News and publications

The trustees of Paul Hamlyn Foundation have committed £250,000 to the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal.

As 2022 begins, we look back at what we’ve learned through our grant-making over the last year.

As we publish the headline findings from our audit of funding towards Black or minoritised community-led organisations, Kirsty Gillan-Thomas and Nina White in our Evidence and Learning team reflect on the process and share their learning.

This report considers the results of the 2020/21 racial justice audit and analyses our portfolios in terms of the proportion of grants and funds awarded in support of Black or minoritised-led organisations and projects.

After a period of making emergency grants during the first lockdown, we reopened the Arts Access and Participation Fund in November last year with a number of changes. Ushi Bagga, Head of Programme – Arts, provides more context for these changes and outlines next steps.

Colleagues from the Teach-Make partnership discuss their programme working with teachers from across seven schools in Coventry using arts-based approaches within the context of real world problems to support outcomes in English, Science and Mathematics.

Colleagues from Essex Music Education Hub, Chelmsford Teaching Schools Alliance and London Music Masters share some of the challenges of delivering an EYFS programme during the pandemic and the opportunities that arose to rethink and reshape the project in response to the emerging context.