Transforming school playgrounds into leafy green oases

Transforming school playgrounds into leafy green oases

We are pleased to award Trees for Cities a £200,000 grant for their project London Healthy Playgrounds. This three year project will transform ten London school playgrounds into leafy green oases. Trees for Cities will use a holistic approach to playground design for...
Understanding how children learn to inform teaching approaches

Understanding how children learn to inform teaching approaches

We are happy to announce that we are awarding a grant of £97,000 towards The Education Endowment Foundation’s (EEF) funding round for their work on cognitive science. The application of cognitive science to teaching tries to use an understanding of how children learn...
Creating a co-designed and user-led community garden

Creating a co-designed and user-led community garden

We are delighted to give a grant of £64,200 to Core Arts towards their St Barnabus Community Garden project. Core Arts are transforming land in St Barnabas’ churchyard in Hackney into a co-designed and user-led community garden. Once developed, the space will provide...
Knitting for local charitable causes and community projects

Knitting for local charitable causes and community projects

We have once again made a grant of £1,000 to local charity and support group ‘Knit Gibraltar’. The group meets once a week to knit and crochet various items for charitable causes. Last year, members produced 400 items in addition to the poppies and these...
Excellence Prize recipients for 2022 announced

Excellence Prize recipients for 2022 announced

This month we have awarded six Excellence Prizes to high-achieving students from Gibraltar. Each student will receive £3,000 to support their studies at some of the UK’s most prestigious universities. Every year we provide Excellence Prizes to students who perform...