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New Trustee Wanted The Trust is looking for an exceptional individual to join the Board and to sit on the Religious Sub-committee.  We are looking for someone who is sympathetic to the role of faith in the public arena and has experience in one or more of the...

New Vice Chair for Sir Halley Stewart Trust Directors welcomed Jay Evans as Vice-Chair following their Board meeting in October.  Jay joined the Trust as a Director in 2024 and is a member of the Medical Sub-committee.  More information about Jay and all Directors can...

New Chair for Sir Halley Stewart Trust Directors welcomed Louisa Elder as Chair following their Board meeting in June and thanked Theresa Bartlett for her chairmanship over the last seven years. Theresa led the Board through many governance and operational changes,...

Changing Focus - Changing Lives workshop (February 2026) Moving away from crime requires acceptance, employment and housing. Much good work is done to tackle that directly, but here at the Sir Halley Stewart Trust we have been struck by the ways in which other, more...

Grantee awarded OBE for services to Palliative Care in Sierra Leone.    Dr Mary Bunn was awarded an OBE in the King’s Birthday Honours 2025 for services to the Development of Palliative Care in Sierra Leone. This followed 2 small grants from the Sir Halley...

The Sir Halley Stewart Trust was delighted to welcome two new trustees at the recent Board meeting. Sophie Stewart is the daughter of Dr Duncan Stewart and a great-great-granddaughter of Sir Halley Stewart. She has worked in marketing and communications for over 30...

At the recent Board meeting, Andrew Graystone retired after nine years as a Trustee. David Wilkinson, Chair of the Religious subcommittee said: “I want to convey my thanks to Andrew for his service as part of the religious subcommittee and the Trustee Board. Andrew...

The Sir Halley Stewart Trust and The National Academy for Social Prescribing (NASP) announce a new two-year special initiative to strengthen the contribution of faith communities to social prescribing across England. Funded by the Sir Halley Stewart Trust and...

Dr Duncan Stewart retires as President and Trustee. At the recent Board meeting, our President, Duncan Stewart, retired after many years of service. As a great grandson of our founder, Sir Halley, he has done much to maintain links to the original ethos and has...

Natalie Collins of The Women’s Liberation Collective, shares this wonderful blog on her eventful journey to the Centenary event in October.