The Noël Coward Foundation was set up in 2000 by Graham Payn and Dany Dasto to help advance and promote the work of Noël Coward to future generations.  It was not set up to provide funds to companies to produce Noël Coward work but to provide support.

The Trustees particularly want to encourage companies producing Coward’s work to seek new audiences primarily, though not exclusively, from the 16-24 age group.

For more information on Noël Coward go to www.noelcoward.com

Organisations with a connection to the Arts of Drama or Musical Theatre.  Priority will be given to those organisations with a strong educational policy and those with a connection with Noël Coward or an interest in his work.

APPLICATIONS FROM INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT ACCEPTED

The Foundation tend to award grants of around £3000 per annum.  They are seeking long term relationships of up to 3 years but will consider one off projects

By letter outlining:
1. An introduction to your organisation
2. Reasons for the application to the Noël Coward Foundation
3. Any connection to Noël Coward or his work
4. The proposal
5. The amount requested and where possible a break down of costs
6. A cash flow showing when funds are required
7. Acknowledgement that will be accorded to the Foundation

PLEASE NOTE THAT APPLICATIONS WILL NEED TO BE RECEIVED AT LEAST TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THE TRUSTEES REGULAR QUARTERLY MEETINGS. DATES CAN BE PROVIDED ON REQUEST

The Trustees require a report of the event with as much detail as possible, describing how the money was used and the benefits that accrued.  If appropriate, details of the event and photographs may be posted on the Foundation website together with a link to your website.

AWARDS HAVE BEEN MADE IN RECENT YEARS TO THE FOLLOWING COMPANIES (Please note that this is not a full list)

LAMDA • Guildhall School of Music and Drama • National Student Drama Festival • Royal Exchange Manchester • Almeida Theatre
Donmar Warehouse Theatre • Mercury Musical Developments • Ten Chimneys Foundation • Theatre Company…

NEWS...
AGE EXCHANGE THEATRE TRUST
Age Exchange Theatre Trust in Blackheath is delighted to announce a unique project made possible by funding from The Noel Coward Foundation. An intergenerational theatre and film project will begin with a week long workshop in August and continue into autumn. It will bring together secondary school students with older volunteers at Age Exchange to explore the performance skills and historical context of Noel Coward’s 1939 play This Happy Breed.
 
With the assistance of The Noel Coward Foundation students will be able to take up free places on a project which will end in the students making a documentary style film exploring scenes from This Happy Breed cut in with interviews and reminiscence from people who have direct memories of the world of London in the 1930s that Coward writes about.
 
This Happy Breed deals big issues such as the legacy of the First World War, the General Strike, the growing interest in socialism, the death of George V and the abdication of Edward VIII, the rise of fascism in the 1930s and the coming of the Second World War. But it also explores changing relationships between parents and children and the aspirations of a younger generation and touches on the smaller domestic issues such as how people entertained themselves at home and the importance of the new crystal radio as a source of mass entertainment, the popular belief in spiritualism.
 
The week long workshop will be led by Malcolm Jones, from Age Exchange and ex-Head of Workshops and Events at the Theatre Museum, and David Savill Director of Arts and Education at Age Exchange. The students will also have the opportunity to develop their performance skills in special workshops on acting led by Ben Thomas, ex-Artistic Director of Talawa and the music of Noel Coward with singer/pianist Michael Chance.
 
For further information please contact:
 
Malcolm Jones 07747 858600 malcolm@mjassocs.demon.co.uk
 
David Savill 020 8318 9105 davidsavill@age-exchange.org.uk
 
Age Exchange: www.age-exchange.org.uk
 
Noel Coward Foundation: www.noelcoward.org

Age Exchange has recently celebrated 25 years of work in the arts and community and is internationally known for our work in all areas of reminiscence, including theatre, publishing, exhibitions, cross generational projects and training workshops. Age Exchange is the only professional reminiscence theatre company in the country performing plays based on the memories of older people. We also regularly work across the age barrier running intergenerational film and theatre projects bringing young people together with older people in a creative environment.
www.age-exchange.org.uk

Tel: 020 8318 9105
The Reminiscence Centre
11 Blackheath Village
London
SE3 9LA

List of Trustees

Alan Brodie (chair)
Robert Lee (secretary)
Dany Dasto
Barry Day (USA)
Robert Gardiner
Geoffrey Johnson (USA)
Christopher Luscombe
Caroline Underwood

Charities Number: 1082069