The 1st Night in Custody Project
By the late 1990s, one of our focuses was on supporting women within the criminal justice system. The 1st Night in Custody Project contacted women coming into HMP Holloway for the first time, helping reduce anxiety and provide them with information about available...
Saving Bodleian Library’s ceiling from death watch beetles
The Duke Humfrey’s Library within Bodleian houses early printed books and manuscripts and the structure dates back to the 15th century. Urgent repair works were needed when death watch beetles were found in the roof – these woodboring beetles can infest and destroy...
Helping those in the criminal justice system
Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, we gave grants to individuals and families affected by the criminal justice system. For example, £7,000 went to The Terrence Higgins Trust to produce pamphlets aimed at preventing the spread of HIV among drug abusers and prisoners. We...