The Mike Howley Trust (MHT) has entered into a partnership with Platform One College of Music and Quay Arts, to help share funds from the Trust to writers and performance artists.
Bursaries of up to £1,500 will be awarded to successful applicants on the Isle of Wight in the first half of 2023, to assist in the purchase of equipment, training or services to help realise their artistic aspirations.
The Trust is a legacy of the late Mike Howley who left part of his estate for 'the specific benefit of aspiring young actors, musicians, dancers and writers, between the ages of 18 and 30, living on the Isle of Wight'.
Michael Robin Howley was born in 1930 in Worksop, Nottinghamshire. In 1957 he became Branch Librarian in Chichester, before moving to the Island in 1970, where he was appointed Deputy Head Librarian. He later became Director of the Isle of Wight Cultural Service, and then served as Director of the Isle of Wight Arts Council. He authored, co-authored, or edited several publications on cultural and historic subjects. From 1997 to 2012 he was Director of the Apollo Theatre Trust.
Mike was also a Trustee of Quay Arts from1996-1999. Known as a consummate musician and accomplished accordionist, he had a distinct playing style that helped shape the dances of both Martlet Morris (Chichester), and the Men of Wight of which he was a founder member.
Mike Howley died in 2013 in East Cowes.
The Trust
The Trustees of MHT, the guardians of Mike’s legacy, began awarding funds in 2016. Since then MHT has provided more than £150,000 to young Islanders to develop their creativity through a variety of means, including advanced training in choreography, recording studio costs, creative writing coaching, film pre-production, musical instrument purchase, circus skills equipment, and more.
Twenty creatives from across the Isle of Wight who benefitted from this support in 2021 and 2022 are Samuel Bossman, Beth Brookfield, Callum Burke, Andrew Butcher, Jaz Connell, Brandon Ford, Polly Green, Vojtech Gudyka, Jayden Hitchcock, Rafael Holmberg, Joram Hughes, Sam Lapham, Phoenix Lopes, Oliver Old, Sid Ryan, Hilary Seton, Edward Spencer, Nathan Stubbings, Josh Woodford, and Jack Wylds.
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