For the third consecutive year we have given our staff the opportunity to award one-off donations of £10,000 each to not-for-profit organisations. These donations fall outside of our normal focus areas and are often given to causes that staff members feel personally...
In November, we made a grant of over £14,000 to The Orchard Project to plant fruiting orchards in two schools in low-income areas of Kensington, Chelsea or Westminster. The schools will help design and build the orchards–choosing their favourite fruits, building...
In December 2020 we awarded a grant of £31,500 to the Kew Gardens Youth Explainer Programme. This programme provides training for young people in the local area to give them a whole variety of skills and encounters with experts at Kew. It culminates in them creating...
On December 14 2020, we granted £18,500 to Jamie’s Farm to help 160 young people experience life on a city-farm in Waterloo. Jamie’s Farm in Waterloo is one of five working farms across the UK where the charity supports young people at risk of exclusion from school...
Over 260 people from around the world participated in a webinar on 10 December organised by our partners at the Transform Schools, People for Action. The event marked the formal launch of an independent evaluation of their ‘Utkarsh’ programme. Utkarsh is the name of...
