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
Environmental Education, with the Berkeley Reafforestation Trust
The Marks Family Charitable Trust has a long built partnership working with the Berkeley Reafforestation Trust, a charity now directed towards environmental education for young people in the UK. The Berkeley Reafforestation Trust seeks to foster children’s understanding, appreciation and experience of the natural world through the medium of Forest School in the UK.
Birdlife International expands World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas
In January 2020, The Marks Family Charitable Trust began working with Birdlife International, to support their endeavours in Conservation, Data and Education. The project goal is to further develop the World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas.
The Gift of Reading, with Give a Book
The Marks Family Charitable Trust are partnering with Give a Book, to support their work encouraging reading and promoting literacy in schools. Together they identified a London school in 2019, with no library space and a very small provision of books, for an expanding school. In 2020 a beautiful new library space has been completed, with supporting reading clubs; a space for pupils to enjoy and use.
Apelles Art Fund, King’s College Cambridge
The Apelles Art History Fund was established by King’s College in 2016 to support original research in the history of art at the College, patrimonial acquisitions and the restoration of art works owned by the College. The Marks Family Charitable Trust has worked to support a credible King's College Fund for the Arts, for several years.