Each year the Foundation’s trustees identify a number of small, community-based organisations to receive a surprise seasonal boost of unrestricted funding.
The fund aims to ensure that as many vital youth services as possible are able to keep the lights on and support young people in their local community.
Scientists have moved into the Pears Building which is a collaboration between the Royal Free Charity, UCL and the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust (RFL).
We are delighted to be partnering on a new project launched today to create a Young People’s Forest in Scotland,…
Pears Foundation is investing £1 million in a national programme to reduce the need for food banks.
The coronavirus outbreak has impacted everyone’s life. But for autistic people and their families, it has left them completely stranded….
Congratulations to the EKC Group who have been announced today as winners of the Pears #iWill Award for Social Action…
We are so impressed by our wonderful Pears Partners who have developed resources to support their beneficiaries and the wider…
We, along with a wider group of funders, recognise that the covid-19 outbreak is an exceptional event that will have…
Huge congratulations from the Pears Foundation team.
We are delighted to celebrate Student Volunteering Week 2020 by announcing new funding to Student Hubs through the Pears #iwill…
New £2m capital grant to Kent and Medway Medical School!
We are delighted to announce a new £5.5m grant for The Pears Maudsley Centre for Children and Young People
Marking International Migrants Day with Coram Children’s Legal Centre
We are pleased to share a birthday message written by our Executive Chair.
The Christmas Gifts are our way to mark the festive season, each year the trustees identify a number of small, community based organisations to receive a surprise seasonal boost.
By guest blogger Trisha Thompson, Head of Programmes & Learning at Carers Trust
Winners of two major awards at the Building Better Healthcare Awards
Here we welcome Dave Yates, to share this history and what it means for the two organisations today.
The new projects will focus on various aspects of ageing and how it affects diabetes, vascular disease, neuro-degenerative disease such as Multiple Sclerosis, brain imaging, as well as the use of technology for macular disease research.
We are pleased to share the Foundation Giving Trends 2019
We are pleased to announce the list of commended colleges for the Pears #iwill Beacon Award for Social Action and…
A report released today finds that 2 in 3 autistic adults in England are not getting the support they need….
This Yorkshire Day, we wanted to celebrate the third year of partnering with Leeds Community Foundation to deliver the Pears Youth Fund.
Congratulations to IEF
We are so pleased the Pears Youth Fund is open for a third year.
To celebrate the #PowerOfYouth this Volunteering Week, we’re delighted to publish a special blog from IVAR and our Pears #iWill Fund NHS Peer Network
JustSpirulina featured on the news!
We couldn’t be prouder of Woodrow’s Year 4 pupils who have learnt about the social issues surrounding homelessness and crucially what steps need to be taken to prevent it.
This fund will work to develop greater respect and understanding between people of different backgrounds.
We are thrilled to see the latest figures from the Scouts featured in the Guardian today.
Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge opens the Pears Family School at the new Anna Freud Centre of Excellence
The Trussell Trust’s latest figures show an 18.8% increase in use of food banks this year.
Pears Foundation has more than doubled its annual support for unpaid carers across the UK.
To mark Autism Awareness Week, we are thrilled to welcome guest blogger, Carol Povey, Director of the Centre for Autism…
Hannah Breeze, Senior Programme Coordinator at RSA Academies gives an insight into the exciting new primary school social action project, RSA4.
This International Women’s Day, we’re delighted to share a blog from Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan on Maslaha’s collaborative project with British Fencing, ‘Muslim Girls Fence’.
Dr Toby Simpson, Head of Development at The Wiener Library reflects on his experience attending part of the Pears Grantee Support Programme.
UCL Institute of Education tops the ranks again!
We are delighted to share the latest report from our fantastic Pears Partner IVAR. The report, Duty to Care? makes the…
Celebrating Israeli and Jewish impact, for and with, some of the most disadvantaged people around the world.
To celebrate Local Charities Day, we’re delighted to welcome Isaac Jones from First Give as our guest blogger
Congratulations to our Executive Chair, Sir Trevor Pears for his Honorary Fellowship for Education from the Naz Legacy Foundation. Secretary…
A set of principles to make grant reporting a shared, more meaningful and mutually beneficial experience.
Lord Bourne visits Schools Linking Programme in Luton aimed at promoting community cohesion between pupils.
Pears Foundation are delighted to announce a £5 million grant towards construction of a new building at the University of…
Sir Trevor and Bridget were delighted to be at the launch of the UK’s first Young People’s Forest in Derbyshire…
Tips & Tricks from Pears #iwill Fund NHS Trusts
A selection of recommended readings from Pears Foundation’s Partners to mark Trustees’ Week 2018.
Kawika Solidum, Director of Communications at Step up to Serve, reflects on his Action Learning Set experience
Every year, the UCL Centre for Holocaust Education look to recruit up to 20 secondary schools in England committed to…
RSA launch A whole-school approach to mental health
The Holocaust Survivors Friendship Association, in partnership with the University of Huddersfield have opened The Holocaust Exhibition and Learning Centre today.
Pears Youth Fund, in partnership with Leeds Community Foundation, is now open!
Launch of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust’s young volunteers programme
Are you fit for conflict? Daniel Wehrenfennig at TEDxBerlin
Afrikids have opened the Pears Mother and Babies Centre at Operation Smiles in Northern Ghana.
The first academic Centre for Philanthropy to be established in the UK, at the University of Kent, celebrates its 10th…
A summary of our Dynamic Duo workshop: balancing the relationship between an organisation’s Chair and CEO.
Girlguiding and The Scouts are joining forces for the first time to grow youth social action.
An interview with Dina Gidron, Pears Foundation representative in Israel.