Properties & Grants

Examples of Grants made by the Trust include :-

Devon Wildlife Trust

Assistance with the purchase of Cricklepit Mill in 2003 for the Trust to use the site as a headquarters together with funding for the restoration of the mill wheels and machinery. The funding of glazed screening including that displaying the water wheel was made in 2007.

Tuckers Hall (Incorporation of Weavers, Fullers and Shearmen)

Support in 2010 to assist with the cost of the Interpretation Centre at Tuckers Hall, including installation of the IT inter-actives and DVD suite. The Centre illustrates the cloth trade in Exeter and highlights the importance of the Quay and the Canal and the trade links with Europe and beyond.

Quay House Interpretation Centre

General assistance with on-going projects

Exe Water Sports Association

Support for purchase of a new heating system and a major contribution to the costs of a project manager for a new building for a new HQ.

Burn the Curtain Theatre Company

The Trust helped meet the costs of the Burn the Curtain Theatre Company which held a celebrating cycling in Exeter event through the medium of theatre and involving bicycles along the Quay and Canal.