FUNDRAISING

The many achievements of the Kelvin Centre Conservation & Cultural Heritage (previously named the Centre for Textile Conservation) and its predecessor, the Textile Conservation Centre, would not have been possible without the generous support of the TC Foundation's many generous funders - to whom the Trustees, as well as many generations of staff and students, are indebted. Since 1975 more than 200 foundations, companies and individuals have supported the Centre’s work through the TC Foundation.

The main focus of our fundraising has been for bursaries but strategic developments - such as the development of new programmes - have been supported. In addition we have raised funds for new equipment over the years, including a uHPLC, vacuum suction table, FTIR, and X-ray system. We have also been able to support early-stage research projects focussing on painted textiles, tapestries and historic dyes many of which have gone on to secure major research funding from the AHRC and others.

Our lead funder: The Worshipful Company of Clothworkers

Since 1975 our lead funder has been The Clothworkers’ Company. The generosity of the Clothworkers has been extraordinary and their support has a lasting legacy. The Clothworkers have given several major capital grants over the years as well as support for analytical equipment, but the majority of their funding has provided bursaries for generations of textile conservation students. Nearly 60 talented individuals were able to train as textile conservators thanks to the support of the Clothworkers and they now are spending their careers caring for our textile heritage.

our funders since 2010 

Since the move to become part of the University of Glasgow in 2010 the TC Foundation has raised over £2.2m in external funding which has been used to fund student bursaries, equipment, strategic developments at the Centre and the early stages of some research projects.

In addition to funding raised since 2010, current and future generations of students continue to benefit from the bursary endowment fund established thanks to a grant from the Getty Foundation that was awarded in 1992. The ‘Getty Fund’, the income from which has, over the years, funded bursaries for 70 students, mostly from overseas. These students have hailed from over 20 countries, including America, Australia, Brazil, China, Colombia, Iceland, Philippines, Norway, and Singapore.

Below is a list of our funders since 2010, there are also many others who prefer to remain anonymous. We are hugely grateful to every one of them.