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Allen Grove Fund Deadline

APPLY NOW FOR GRANT  FOR YOUR LOCAL HISTORY PROJECT

 

September 30th 2021 is the latest date by which applications for grants from the Kent Archaeological Society’s 2021 Allen Grove Local History Fund can be accepted.

 

Allen Grove

The grants are awarded annually to encourage interest in Kent’s local history. Sums of up to £500 (or more for ‘exceptional projects’) are available to help cover the cost of research, publications, exhibitions and other projects.

 

Allen Grove (pictured right) was one of the county’s most eminent historians of his generation. He was Curator of Maidstone Museum from 1948 to 1975, Hon. Curator of the KAS for 26 years (and its President in 1987/88) and Chairman of the Kent History Federation for eight years.

 

When he died in 1990 he left £26,000 from the proceeds of the sale of his house to the KAS, with instructions that the society should invest the legacy and distribute the interest in ways that would promote the enjoyment of Kent's local history.

 

The first grants were made in 1994. Since then more than £30,000 has been awarded, mainly to support the publication of books and booklets but also for oral history projects, establishing archives and research centres, and presenting displays in heritage centres and museums.

 

Past recipients have been Harrietsham History Society (£400 for a laptop PC to record a village history archive) and Mrs Merrilyn Lee (£250 towards printing a book on the history of Jesus Hospital, Canterbury)

 

Application forms can be downloaded at 

 

https://kentarchaeology.org.uk/allen-grove-grant-form

 

Completed forms can be scanned and emailed to allengroveadmin@kentarchaeology.org.uk or sent by post to the Allen Grove Fund Secretary, 5 Greensand Road, Bearstead, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 8NY.

 

 

Contact email
allengroveadmin@kentarchaeology.org.uk
Contact
Kate Kersey
Event Type
KAS