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Help us to promote the understanding and enjoyment of history to all ages.

HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT

Make a Donation

Help sustain one of the UK’s most respected history festivals with a charitable donation. Your support enables the Chalke History Festival to bring leading historians, authors and speakers to the stage while expanding our schools programme and public engagement with history. Every contribution supports cultural heritage, historical education and the charitable work of the Chalke History Trust.

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Become a Member

Join as a Member of the Chalke History Festival and enjoy a closer connection to one of the UK’s most celebrated history festivals. Membership provides exclusive benefits while supporting the charitable work of the Chalke History Trust. Your membership helps us continue delivering world-class talks, living history and educational experiences each year.

YOUR SUPPORT

Support the future of the Chalke History Festival – the UK’s leading history and cultural festival. Delivered by the Chalke History Trust, a registered charity, the festival brings world-class historians, authors and thinkers together while inspiring thousands of visitors to explore the past. Your support helps us grow our educational programmes, preserve the power of storytelling, and ensure history remains vibrant, accessible and relevant for future generations.

We believe that understanding our past is essential to shaping our future, and we need your support to make it happen. Discover more below about how you can help us, through sponsorship, volunteering, patronage and membership.

Donate

Support the future of the Chalke History Festival with a charitable donation that helps bring world-class historians, authors and storytellers to the stage each year. Your gift directly supports historical education, cultural heritage and the charitable mission of the Chalke History Trust.

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Membership

Become a Member of the Chalke History Festival and enjoy exclusive benefits while supporting one of the UK’s leading history festivals. Your membership helps sustain inspiring talks, living history experiences and educational programmes that bring the past to life.

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Patronage

Join our Patrons, Benefactors and major donors to play a vital role in securing the long-term future of the Chalke History Festival. Your patronage helps expand our educational programmes, including the Schools Festival, inspiring young people to discover the past and nurturing the historians of tomorrow.

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Legacy

Leave a lasting legacy by supporting the future of history through a gift to the Chalke History Trust. Legacy giving helps ensure that the Chalke History Festival continues to inspire future generations to discover and understand the past.

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Festival volunteering

Volunteer at the Chalke History Festival and become part of the team behind one of the UK’s most celebrated cultural events. Festival volunteers help create a welcoming, memorable experience for thousands of visitors each year.

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Chalke History Trust

The Chalke History Trust is the charity behind the Chalke History Festival, dedicated to promoting historical knowledge and education. Discover how the Trust supports learning, research and public engagement with history across the UK.

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Partner with Chalke

Partner with the Chalke History Festival to align your brand with one of the UK’s most prestigious cultural events. Tailored partnerships offer a unique platform to reach an engaged audience while supporting the festival’s mission to inspire curiosity and celebrate history.

Sponsorship Opportunities

SUPPORTERS

We celebrate the generosity of everyone who makes the Chalke History Festival possible. Their support brings world-class talks, educational programmes, and immersive historical experiences to thousands each year, sharing the joy, insight, and wonder of history far and wide.

MAJOR DONORS

The Blavatnik Foundation
The Calleva Foundation
The Chilton Foundation

Lady Nadine Cobham
Annette Costello
The David & Claudia Harding Foundation

The KM Foundation
Peter Livanos
Robert & Kasia Markwick

The Sanderson Foundation
The Scott Charitable Trust

BENEFACTORS

Alexander Baldock
David Bernstein and Sophie Caruth
Jennifer Coombs

Christopher Davison
Liz Earle
John Glen

The Golden Bottle Trust
Hilary Hugh-Jones
Sir Laurence and Lady Jocelyn Magnus

Stephen and Bonnie Morant
William and Gigi Salomon

HONORARY PATRONS

Jane Pleydell-Bouverie
Sir Antony Beevor FRSL
Dr Tracy Borman

Dr Peter Caddick-Adams
Sir Max Hastings FRSL
Tom Holland

Dan Snow
Ben White
Professor Michael Wood

PATRONS

Martha and Tad Allfrey
Dr Michael and Dr Helen Ashdown
Pattie Bell
David Boler
Tim and Lucinda Bolton-Carter

Edouard and Lucinda de Boisgelin
George and Alice Bridges
Peter and Kirsty Brooks
Oliver and Sandy Burton
Michael Campbell and Lady Georgiana Campbell

Chichester Charitable Trust
Simon and Sara Connolly
Cookson Charitable Trust
Philip Ewen
Ferguson Charitable Trust

James and Astrid Findlay
Jonathan Gaisman
Barny and Kate Guthrie
Charles Hayward Foundation
Hillary Charitable Trust

Paul and Sarah Horsley
Norma Hunt
James and Emma Hussey
Kate James and Hans Bishop
Richard and Virginia James

Andrew and Di Jeans
Jake and Emma Leslie Melville
Penny Levinson
Alastair Margadale
Justin and Caroline Marking

Michael McCalmont
Charlie and Jenny McVeigh
Jake and Emma Leslie Melville
Lizie de la Moriniere
Tim and Bev Moulding

Paul and Madeleine Nicholls
Gale Pettifer
Lady Nathalie Phillimore
Redlynch Charitable Trust
Richard and Sheron Reynolds

Guy and Virginie de Selliers
Ivan and Sue Shenkman
Patrick Snowball
James and Alexandra Stacey
Tom and Rosamond Sweet-Escott

James and Hayley Todd
James and Anita Wigan

AMBASSADORS

Don Cochrane
Paul Davis
Alice Loxton

Caryn Mandabach
Richard Sutton

DONORS

Crescent Trust
Weinstock Fund
Lord Faringdon Charitable Trust

Stephenson James Charitable Trust
Robin and Pattie Bell