The deadline for applications for Plowden Scholarships will be 8th June 2020 for the 2020/21 academic year.

Deadlines for applications for Anna Plowden/Clothworkers' Foundation CPD Grants will be:

January 20th, 2020
April 6th, 2020
June 8th, 2020
and September 14th, 2020

Follow the links to the relevant sections of this site to find more details and to download the application forms.

Planning to attend conferences and short training courses during the remainder of 2019 or in 2020? Apply now to the Anna Plowden Trust and don’t miss the last 2019 deadline for the Plowden/Clothworkers’ Foundation CPD grants on 16th September.

The Anna Plowden Trust has celebrated its 20th anniversary in style! Nearly 150 people joined us at a reception in the Courtauld Gallery this week. The highlight of the evening was the displays by our 2018 Plowden Scholars; guests were fascinated to learn about their work and about the high quality conservation programmes that we have in the UK. We are celebrating: 20 years, over £620,000 in grants, 250 Plowden Scholarships and over 200 CPD grants.

The Trust's special 20th anniversary annual report has just been published. It reflects not only on the past year, but also on the trust's work since 1998 and also has reflections about the future from Dr David Saunders, the trust's Chairman, and sector leaders.

Lizzie Meek was awarded a Plowden Scholarship in 2003/4 to study book and paper conservation at West Dean. Since 2008 she has worked at the New Zealand based Antarctic Heritage Trust, helping care for expedition bases left behind by Scott, Shackleton, Borchgrevink and Hillary. Lizzie spends 2-3 months each summer in the Antarctic, living in a tent on the snow and ice.

The first deadline for Plowden/Clothworkers' Foundation CPD grants is 15th January 2018. Apply now!

At the recent APT Trustees' meeting we considered the last round of Clothworkers' Foundation/Plowden CPD grant applications of 2017. Eleven grants were awarded to conservators for attendance at courses and conferences in the UK, Japan, Mexico, Canada and Belgium. 

Totals for the full year? An amazing 54 grants to conservators from 27 institutions and 13 private practices enabling them to attend a total of 39 different courses and conferences around the world!!

Application deadlines for 2018 will be: 

Trustees recently awarded 29 Scholarship awards and 22 CPD Grants (making a total of 43 CPD grants so far in 2107). Doing our bit to support conservation education and training!

The Anna Plowden Trust's latest annual report, which reflects on a record year of achievement, has just been published.

In 2015/16 we were able to increase, yet again, the support offered to conservation students through bursaries, awarding 32 bursaries with a total value of over £75,000.