Allen Lane Foundation
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Home PageAnnual LecturesEvery year the Foundation hosts a lecture in memory of Sir Allen Lane. Past lecturers have included Mary Robinson, former President of the Irish Republic, The Bishop of Oxford the Rt.Rev Richard Harries and The Rt. Hon. Frank Field MP. Since 1999 the text of the lecture each year will be published here. Please see the links below The 2008 lecture was held on Tuesday 12 February at the Institute of Child Health in London. It was well-attended and a very thought-provoking and enjoyable occasion. You can read the published text below.The Rt. Hon. Frank Field MP Acceptable Behaviour Contracts for the Super Rich 2008.htm (The Foundation did not hold a lecture in 2007.) Clare Morpurgo Allen Lane, the man and his Foundation 2006 Lecture Julia Unwin Dissent, Independence and Risk - the challenge for independent grant-making trusts 2005.htm Luke FitzHerbert The Challenge of Endowment (2004) 2004.htm Ben Whitaker Opportunity and Responsibility How do we best use limited resources in grant-making (2002)2002.htm (The 2001 lecture was given by Helen Bamber, founder of the Medical Foundation for the Victims of Torture. Helen spoke from the heart and there is no text to publish.) Richard Stone Do "People like us" get the best out of grants (2000) 2000.htm Steven Burkeman An Unsatisfactory Company...?" (1999) 1999.htm |