News and publications

We are pleased to announce Halima Khan will be joining as Chief Executive in November.

The 51 grants described here have been awarded between January and March 2024 and total over £19.58 million.

Original funders, including Paul Hamlyn Foundation, are continuing their involvement in the social justice network, ensuring six places in England and Wales can realise their long-term plans for change.

Our Head of Programme – Young People, Ruth Pryce, reflects on the Social Change Agency’s guide to paying people for their involvement in social change.

Holly Donagh, our Director of Strategic Learning, Insight and Influence, outlines some of the pressing issues in philanthropy and reflects on the sector’s role in tackling injustice.

As Voices for the Future enters its final few weeks, Steve Medlin, Artistic Director of Collage Arts, reflects on their TDF learning journey working with teachers and senior leaders from six primary schools in the London borough of Haringey.

Helen Ackrill, Director of Staff Development for the Keystone Academy Trust, offers insight into their professional learning programme which focuses on using music and drama to support oracy and writing across the curriculum – with support from the Teacher Development Fund.

Kerri Sellens, Assistant Headteacher, Lansbury Lawrence Primary School reflects on their Teacher Development Fund approach developed in partnership with Akram Khan Company. Together they’re working to ensure an ongoing legacy of dance in local schools.

Catherine Sutton, Head of Programme – Education for Paul Hamlyn Foundation, reflects on how the Teacher Development Fund has evolved over the last eight years — to shift and adapt to the concerns and needs of the sector.