{"id":39637,"date":"2024-04-17T17:02:44","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T16:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=39637"},"modified":"2024-04-17T17:02:44","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T16:02:44","slug":"york-minster-receives-generous-donation-towards-new-centre-of-excellence-for-heritage-skills-and-estate-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=39637","title":{"rendered":"York Minster receives generous donation towards new Centre of Excellence for Heritage Skills and Estate Management"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"York Minster is delighted to announce the exceptionally generous support of the Garfield Weston Foundation towards its new Centre of Excellence for Heritage Skills and Estate Management.<\/h3>\n

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York Minster writes:<\/p>\n

The Foundation\u2019s grant of \u00a3500,000 is the largest philanthropic gift granted by a charitable foundation towards the Minster\u2019s work to date and is a much-valued contribution towards the ongoing fundraising campaign for the Centre of Excellence.<\/p>\n

The Garfield Weston Foundation is a family founded grant maker that gives money to support a wide range of charities across the UK, in total donating around \u00a390m each year.<\/p>\n

York Minster\u2019s new Centre for Excellence will open later this year and will bring multiple benefits, including improving the productivity of restoration work; helping to retain traditional craft skills and practitioners; supporting young people in the early stages of their careers; and providing dedicated residential facilities for apprentices and trainees.<\/p>\n

Alex McCallion, Director of Works and Precinct at York Minster, said: \u201cThis incredibly generous donation by the Foundation will help hugely towards realising our vision for the Centre of Excellence, in turn encouraging national and global learning and knowledge sharing of traditional heritage crafts and cutting-edge technologies.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Centre is crucial for helping us to secure the environmental, financial and heritage sustainability of York Minster for many years to come and the Trustees\u2019 support has played a key part in enabling this to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Philippa Charles, Director of the Garfield Weston Foundation said \u201cWe are delighted to support the state of the art training facilities and affordable trainee accommodation provided at the York Minster Centre for Excellence. In a time of dwindling numbers of heritage craft practitioners learning the skills required to preserve and maintain beautiful historic buildings such as York Minster, we are delighted to help support this important project.\u00a0 We look forward to seeing the Centre develop\u201d<\/p>\n

The Garfield Weston Foundation\u2019s donation has significantly helped towards the \u00a32m fundraising campaign for the Centre of Excellence. All contributions towards this exciting project or the Minster\u2019s ongoing conservation and restoration work are gratefully received as we near our final target.<\/p>\n

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