PRIFYSGOL ABERYSTWYTH 

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Veterans Legal Link
£499,885	27/07/2023	Aberystwyth University will use £499885 over three years to enhance the Veterans Legal Link service which offers free legal advice specialist signposting casework and advocacy to veterans in Wales. ....more Aberystwyth University will use £499885 over three years to enhance the Veterans Legal Link service which offers free legal advice specialist signposting casework and advocacy to veterans in Wales. Lawyers and law students will help veterans and their families supporting their reintegration into civilian life. The service also provides comprehensive signposting and referral services to legal and non-legal advice services. Bydd Prifysgol Aberystwyth yn defnyddio £499885 dros dair blynedd i wella’r gwasanaeth Cyswllt Cyfreithiol i Gyn-filwyr sy’n cynnig cyngor cyfreithiol am ddim arwyddbostio arbenigol gwaith achos ac eiriolaeth i gyn-filwyr yng Nghymru. Bydd cyfreithwyr a myfyrwyr y gyfraith yn helpu cyn-filwyr a'u teuluoedd gan eu cefnogi i ailintegreiddio i fywyd sifil. Mae'r gwasanaeth hefyd yn darparu gwasanaethau cyfeirio ac arwyddbostio cynhwysfawr at wasanaethau cyngor cyfreithiol a gwasanaethau eraill.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Prifysgol Aberystwyth University
£72,917	06/12/2022	Aberetwm: Re-imagining Welsh history and legend for a sustainable and peaceful world
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - A new plant-derived flukicide: increased farm profitability and reduced carbon footprint by overcoming losses caused by existing flukicide resistance
£40,635	01/04/2022	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10003793
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Aberystwyth University and TTS Pharma Limited
£29,838	01/04/2022	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=98015
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - BIOREVIEW: BioREfining Value from Industrial Waste
£477	01/04/2022	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=104332
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Extraction &purification of Calystegines Iinosugars (C&I) for use as natural preservatives
£718	01/04/2022	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=103342
National Lottery Community Fund - Young Voices in Old College
£269,674	20/05/2021 60	Over five years Aberystwyth University will use £269674 to establish the first permanent bilingual dedicated youth-led space and platform for young people aged 11-25 at the Old College. The Old ....more Over five years Aberystwyth University will use £269674 to establish the first permanent bilingual dedicated youth-led space and platform for young people aged 11-25 at the Old College. The Old College is located in Aberystwyth town centre and is within walking distance of the bus and train stations. This includes employing a youth worker who will work with young people statutory services and the third sector to deliver and facilitate activities that help build skills resilience and sense of community particularly considering the impact of COVID-19. The activities will be co-designed and developed by young people.
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Civil Society in Turbulent Times: Exploring Connections, Comparison and Capacity-Building in Ireland and Wales
£10,081	01/03/2021	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES/V008730/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Elucidating the role of ROS in mediating self-incompatibility induced PCD
£526,664	10/02/2021	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=BB/T00486X/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Theatre, A.I. and 'ludic technologies'
£22,039	01/02/2021	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH/V001655/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Citizenship as Method
£95,638	01/10/2020	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES/V011545/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - High-TEK: Using beekeepers' environmental knowledge to enhance sustainable agriculture and land management
£109,757	01/10/2020	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES/V011723/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - SWEEP: Space Weather Empirical Ensemble Package
£454,784	01/10/2020	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ST/V00235X/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - STFC Aberystwyth 2020 DTP
£78,040	01/10/2020	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ST/V506527/1
National Lottery Community Fund - Veterans Legal Link
£498,392	23/07/2020 36	Armed Forces veterans and their families (including children relatives spouses and carers) will have increased access to free legal information advice and specialist signposting to legal and ....more Armed Forces veterans and their families (including children relatives spouses and carers) will have increased access to free legal information advice and specialist signposting to legal and non-legal advice services which will lead to community cohes. £498392 over three years will fund salaries travel and expenses Welsh translation costs overheads and equipment. Bydd cyn-filwyr y Lluoedd Arfog a’u teuluoedd (gan gynnwys plant perthnasau priod a gofalwyr) yn cael mwy o fynediad at wybodaeth gyfreithiol am ddim cyngor a chyfeiriadaeth arbenigol at wasanaethau cyngor cyfreithiol ac anghyfreithiol a fydd yn arwain at gydlynion cymunedol. Bydd £498392 dros dair blynedd yn ariannu cyflogau teithio a threuliau costau cyfieithu Cymraeg gorbenion ac offer.
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - COVID 19 Grant Extension Allocation Aberystwyth University
£466,076	01/07/2020	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP/V520858/1
Comic Relief - Dewis Choice Aberystwyth University Recovery Fundig
£39,544	23/06/2020 6	COVID19 Recovery funding
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid-19 Dewis Choice
£99,998	14/05/2020 16	Aberystwyth University have received £99998 to support older victims-survivors of domestic abuse across Wales and address the co-existence of dementia and domestic violence the current legislative ....more Aberystwyth University have received £99998 to support older victims-survivors of domestic abuse across Wales and address the co-existence of dementia and domestic violence the current legislative framework welfare benefits and pension entitlements for all forms of domestic abuse including: older male victims and LGBTQ older survivors. A forum will be set up for older survives and online training will be delivered to practitioners and organisations. This project will enable them to expand services Wales-wide expanding on the expertise and learning from the existing work. Mae Prifysgol Aberystwyth wedi derbyn £99998 i gefnogi dioddefwyr hn-goroeswyr cam-drin domestig ledled Cymru a mynd i’r afael â chydfodolaeth dementia a thrais domestig y fframwaith deddfwriaethol cyfredol lles budd-daliadau a hawliau pensiwn ar gyfer pob math o gam-drin domestig gan gynnwys: gwryw hn dioddefwyr a goroeswyr hn LGBTQ. Bydd fforwm yn cael ei sefydlu ar gyfer pobl hn sydd wedi goroesi a bydd hyfforddiant ar-lein yn cael ei ddarparu i ymarferwyr a sefydliadau. Bydd y prosiect hwn yn eu galluogi i ehangu gwasanaethau ledled Cymru gan ehangu ar yr arbenigedd a dysgu o'r gwaith presennol.
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Creating Safer Space: Strengthening Civilian Protection Amidst Violent Conflict
£1,872,227	01/04/2020	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH/T008024/1
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£500,000	07/02/2020	Old College
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Aberystwyth Uni (Old College)
£34,500	30/01/2020	People's Voices in a People's War: Aberystwyth 1939-45:
Comic Relief - Developing Legal Protection Guidance & Social Embeddedness when Domestic Abuse and Dementia co-exist
£76,678	21/01/2020 12	This project will address the hidden, complex challenges faced by older women who are affected both by dementia and domestic violence and abuse (DVA) in Wales. Evidence suggests that DVA can escalate ....more This project will address the hidden, complex challenges faced by older women who are affected both by dementia and domestic violence and abuse (DVA) in Wales. Evidence suggests that DVA can escalate significantly after a dementia diagnosis, and that dementia services are not trained to recognise DVA which increases the likelihood that trust and power is placed in the hands of an abusive caregiver.Dewis Choice is part of Aberystwyth University and, building on its existing project, will provide direct support to women, train professionals from across sectors, and design & disseminate new practice guidance on legal protection, risk assment tools & wellbeing measures.
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Building States, Empowering Citizens: Rethinking intervention as politics of improvement
£95,530	01/04/2019	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=ES/T009004/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Wheat floral organ size and its effects on grain size
£47,026	01/04/2019	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=BB/S016538/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Endocrine scaffolds and peptide networks: How is the molt cycle and ecdysis programme controlled in crustaceans?
£140,958	01/04/2019	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=BB/T005084/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Delivering low glycaemic index (GI) pearl millet grains for the benefits of type-2 diabetics in African regions
£150,192	01/04/2019	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=105672
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Advancing sustainable forage-based livestock production systems in Colombia (CoForLife)
£663,462	01/04/2019	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=BB/S01893X/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Solar System Physics at Aberystwyth University
£339,851	01/04/2019	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=ST/S000518/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - STFC Aberstwyth 2019 DTP
£76,436	01/04/2019	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=ST/T505924/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - GCRF Development Award Creating Safer Space - Building Networks and Knowledge Bases for Civilian Protection
£141,218	01/04/2019	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=AH/T005394/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - BBSRC NPIF Innovation Fellows Aberystwyth University
£25,000	01/04/2019	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=BB/T508068/1
National Lottery Community Fund - Elder Abuse, Justice and the Voice of Older People
£341,437	25/01/2019 11	The project explores new approaches to justice for older people who experience abuse by family members. It has developed a unique model that combines traditional and innovative justice options with ....more The project explores new approaches to justice for older people who experience abuse by family members. It has developed a unique model that combines traditional and innovative justice options with person-centred wellbeing support for the person experiencing harm. The funding will allow greater opportunity to share learning and approaches with wider stakeholders across the UK, and to evidence real systems change beyond the duration of the project.
Comic Relief - Dewis Choice: Dementia, Domestic Violence and Abuse (DVA) - a whole family approach
£69,937	09/01/2019 12	Despite an aging population and growing awareness of domestic violence and abuse, there is little understanding of violence against older women. There is even less awareness about the co-existence of ....more Despite an aging population and growing awareness of domestic violence and abuse, there is little understanding of violence against older women. There is even less awareness about the co-existence of dementia and domestic abuse. Dewis Choice is part of Aberyswyth University and it provides a dedicated service for older survivors of domestic violence in Wales. With this investment, it will work with women and their families where dementia and coercive or controlling behaviour and harm co-exist to help identify the best way to support them. Through its Dementia Champions it will raise awareness in the community and will train professionals to help them improve their safety planning.
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - ALB - UKRI - Developing a process to manufacture lactic acid from waste-derived sugars
£319,041	01/04/2018	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=104039
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - ALB - UKRI - OPTOMS - Optimising the production of thermoset resins from MSW-derived sugars
£105,920	01/04/2018	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=104391
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - ALB - UKRI - A new biotech process for xylitol production from ARCITEKBio Ltd.
£32,055	01/04/2018	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=105111
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - ALB - UKRI - (Un)Stitching the Subjects of Colombia's Reconciliation Process
£231,020	01/04/2018	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=AH/R01373X/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - ALB - UKRI - Future forages: Implications of forage response to climate change for ruminant production
£474,783	01/04/2018	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=BB/R019185/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - ALB - UKRI - A China-UK joint phenomics consortium to dissect the basis of crop stress resistance in the face of climate change
£30,612	01/04/2018	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=BB/R02118X/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - ALB - UKRI - Optimising the diversity and resilience of grasses for use in urban environments.
£25,305	01/04/2018	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=BB/R021325/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - ALB - UKRI - RCUK-CIAT Newton Fund - Towards climate-smart forage-based diets for Colombian livestock
£100,772	01/04/2018	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=BB/R021856/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - ALB - UKRI - Oat domestication - understanding the origin of a European cereal
£548,307	01/04/2018	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=BB/S008195/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - ALB - UKRI - Newton Bhabha Industrial Waste BIOREVIEW
£1,001,109	01/04/2018	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=BB/S011994/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - ALB - UKRI - NRC-UKRI Pilot Programme. Prototyping Root System Architecture in Avena: Technologies for Environmental Sustainability and Food Security
£55,323	01/04/2018	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=BB/S020926/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - ALB - UKRI - Svalbard Futures: Value and Adaptations in the Anthropocene
£94,978	01/04/2018	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=ES/S01084X/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - ALB - UKRI - How will glacial meltwater microbes come in from the cold in this "Peak Melt" century?
£613,122	01/04/2018	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=NE/S001034/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - ALB - UKRI - Structure, connectivity and resilience of an exploited ecosystem: towards sustainable ecosystem-based fisheries management
£818,201	01/04/2018	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=NE/S011692/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - ALB - UKRI - BepiColumbo SIXS
£40,895	01/04/2018	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=ST/S002677/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - ALB - UKRI - STFC Aberyswyth 2018 DTP
£150,664	01/04/2018	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=ST/S505225/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - EverDrill: Accessing the interior and bed of a Himalayan debris-covered glacier to forecast future mass loss
£122,746	01/04/2018	To support high quality research
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Aberystwyth Uni (Old College)
£39,100	27/10/2017	Aberystwyth at War: Experience, Impact, Legacy 1914-1919
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - F-actin associated proteins implicate new mechanisms involved in SI-PCD
£241,498	22/05/2017	To support high quality research
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Aberystwyth Uni (Old College)
£10,581,800	25/04/2017	Bywyd Newydd i’r Hen Goleg / New Life for Old College
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - FLOODMAL
£295,553	01/04/2017	To support high quality research
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Aberystwyth University
£10,000	26/06/2015	Veterans Oral History Project
National Lottery Community Fund - Elder Abuse and Justice
£889,623	07/01/2015 48	Not Available

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Trustees (13)

Legal constitution

• Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/12/2011, number: 1145141
• Registered at Companies House on 01/01/1970, number: RC000641

Gift Aid

• Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

• 15/06/2012 - Asset transfer in from THE FERGUS JOHNSTON STUDENTSHIPS FOUNDATION
• 11/07/2019 - Asset transfer in from MID WALES CIRCUIT LIMITED

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Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE UNIVERSITY SHALL BE:1. TO ADVANCE LEARNING AND KNOWLEDGE BY TEACHING AND RESEARCH AND BY THE EXAMPLE AND INFLUENCE OF ITS CORPORATE LIFE;2. TO PROVIDE INSTRUCTION AND COURSES OF STUDY FOR THOSE SEEKING TO QUALIFY FOR DEGREES AND OTHER AWARDS OF THE UNIVERSITY, OR OF OTHER INSTITUTIONS, AND FOR OTHER PEOPLE;3. TO PROMOTE AND MAKE PROVISION FOR RESEARCH AND FOR THE ADVANCEMENT, DISSEMINATION, PRESERVATION AND APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE BY SUCH METHODS AS THE UNIVERSITY MAY DETERMINE;4. TO DEVELOP THE POTENTIAL OF THE STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY AND PREPARE THEM FOR EMPLOYMENT;5. TO GIVE SPECIAL ATTENTION, ITSELF OR JOINTLY WITH OTHERS, TO THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF WALES, HAVING REGARD TO THE WELSH LANGUAGE AND THE CULTURE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL TRADITIONS OF WALES.

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