Test Valley Arts Foundation (TVAF) is an independent grant giving charity established in 1991 by Michael Colvin

Michael Colvin

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...

 MP with help from TESCO

Tesco

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 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.

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

Borough

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 of Test Valley

Test Valley

Test Valley is a local government district and borough in Hampshire, England, named after the valley of the River Test. Its council is based in Andover....

.