area: England and Wales

The Laura Ashley Foundation is an independent family trust fund set up in 1986, in memory of Laura Ashley, the designer, who died the year before. The Foundation awards funding to charities and community groups for worthwhile projects that fit with the family ethos of protecting rural communities and encouraging participation in the arts, particularly that of textiles, and it is keen to fund good small scale arts projects in England and Wales.

www.lauraashleyfoundation.org.uk