23 - 29 June 2025 - Broad Chalke, Salisbury

SUPPORT US

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

YOUR SUPPORT

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.

Find out more about the work of the Chalke History Trust and how the charity promotes the understanding and enjoyment of history here.

CHALKE HISTORY CLUB

Find out more about joining the Chalke History Club – with three levels of membership. Including access to recorded talks from the festival, as well as live online talks. Plus exclusive discounts and festival benefits.

VOLUNTEERING

Volunteers play a vital role in the success of our festival and we are always looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our team.

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SPONSORSHIP

Sponsorship offers a unique opportunity to align your brand with our mission and reach a wider audience as the largest festival of its type.

PATRONAGE

Consider becoming a Patron or Benefactor of the festival, representing a higher level of support with an enhanced set of benefits.

LEGACIES & DONATIONS

Any donation to the Chalke History Trust is gratefully received and will go to support the charitable aims of the festival. If you are interested in leaving a legacy or donating to the Chalke History Trust, please contact Rachel Sykes at rachel.sykes@chalkefestival.com

SUPPORTERS

For their support, The Chalke History Festival gratefully thanks…

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

BENEFACTORS

Alexander Baldock

David Bernstein and Sophie Caruth

Jennifer Coombs

Christopher Davison

Liz Earle

John Glen

Hilary Hugh-Jones

Sir Laurence and Lady Jocelyn Magnus

Stephen and Bonnie Morant

William and Gigi Salomon

Hugh and Karen Scott-Barrett

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

AMBASSADORS

Don Cochrane

Paul Davis

Alice Loxton

Caryn Mandabach

Richard Sutton

DONORS

Crescent Trust

Golden Bottle Trust

Weinstock Fund

Lord Faringdon Charitable Trust

Stephenson James Charitable Trust

Robin and Pattie Bell

PATRONS

Martha and Tad Allfrey

Dr Michael and Dr Helen Ashdown

Tim and Lucinda Bolton-Carter

Edouard and Lucinda de Boisgelin

David Boler

Lord George and Lady Alice Bridges

Oliver and Sandy Burton

Michael Campbell and Lady Georgiana Campbell

Chichester Charitable Trust

Simon and Sara Connolly

Cookson Charitable Trust

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

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

Ivan and Sue Shenkman

Patrick Snowball

James and Alexandra Stacey

Tom and Rosamond Sweet-Escott