Test Valley Arts Foundation

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Test Valley Arts Foundation (TVAF) is an independent grant giving charity established in 1991 by Michael Colvin MP with help from TESCO and Test Valley Borough Council. Since its inception TVAF has distributed some £75,000 in grants, awards, bursaries and underwriting to individual artists and arts organisations throughout the Test Valley.

Michael Keith Beale Colvin was a politician in the United Kingdom. He was first elected as a Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Bristol North West in 1979. From 1983 onwards, he was the MP for Romsey and Waterside constituency in Hampshire, which later became the constituency of Romsey.

In addition to helping groups and organisations, the foundation seeks to encourage and assist the development of talented individuals resident in the borough of Test Valley.

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