Allen Lane Lectures
Almost every 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 has been published. Please see the links below.
The 2009 lecture was given by Kathleen Duncan OBE on Wednesday 29 April at the Ismaili Centre in South Kensington. It was very well-attended and an extremely thought-provoking and enjoyable occasion. You can read the published text below.
2009
Kathleen Duncan OBE
Hard Times but Great Expectations - The Current Financial Climate and The Third Sector
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2008
The Rt. Hon. Frank Field MP
Acceptable Behaviour Contracts for the Super Rich
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2007
The Foundation did not hold a lecture in 2007.
2006
Clare Morpurgo
Allen Lane, the man and his Foundation
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2005
Julia Unwin
Dissent - Independence and Risk - the challenge for independent grant-making trusts
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2004
Luke FitzHerbert
The Challenge of Endowment
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2003
Andrew Phillips
The Charity/Business duet : harmony or discord?
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2002
Ben Whitaker
Opportunity and Responsibility How do we best use limited resources in grant-making
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2001
Helen Bamber
Founder of the Medical Foundation for the Victims of Torture.
Helen spoke from the heart and there is no text to publish.
2000
Richard Stone -
Do "People like us" get the best out of grants
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1999
Steven Burkeman -
An Unsatisfactory Company...?
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