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The Helen Hamlyn Trust
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About the Trust
The Helen Hamlyn Trust is an independent grant-making trust that initiates medium- and long-term projects reflecting the shared interests of Lady Hamlyn CBE and her late husband, Lord Hamlyn. Its core ethos is to develop innovative projects that create lasting change, enhance quality of life, and benefit the public.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation has provided several grants to support the Trust’s work, which aligns with the Foundation’s mission and objectives.
The Trust focuses on grant-making in medicine, arts and culture, education and welfare, healthy ageing, international humanitarian affairs, and heritage and conservation in India. The Trust invests in long-term relationships with leading organisations and individuals, nurturing new initiatives and connecting organisations to invite fresh thinking.
Please note that the Trust does not accept unsolicited applications from charities, or for work which can be funded from charitable sources.
Initiatives of the Trust
Since its founding in 2001, the Trust has launched numerous major projects, including those with the following organisations:
- Imperial College, London – The Hamlyn Centre & Paul Hamlyn Chair of Surgery
- London Symphony Orchestra – Helen Hamlyn Panufnik Composition Scheme
- Royal Ballet and Opera – The Paul Hamlyn Christmas Family Treat
- British Library – Young Creators Lab, Touring Exhibitions Officer
- Ashoka University – InHerit
- The University of Oxford, Bodleian Libraries – The Helen Hamlyn Trust Treasury, ARCHiOx and Bodley’s Librarian & the Helen Hamlyn Director of the University Libraries
- Cini Foundation – ARCHiVe
- Open Futures askit, growit, cookit, filmit
- Institute of Education at UCL – Helen Hamlyn Centre for Pedagogy (0–11 years)
- Chartered College of Teaching – Re-Thinking Curriculum
- Royal College of Art – The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design at the RCA, (now enshrined within the RCA’s constitution in perpetuity) and The Helen Hamlyn Chair of Design.
- The University of Oxford, Oxford Institute for Population Ageing – EPIC Networks
- Fordham University, Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs (IIHA)– Helen Hamlyn Senior Fellow (HHSF) and Helen Hamlyn Humanitarian Fellow (HHHF) at the
- A partnership with the Municipality of Setubal, Portugal – Setubal International Music Festival, and the Restoration and Re-use of Albarquel Fort
- International National Trusts Organisation
- INTACH – Filmit India Schools Programme and the Restoration and ongoing Reuse of Reis Magos Fort, Goa
- Mehrangarh Museum Trust – Conservation and Cultural Development of Nagaur Fort, Rajasthan
Get in touch
For further information, please contact:
The Helen Hamlyn Trust
129 Old Church Street
London
SW3 6EB
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