News and publications
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31 Jul 2026BlogA look back at 2025/26
When we reflected on the last year, three themes emerged from the work that we do: investing for the long-term, being fit for the future and togetherness.
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31 Jul 2026PublicationTrustees’ Report and Financial Statements 2025/26
Our annual report, reflecting on the year before and some of the key themes that run through our work, including: investing for the long-term, being fit for the future and togetherness.
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29 Jul 2026BlogListening and learning: What our grant holders and declined applicants told us in our feedback survey 2025/26
We reflect on what we have heard from grant holders and applicants who responded to the 2025 Grantee and Applicant Perception Surveys commissioned from the Center for Effective Philanthropy.
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29 Jul 2026PublicationGrantee and Applicant Perception Report (2025)
Summary findings from the 2025 Grantee Perception and Applicant Perception Reports.
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9 Jun 2026BlogIs it the moment for Creative Arts Education?
Professor Tanya Ovenden-Hope, TDF Advisor and Professor of Education/Dean of Place and Social Purpose at Plymouth Marjon University, shares her reflections on the Teacher Development Fund’s TeachMeet 2026.
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8 Jun 2026NewsAnnouncing grants totalling more than £2 million through our Youth Strategic Investment Fund
We have made grants to three organisations supporting young people through our Youth Strategic Investment Fund.
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21 May 2026BlogBackbone Fund: sustaining the conditions for justice, democracy and collective care
The Backbone Fund provides £2 million in core, long-term funding each year to organisations working across civil society — organisations whose work sustains the conditions for justice, democracy, and collective care.
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14 May 2026BlogFrom Classroom to Culture Shift — What place-based collaboration has taught us about change
The Teacher-Artist Exchange is a place-based programme in Letchworth Garden City bringing together seven schools with the Broadway Gallery (a part of Letchworth’s Heritage Foundation) and uses visual art to support social, emotional and mental health outcomes. Sarah Golding, Head of Arts, Culture, and Heritage at the Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation, provides insight into the strategic significance of the Teacher Development Fund for all involved.
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5 May 2026BlogWho Are We? An exploration of identity through spoken word poetry
Led by Cleveland Road Primary School in Redbridge in partnership with five local schools and Eastside Education Trust, ‘Who Are We?’ used poetry and spoken-word to celebrate pupils’ diversity and identity and to support cross-curricular learning. In this post, Fliss Gush, Head of Programmes and Engagement for Eastside, and George Coish, Head of Year 4 and Oracy Lead, Cleveland Road Primary School, reflect on their Teacher Development Fund journey and outline their aspirations for the future of the collaboration.