Anna Plowden Trust News

Death of William Plowden

With great regret the Trustees report that our Chairman, William Plowden, died suddenly on June 26th. William was Anna's older brother and was instrumental in establishing the Trust in her memory.He led the Trust with great enthusisam and energy and very succesfully for the last 11 years. ...more

Anna Plowden Award for Research and Innovation in Conservation

The Anna Plowden Trust will again be making an award this year for innovation and research in conseravtion as part of Icon's Conservation Awards ...more

Applications for Bursaries and CPD Grants 2010/2011

The Trust is seeking applications for bursaries for full time conservation training courses for the 2010/2011 academic year. ...more

Raising the Profile of Conservation

The Anna Plowden Trust is contributing to the production of a series of DVDs on conservation aimed at the public and for teaching purposes ...more

Congratulations to the TCC and Glasgow University

The Anna Plowden Trust is delighted that the Textile Conservation Centre has found a new home in Glasgow…. ...more

Trust contributes to Icon’s Key Messages document

The Anna Plowden Trust contributed towards the cost of the production of the first of the Key Messages document produced by Icon (Institute of Conservation). The leaflet was distributed at the Museums Association conference held in London in October 2009. ...more

Bursaries 2009/10

In the academic year 2009/10 The Trust has made awards to 12 students, who are still completing their respective courses ...more

Bursaries 2008/09

In the academic year 2008/09 bursaries were given by the Trust to ...more

Bursaries in 2007/08

In 2007/08 the Trust offered bursaries to 12 students, 10 of whom accepted. ...more

Textile Conservation Centre closure protest

The Anna Plowden Trust has funded a number of students to attend courses at Winchester School of Art's Textile Conservation Centre, one of the leading resources in its field in Britain, and indeed in the world. ...more

Raising the Profile of Conservation

Grants for raising the profile of successful conservation projects were awarded in 2007 to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge and in 2006 to the Royal Armouries, Leeds. ...more

Anna Plowden Prize for research and innovation in conservation

For the fourth time, in 2007 the Trust offered a national prize (£2,500) for successful innovation in conservation. The prize is presented for the best completed programme of research or development aimed at furthering the knowledge and practice of conservation. ...more

Conservation Awards 2007

The Conservation Awards, the UK's premier awards in the conservation field, have been launched for 2007. The Awards will be presented at the British Museum in September 2007. ...more

Jane McAusland joins the Board

Jane McAusland has joined the Board as a Trustee of the Anna Plowden Trust. Jane is conservator of fine art on paper with national and interna ...more

David Leigh becomes a Trustee

David Leigh has joined the Board as a Trustee.David began his career as a conservator and later established the Conservation Unit of the Museums and Galleries Commission. ...more

The 2005 Anna Plowden Trust Award for Research and Innovation in Conservation

The third Anna Plowden Trust award for research and innovation in conservation was made on November 22nd 2005 to Mark Bambrough for the development of new approach to the protection of stained glass. ...more

Trustee Sue Palmer awarded OBE

Congratulations to Sue Palmer who was awarded an OBE in June 2004 in recognition of her contribution to national heritage. ...more

The 2003 Anna Plowden Award for Research and Innovation in Conservation...

The second Anna Plowden award for research and innovation in conservation was awarded to David Howell, a conservation scientist at the Textile Conservation Studio, Hampton Court Palace, for his automated dust slide analysis programme. ...more

Profile raising grant awarded to Jewish Museum

Kate Colleran and the Jewish Museum in London were the first recipients of an Anna Plowden Trust grant for raising the profile of conservation with the general public. ...more