Tragedies during the Second World War
The Pilgrim Trust’s offices in the Adelphi, London were bombed and in 1941, one of the Trustees, Lord Stamp, was killed in an air raid. The Trustees decamped to Wales for the rest of the war, returning to London in 1945.
Launching CEMA: later known as the Arts Council of Great Britain
As the Second World War began, one of our Trustees, Lord Macmillan saw how low morale was. He helped created the Committee for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts – CEMA – which was successful in bringing arts and music projects to local communities across...
Preservation of the Countryside
We supported the Oxford Preservation Trust to purchase the Headington Hills – over 500 acres – to save them from redevelopment as a green space for public enjoyment. From our earliest years, we funded organisations like this, to help them buy the rights of...