The Nuffield Foundation is a Britishcharitable trust, established in 1943 by William Morris (Lord Nuffield), the founder of the Morris Motor Company. The original purpose of the foundation was to "advance social well being", through both research and actual experiment. [1]
The Foundation has income of about 9 million pounds a year.[2] All the income come from its own capital (?), so it is completely independent of individual donors and of Government. Most of its income is spent on grants.
Programmes
The foundation gives grants under the following programmes.[3]
Access to Justice
Child Protection and Family Justice
Commonwealth (health, justice and education in Eastern and Southern Africa)
Education
Grants for Women Students (ENEF)
Older People and their Families
Open Door (for anything of exceptional merit, that doesn't fit in the other programmes)
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