Inspiring the next generation of documentary makers

Inspiring the next generation of documentary makers

Our grant of £18,510 to the Imperial War Museum will fund the Documentary Challenge project, reaching 4,930 Key Stage 2 and 3 children. The programme asks pupils to find objects in the museum’s collection that they think are “too important to be in a museum” and tasks...
Reconnecting families and making new friendships

Reconnecting families and making new friendships

This summer we gave a grant to Chelsea Theatre: £13,920 to fund a summertime project ‘Bi-weekly Breakfast and Breakout Sessions’. The project, which has run throughout August, encourages children and families from the World’s End Estate and the surrounding area to...
Engaging the community with their local gardens

Engaging the community with their local gardens

In August 2020, we made a grant to the Hammersmith Community Gardens Association (HCGA) to help them adapt their activities to Covid-19. Many of their volunteers and visitors had been asked to shield and HCGA had asked for funds to strategise, train new volunteers and...
Recovering and Reconnecting in Kensington and Chelsea

Recovering and Reconnecting in Kensington and Chelsea

This summer we partnered with the Kensington + Chelsea Foundation to offer the Recover + Reconnect Summer Youth Programmes Fund, a 50/50 match-funded pot of nearly £165,000 to provide summertime informal learning for young people in Kensington and Chelsea. In total,...
Creating an understanding of careers in nature

Creating an understanding of careers in nature

We have pledged £80,000 to the Royal Parks over the next two years to pilot ‘Green Futures’, a hands-on environmental conservation-skills programme which will engage around 800 young people (between Key Stage 3 and Year 12) in activities around Hyde Park,...