Other grants
The Helen Hamlyn Trust
£2,000,000 in 2013/14
The Helen Hamlyn Trust is an independent grant-making trust. It focuses on the initiation of medium- and long-term projects linked to the shared interests of Lady Hamlyn and her late husband Lord Hamlyn.
The Trust’s core ethos is to develop innovative projects, which aim to effect lasting change, improve quality of life and create opportunities to benefit the public. The Trust establishes lasting relationships with leading organisations and individuals to enable new areas of work to develop. Small grants are given to local and regional charities up to £10,000 meeting the Trust’s strict criteria.
This year, amongst other projects, the Trust has continued its work with:
- The Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery and The Paul Hamlyn Chair of Surgery at Imperial College London.
- The University of Oxford Bodleian Libraries supporting the Helen Hamlyn Trust Treasury in the Weston Library.
- The Open Futures Trust (www.openfutures.com). Open Futures is an enquiry- and skills-based learning strategy for schools. The programme integrates inspiring, practical and relevant experiences into the heart of the school curriculum. Throughout our school network we have seen improved attainment, behaviour, attendance and physical and emotional well-being.
- The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design at the Royal College of Art, (now enshrined within the RCA’s constitution in perpetuity).
- Helen Hamlyn Chair of Design at the RCA.
- Research into Optic Nerve Repair and Regeneration to Restore Sight at Moorfields Eye Hospital.
- The LSO/Panufnik Composition Scheme.
- The Paul Hamlyn Christmas Family Treat at the Royal Opera House.
- Setubal Music Festival, Portugal – a partnership with the Municipality of Setubal, bringing together young people from different ethnic communities through a music development programme.
- INTACH – the Reuse of Reis Magos Fort, Goa.
- Cultural Development at Nagaur Fort, Rajasthan.