Current Patrons
We are also extremely grateful to individual donors, who give financial support to Wells Maltings to provide a variety of artistic and cultural programmes and services to everyone living in and visiting the Wells next the Sea and north Norfolk area. Our Patrons, each giving a minimum of £500 each year, are central to our inner giving circle, and are credited below by name. Thank you all. If you wish to join them, and invest in our work, you can do so here.
Julian Agnew
Tim Allan
Anonymous
Patrick Arnold
Stella Arnold
Jeremy Brettingham
Lynne Burdon
Janey Burland and Stuart Rangeley Wilson
Baroness Dinah Baroness Caine CBE and Roy Lockett
Sarah Carrington
Averil Cooper
Simon Daykin
Rosalind English and David Hart
Gunhild Espelage
Georgina Hardie and Stephen Robertson
Peter Howland
Sir Tim Lankester
The Earl and Countess of Leicester
Dowager Countess Sarah Leicester
Sir Nicholas and Lady Felicity Lyons
Keith Morris OBE and Catherine Mason
Derek and Carolyn Newman
Quay Proctor-Mears
Kripa and Susan Radhakrishnan
Sir John Scarlett and Gwenda Stilliard
Baroness Gillian Shephard
Carolyn Stocker
Peter Townroe
Camilla and Richard Warner
Ian and Jan Williamson
If you would like to join as a Friend or Patron or would like some more information, please see our Friends and Patrons page.
Our Supporters
We are also grateful for the financial support of the Handa Foundation in allowing our arts programmes to thrive and develop. Our artistic work would not be possible without this generous support.
Our work is also currently supported on a project by project basis by contributions from the following organisations:
For work with young people and local communities, including The Lounge Youth Club:
Holkham Foundation
National Lottery Awards for All
Wells United Charities
Wells Carnival
Grantscape
Tesco Stronger Starts
For supporting tourist information services for Wells next the Sea:
Wells Town Council
For programme support for Holocaust Memorial events:
Austrian Cultural Forum
Association of Jewish Refugees
Wells Maltings as we know it now was created following a substantial renewal and refurbishment project in 2016-8, securing nearly £5m of funding through grants and public donations, including Heritage Lottery Fund support of £1.92m.
We’d also like gratefully to acknowledge other charitable trusts and foundations who have funded the project, such as The International Fund for Arts and Culture, Business Rates Pool Fund, Garfield Weston Foundation, Clore Duffield Foundation, Foyle Foundation, FLAG, as well as North Norfolk District Council and Coastal Communities Fund amongst others. We have also received generous private donation and public support through the project period.
The new Wells Maltings opened in July 2018, with a fabulous new state of the art building and facilities, a strong vision, but with minimal reserves and a business model balancing commercial income with generous contributions from charitable trusts and private donors. The funding environment is increasingly hard, and Wells Maltings exists without regular public sector support. Commercial profits are challenged by rising costs, and there is still a need, year on year, to raise funds to secure our work as a force for good in arts, culture and heritage.
You can help – either through our Friends & Patrons scheme, or through donations. Help us make a positive difference to the cultural and social life of north Norfolk, and keep our work alive. If you feel that you could make a difference, do get in touch with our Director, Simon Daykin. And thank you.
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