs of refugees, the homeless and those suffering from mental health issues, and the advancement of academic study and research in the arts, humanities and social sciences.
For BAC, this involves the support of our Creative Health programme. This transformational programme is part of BAC’s commitment to social prescribing, recognising the profound impact that engagement with the arts can have on young people’s mental health. Thanks to the support of The Orange Tree Trust, BAC is able to thoroughly research ways in which we can provide substantial mental health support to young people in our community through our existing, and future, academies and programmes.