National Youth Arts Wales (NYAW) is proud to announce a significant grant of £30,000 from the Garfield Weston Foundation. This vital funding will help safeguard the future of Wales’ five national youth ensembles and enable NYAW to expand its work reaching young people across the nation.
“This core support from the Garfield Weston Foundation makes a huge difference at a critical time,” said Evan Dawson, Chief Executive of NYAW. “It not only strengthens our ability to deliver for the hundreds of talented young musicians, actors, and performers across our five national ensembles, but also allows us to continue our strategic programme to identify and address gaps in creative provision across Wales.”
NYAW's strategic programme includes delivering workshops and targeted creative projects in communities with limited access to the arts—work that is increasingly vital as the wider Welsh arts sector faces unprecedented financial pressures.
The grant comes from one of the UK’s most respected charitable funders. Established in 1958, the Garfield Weston Foundation is a family-founded grant-maker that supports a wide range of charities across the UK. To date, the Foundation has donated over £1.5 billion, with more than half given away in the last decade alone. In the most recent financial year, it awarded over £100 million to just under 1,800 charities across the UK.
“This generous grant is not just an investment in our organisation, but in the creative futures of young people in every county in Wales,” Evan Dawson added. “We are deeply grateful to the Garfield Weston Foundation for standing with us.”
National Youth Arts Wales remains committed to offering inclusive, high-quality opportunities for young artists across the country, ensuring that geography and background are never barriers to participation in the arts.
If you would like to support NYAW with a financial contribution to our vital work in the Arts in Wales, please contact: tracymarshallgrant@nyaw.org.uk