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The Carnegie UK Trust has appointed Geoff Mulgan to chair the Carnegie Inquiry on the Future of Civil Society – the first inquiry into this area undertaken by the Trust since the publication of the Wolfenden Report a generation ago.

The 23 worldwide foundations established by Andrew Carnegie during his lifetime have announced the names of the recipients of The Andrew Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy 2005.

William Thomson, great grandson of Scots American philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie, is to retire as the Chair of the Carnegie United Kingdom Trust.

Mr William Thomson, the great grandson of Andrew Carnegie, the Scots American philanthropist, will be in New York during Tartan Week to promote the Andrew Carnegie medals of philanthropy being presented in the Scottish Parliament later this year.

A host of the world’s foremost business figures, philanthropists and international commentators are to gather in Scotland, the birthplace of Andrew Carnegie, in October for a major event on the future of global philanthropy.

The four UK-based foundations endowed by the father of modern philanthropy, Andrew Carnegie, are planning to co-locate to bespoke new headquarters at Pittencrieff Park in Dunfermline. They have been holding talks with Fife Council about the possibility of co-locating to the Park the childhood paradise which the Scots-American steel king gifted to the people of his native city in 1903.

The merger of the New Opportunities Fund and the Community Fund to create Big Lottery Fund has provided an opportunity to delegate responsibility for a new Rural Action Research programme to Carnegie UK Trust through an ‘award partner’ model.

Foundation shifts focus from grants to support for more sustainable change

The Carnegie United Kingdom Trust, one of Britain’s oldest philanthropic foundations, is to re-target its resources to drive the agenda for sustainable change.

The world’s premier international awards for philanthropy will be presented in Scotland for the first time on 4th October 2005.

Kate Braithwaite MBE has been appointed Director of the Carnegie Commission for Rural Community Development.