Marks Family Charitable Trust

  
    The Marks Family Charitable Trust was established in 1971 by Simon Marks, later 3rd Baron Marks of Broughton, to support and encourage charitable work mostly in the UK, but also internationally. 

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The Trust seeks to support young people, with an emphasis on education and health, refugees to the UK, and the promotion of the Arts.

Today, the Marks Family Charitable Trust supports some 10-20 charitable organisations per year and continues to be family run. The Trust can be approached by organisations, or charities seeking donations for specific projects, or endeavours.

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Projects

Supporting the Royal Academy Schools Restoration Project

Refugee Academic Futures Programme, at the University of Oxford

Database to safeguard the world’s most important places for nature, with BirdLife International

Give a Book Reading Initiative, at Wyke Regis School

Partnership with The Royal Horticultural Society and the NHS, to fund the first Healing Garden at the University Hospital Lewisham

Supporting the Holocaust Educational Trust‘s Ambassador Programme

The Restoration and Renovation of the Grade II listed Victorian Library at Exeter College, Oxford

Scholarships with the Schwab and Westheimer Trusts, in collaboration with The Refugees Support Network

School’s Project with the National Literacy Trust, producing free resources designed to be used by schools across the UK

Funding for a new Host Coordinator, for Refugees at Home, a three year programme of support

Applications are currently closed, whilst we review and respond to the high number of applications submitted to date. The application form will be live again from June 2024.

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Please read the case studies published on this website and consider if an application meets the criteria of the Trust. The Trust cannot support or fund individuals directly. A registered charitable number is required for an application to be eligible.