News and publications

As Travelling Light Theatre Company’s Teacher Development Fund programme enters its final months, programme lead Lizzy Stephens reflects on the learning to date and shares the company’s plans to embed the work across the participating schools.

Professor Tanya Ovenden-Hope, Provost and Professor of Education at Plymouth Marjon University and Advisory Board Member for our Teacher Development Fund (TDF), shares some of her research into ​‘educationally isolated’ schools and explores the impact of TDF within such settings.

Holly Donagh, Director of Strategic Learning, Insight and Influence, discusses the vital role infrastructure organisations play in strengthening the sectors in which we work, and their potential to drive diversity, equity and inclusion.

Today we’re delighted to announce funding* totalling £2 million through the Backbone Fund.

This review of the Backbone Fund offers insights and recommendations for funders who are interested in supporting infrastructure organisations.

This summary highlights the key findings from the 2022 review of the Backbone Fund and offers recommendations for funders and infrastructure organisations.

As 2023 begins, we look back at what we’ve learned through our grant-making over the last year.