Paul Hamlyn Foundation
Paul Hamlyn Foundation
Paul Hamlyn Foundation is a registered charity.[1] and a company limited by guarantee [2] founded in England in 1987 by Paul Hamlyn.
It is an independent grant-making foundation, making grants to individuals and organisations across the UK to help people overcome disadvantage. The Foundation has a particular interest in supporting young people and a strong belief in the importance of the arts.[citation needed]
The Foundation is based in Kings Cross, London, and has a staff of approximately forty. Trustees include Jane Hamlyn (Chair), Tim Bunting, Tony Hall, Baron Hall of Birkenhead, Michael Hamlyn, Charles Leadbeater, James Lingwood, Jan McKenley-Simpson, Anthony Salz, Claire Whitaker and Tom Wylie.[citation needed]
History[edit]
The Foundation was established by Paul Hamlyn, an entrepreneurial publisher and philanthropist. His success was built on the development of new products that took high quality literature and art to a mass market. These included the first illustrated cookbooks, a series of classical music recordings and high quality arts books. Born Paul Bertrand Wolfgang Hamburger in Berlin in 1926, he came to the UK as a migrant in 1933 to escape Nazi persecution. He served during World War II as one of the Bevin boys working in coal mines. He started his first book-selling business in 1949, selling volumes out of a wheelbarrow. From these beginnings, Hamlyn Books eventually grew.[citation needed]
Activities[edit]
UK investment[edit]
Paul Hamlyn Foundation works across the UK. The current strategy launched in June 2015 has six strategic priorities; to support imaginative people to nurture exciting ideas; to widen access and participation in the arts; to improve people’s education and learning through the arts; to show that the arts make a difference to people’s lives; to support the development and growth of organisations investing in young people and positive change; and to improve support for young people who migrate, and strengthen integration so that communities can live well together.[citation needed]
Awards for Artists[edit]
Paul Hamlyn Foundation established Awards for Artists in 1994, supporting individuals to develop their creative ideas at a timely moment in their careers, with no strings attached.[citation needed] Ten awards of £60,000 each are made annually; five to visual artists and five to composers.[3] Previous recipients have included Yinka Shonibare, Phyllida Barlow, Eliza Carthy and Jeremy Deller.[citation needed]
India[edit]
Paul Hamlyn spent time in India and wanted to help communities there. Paul Hamlyn Foundation has been working in India since 1992 and has funded over 200 projects to date.[citation needed] The Foundation’s three main aims for investment in India are to enable vulnerable communities living in priority geographical areas to improve their lives; to enable especially vulnerable people living anywhere in India to improve their lives; and to develop the capacity of organisations and people who facilitate the above aims.[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Charity overview". apps.charitycommission.gov.uk.
- ↑ "PAUL HAMLYN FOUNDATION - Overview (free company information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk.
- ↑ https://www.artlyst.com/news/paul-hamlyn-foundation-announces-awards-uk-visual-artists-composers/
External links[edit]
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