New ward will make a huge difference

New ward will make a huge difference

On Monday 9th December, Soma Pujari our Executive Trustee and Libby Burkeman our Head of Grants were invited to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital to place a plaque recognising our funding on the supporters wall. In 2018, we awarded a grant to the hospitals...
World Innovation Summit for Education

World Innovation Summit for Education

Our Head of Research joined colleagues from our Indian partners Transform Schools, at the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) in Doha on 19-21 November. The theme of the conference was ‘Unlearn and Relearn: what it means to be human’.  We were inspired by...
Promoting the arts and cultural learning

Promoting the arts and cultural learning

In October 2019, we awarded a grant of £10,000 to the Royal Shakespeare Company to support a one-day conference for teachers and arts education professionals on how to successfully include the arts and cultural learning in the school curriculum. Experts in creative...
Turning unused space into edible gardens

Turning unused space into edible gardens

In February 2018 Kusuma Trust awarded a grant of £5,000 to Trees for Cities, an organisation aiming to improve lives by planting trees in cities. This grant was directed towards the organisation’s Edible Playground programme. Edible Playgrounds transform school...
Kusuma Trust University Interview Workshops

Kusuma Trust University Interview Workshops

As part of our week-long Kusuma University Interview Workshops in Gibraltar, students from Westside and Bayside schools were offered the opportunity to improve their interview techniques. Jane Marshall from Optimising Futures UK has over 18 years’ experience...