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The Helen Hamlyn Trust

£2,000,000 in 2014/15
The Helen Hamlyn Trust is an independent grant-making Trust. It focuses on the initiation of medium and long-term projects linked to the shared interests of Lady Hamlyn and her late husband Lord Hamlyn.

The Trust’s core ethos is to develop innovative projects, which aim to effect lasting change, improve quality of life and create opportunities to benefit the public.

The Trust’s grant-making is centred on medicine, arts and culture, education and welfare, healthy ageing, international humanitarian affairs, heritage and conservation in India.

Small grants are given to local and regional charities of up to £10,000.

The Trust establishes lasting relationships with leading organisations and individuals to enable new areas of work to develop. By creating connections between organisations, and introducing new ideas, innovation and change can take place.

The trust is very pleased to be working with The University of Oxford – Bodleian Libraries supporting the design, construction, fitting out, professional fees and maintenance of the Helen Hamlyn Trust Treasury in the Weston Library as part of the Bodleian Libraries.

This year, amongst other projects, the Trust continues its work with and support of:

  • Imperial College, London: The Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery n Royal Marsden: The Paul Hamlyn Chair of Surgery
  • Royal College of Art: The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design at the Royal College of Art, (now enshrined within the RCA’s constitution in perpetuity)
  • Royal College of Art: Helen Hamlyn Chair of Design
  • Open Futures – askit, growit, cookit, filmit – (www.openfutures.com): A primary schools’ curriculum programme that brings ‘learning to life’ for young children. It champions a fundamental shift in how the National Curriculum is delivered, by re-focusing education on intuitive approaches that ignite children’s passion for learning. Open Futures is extending its reach this year and working in partnership with Hull City Council Public Health to pioneer an approach which links health, education and the community. Working with schools and public health is an innovative approach which we hope will influence our work in other parts of the country.
  • Bodleian: Support for the new Treasury gallery. The new gallery will house a permanent display of special items from the Bodleian’s collections, including for example one of the four copies of the Magna Carta owned by the library and a First Folio
  • Moorfields Eye Hospital: Research into Optic Nerve Repair and Regeneration to Restore Sight
  • London Symphony Orchestra: The LSO/Panufnik Composition Scheme
  • Royal Opera House: The Paul Hamlyn Christmas Family Treat welcoming new audiences
  • The British Museum: The Open Futures Family Trails
  • INTACH: Reis Magos Fort, Goa, Children’s Festival
  • Mehranargh Museum Trust: Restoration of the Abha Mahal Garden at Nagaur Fort, Rajasthan
  • Rochester Institute of Technology, New York State: The Vignelli Centre Endowed Professorship
  • Setubal Music Festival, Portugal: A partnership with the Municipality of Setubal, bringing together young people from different ethnic communities through a music development programme.

Ten short films about the major projects which the Trust has initiated since it began can be viewed at www.helenhamlyntrust.org