The Glaziers’ Foundation Conservation Grants are available to ecclesiastic and other public buildings across the UK exclusively for the conservation of historic and/or artistically significant and publicly accessible stained and architectural glass. The Foundation has two principal objectives:

1. The conservation of historic and/or artistically significant stained and architectural glass, and
2. Promoting the craft by supporting the education and training of craftsmen and women in the fields of stained and painted glass, and by fostering public information and awareness.

Grants of up to £6,000, with no matched funding requirement, are available.

Custodians responsible for the care of large glazing schemes are encouraged to focus their applications on a specific outstanding window that is judged to be in most need of conservation. Applications for grant-funding for multiple windows are unlikely to be successful. 

Details of previous grant recipients is provided on the Foundation’s website. Some images of projects supported by the Foundation can also be found from page 4 of its Annual Report.

Funding is not available for:

o Protection from vandalism.
o Restoration of multiple windows.
o Restoration of stone or brick work.
o Retrospective costs.
o The restoration of plain glazing.
o The transfer of glass from one window to another, unless in the meantime the glass went to a studio for repair or restoration, or
o Weather-proofing measures.

Potential applicants are strongly advised to contact Dr Marie Groll at awards(at)worshipfulglaziers.com or 'phone 07811 106264 before submitting an application, in order to receive preliminary guidance and support.

Further information, guidance and an application form, which must be submitted by email to awards(at)worshipfulglaziers.com is available on the Foundation’s website.

The deadline for applications is Monday 2nd October 2023 for the Foundation’s meeting on Monday 13th November 2023.