Research Grants & Charitable Funding Awarded

The Nineveh Charitable Trust provides research grants and charitable funding for projects that promote agriculture, horticulture, silviculture, ecology, land conservation & management and preservation of the countryside.

Grants Awarded 2007 to Date

View the table below for details about the most recent research grants that we have awarded.

Organisation	Address	Purpose of award	Award	Date	Downloads
Quartet in the Community Schools Partnership	Hartsdown Technology College, George V Ave, Margate, Kent CT9 5RE	Fund supervisors to support the horticultural Saturday Family Sessions and the After Schools Club	£2,459	Dec 2011
Project Trust SC025668	The Hebridean Centre, Isle of Coll, Argyll, PA78 6TE	Development support	£500	Dec 2011
Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust RCN 1112023	Burgate Manor, Fordingbridge, Hants SP6 1EF	Investigation by Dr Andrew Hoodless of woodcock migration using satellite tracker devices	£3,512	Dec 2011
Flowers from the Farm	Field House Farm, Everingham, York YO42 4LH	Provide practical workshops to promote the growth and sale of UK cut flowers to the UK	£1,175	Dec 2011
Dalnavert Cooperative	FJ Christie, Lower Milehead, Alvie Estate, Kincraig PH21 1ND	Shareholding purchase to support the Dalnavert Cooperative's longer term sustainability	£2,000	Dec 2011
Canterbury Oast Trust RCN 291662	Highlands Farm, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent TN26 3RJ	New cabin for the Poulton Wood Project which trains people with physical and learning disabilities	£9,900	Dec 2011
Grove Cottage RCN 222377	151 London Road, Bishop's Stortford, Herts CM23 3JX	Improve the yard and play area at Grove Cottage by planting and extending it.	£15,000	Nov 2011
Rhodes Birthplace Trust RCN 1090267	Bishop’s Stortford Museum, 1-3 South Road, Bishop's Stortford CM23 3JG	Contribute to publishing costs of 'Stortford Histories' book.	£1,000	Nov 2011	Stortford Histories
The Wheelyboat Trust RCN 292216	North Lodge, Burton Park, Petworth, W Sussex GU28 0JT	Support Countryside Mobility Southwest scheme to provide a Mk III Wheelyboat for Haven Banks Outdoor Education Centre	£27,350	Sept 2011	Wheelyboat Project
Goodenough College RCN 312894 SC031973	Mecklenburgh Square, London WC1N 2AB	Provide matching funds for renovation of The Burn, Glenesk, Brechin, Angus DD9 7YP.	£125,000 for 3 years	Award expires Sept 2013
Royal British Legion Industries RCN 210083	Hall Road, Aylesford, Kent ME20 7NL	For the Kent Woodlands Employment Scheme, to support a training supervisor	£10,000 p.a. for 3 years	Aug 2011
Templehill Community Development Trust RCN1120292	St Edmunds Living Well, St Edmunds Road, Dartford, Kent DA1 5ND	Woodland Project manager to develop the woodland and volunteer support	£20,200	Aug 2011
EarthCraftuk Community Interest Co. RCN 1105434	PO Box 402, Deal, Kent. CT14 4AD	Support trainees on OCN level 3 Forest School Practitioner course	£5,550. £555 per trainee	Jul 2011
Prenton High School for Girls	Hesketh Avenue, Birkenhead, Wirral CH42 6RR	Provide storage, equipment & consumables for horticultural project	£2,500	Jul 2011
The National Lobster Hatchery RCN 1105434	South Quay, Padstow, Cornwall PL28 8BL	10% contribution to expansion programme	£5,120	Jul 2011
Royal Highland Education Trust SC032661	Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston, Edinburgh EH28 8NB	Children's primary school day at Kinnordy Estate	£1,860	May 2011
Ribble Catchment Conservation Trust RCN1070672	c/o Hanson Cement, Ribblesdale Works, Clitheroe, Lancashire BB7 4QF	Ecological monitoring and planning to decide location of major habitat and drainage improvements	£10,000	May 2011	Research Report 1 Research Report 2
Wester Ross SC0eries Trust SC024787	The Harbour Centre, Gairloch, Ross-shire, IV21 2BQ	Support 'Living Lochs' educational project at Ullapool High School	£2,747	Apr 2011	Living Lochs Report
Kent County Scouts Council RCN 303471	Kent Scout Office, Youth House, Marlborough Rd, Gillingham, Kent ME7 5HR	Provide steel structure for accommodation block, contributing to development of the Lower Grange Farm, Sandling, educational centre	£31,750	Apr 2011
Birchanger Wood Trust RCN 1090131	Pat Forrest, Warden of the Woods, 142 Heathrow, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts CM23 5DQ	Support Stage II of the safe, all-weather access to the ancient woodland	£15,000	Mar 2011	Path opening 18 Nov 2011
Skye Fisheries Trust SC039771	The Hatchery, Skeabost Bridge, Isle of Skye IV51 9NP	Update of juvenile salmonid species survey	£2,500	Feb 2011
Warwickshire Wildlife Trust RCN 585247	Brandon Marsh Nature Centre, Brandon Lane, Coventry CV3 3GW	Materials & staff costs to enable training workshops for wildlife surveys	£13,808	Jan 2011
Queen Elizabeth's Foundation for Disabled People RCN 251051	Leatherhead Court, Woodlands Rd, Leatherhead, Surrey KT22 0BN	Implement bleep system at QEF Independent Living Services, supporting 'Life Coaching'	£12,000	Jan 2011
Friends of the Anglesey Red Squirrels Trust SC039771	c/o The National Trust, Plas Newydd Country House, Llanfairpwll, Anglesey, Wales LL61 6DQ	Support community and learning programmes about red squirrel conservation in Anglesey	£5,000	Sept 2010	Announcement of HLF success, July 2011
Dr LT Mansfield, Principal Lecturer/Course Leader, MSc Sustainable Uplands	School of Outdoor, Newton Rigg Campus, University of Cumbria, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0AH	Textbook publication: Upland Agriculture and the Environment	£12,799 to be invoiced by contractors	Aug 2010	Upland Agriculture & The Environment
The FIFTH Trust RCN 1136718	7 Middlings Rise, Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 2NS	Fund Stage 2 of the Horticultural Centre development at Elham Valley Vineyard, Kent, to provide horticultural training and employment for FIFTH Trust students.	£19,600	Aug 2010	Opening of Stage 2 of the horticulture project grown: The Vineyard Plant Centre
Layston First School SC039771	The Causeway, Buntingford, Herts SG9 9EU	Install a new pond to develop the school's Environmental Area, thereby creating additional habitats to enrich the children's educational experience and support environmental education courses:	£6,440 The School Grounds Consultancy Ltd	August 2010	Layston School Pond Project Report
The Royal Highland Education Trust SC032661	Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston, Edinburgh EH28 8NB	Support Kinnordy Estate outdoor educational event for Dundee Primary Schools	£3,350	March 2010
Charing Primary School PTFA 1096620	Charing Primary School PTFA, School Rd, Charing, Ashford, Kent TN27 0JN	Re-establish an old school pond and develop a wildlife habitat	£3,500	Feb 2010	Charing School Pond Update
Skye Fisheries Trust SC039771	The Hatchery, Skeabost Bridge, Isle of Skye IV51 9NP	Fund consultation work to research and prepare a SC0ery Management Plan to sustain and develop Skye's Fisheries	£8,000	Jan 2010	Skye Fisheries Management Plan 2010 final
Project Trust SC025668	The Hebridean Centre, Isle of Coll, Argyll PA78 6TE	Development Support	£500	Jan 2010	Honduras report, 2011
Meath Epilepsy Trust RCN 200359	Westbrook Rd, Godalming, Surrey GU7 2QH	Provide image capture system to facilitate Arthouse Meath business plan and, thereby, woodland development	£7,800	Dec 2009	Visit by Nineveh Trustees to Arthouse Meath
High Weald Landscape Trust, RCN 1106592 (for the Weald Meadows Initiative)	The Ox Lodge, Beech Farm, Netherfield Hill, Battle, East Sussex TN33 0LL	Fund a full-time Weald Meadows Officer and support to secure the long-term future of High Weald meadows (the 'Vanishing Meadows' project)	£31,790 over two years	Oct 2009	WMI Website Summary May Oct 2010 Final Dawn Brickwood of the WMI working with Kew Garden’s Millenium Seed Bank The Grassland Trust collaborates with the Weald Meadows Initiative, Apr 2011 The Sussex Biodiversity Partnership and the WMI: Newsletter Summer 2011, p3
Laboratory of Apiculture & Social Insects (Prof. F Ratnieks)	University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9PX	Support honey-bee health and well-being research (Project 2 of the Sussex Plan – how good is the British countryside for honey bees?)	£80,100 over three years	June 2009	Report on Progress of LASI pp29-31, Bee Keepers Quarterly, Mar 2011 p73, RHS Magazine, Feb 2011
Project Trust SC025668	The Hebridean Centre, Isle of Coll, Argyll PA78 6TE	Development support	£500	Dec 2008	Tom Keaveny Report 1 of 2 Tom Keaveny Report 2 of 2
Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust RCN 1112023	Drumochter Lodge, Dalwhinnie, Invernesshire PH19 1AF	Field trial of novel acaricide	£8,912	June 2008	Summary of Trial Outcome
East Kent Strokes RCN 1122466	Hill Cottage, Pluckley, Ashford, Kent TN27 0PE	Vehicle purchase	£10,000	April 2008	Vehicle Purchase Photos
Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust RCN 1112023	Couston, Newtyle, Perthshire PH12 8UT	Support research into estate management	£2,000	April 2007

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Charitable Funding

The Nineveh Trust is currently developing its charitable funding awarding ability. This has been accomplished by the sale of all our farm entities. A brochure about the farm prepared by btf is available to download.

Following the death of Mrs James in 2000 the Trustees decided to rebuild the funding capital; apart from funding arrangements previously agreed no new commitments were made.

With the death of Professor James in 2007, his legacy will be used to further recapitalise the charitable fund. The improved financial position in 2012 on will give us much greater scope to provide awards that support the objects of the Trust in the future and to facilitate the aims that Professor and Mrs James originally envisaged.