| Description | The UK Philanthropy Archive was established at the University of Kent in 2019 to collect, preserve and provide access to archives relating to philanthropy in the UK. We collect the archives and papers of UK philanthropists, philanthropic trusts and foundations, philanthropic networks, and other related material.
We are working with the Centre of Philanthropy at the University of Kent to preserve archives on philanthropy in order to enable the better understanding of a whole range of topics. This includes giving motivation, how philanthropy impacts the world around us, what role philanthropy takes alongside government and business, and how it touches on wider subjects of economics, capitalism, social history and democracy. It would be difficult to fully understand how philanthropic individuals and organisations have influenced UK society without the evidence provided by their archives.
Our collections include: Press articles, Reports, Speeches, Meeting minutes, Oral histories and more. |