About The Estelle Trust

From 2003 to 2024 the main focus for the Trust was the development of community schools in Zambia. The schools are an essential educational resource for Zambia’s exceptionally large population of orphans and vulnerable children. The Estelle Trust formed a local Zambian charity, the Bana Tandizo Foundation, which employed a small team of educational and development specialists who supervised the construction of school buildings, organised teacher training, and developed health and welfare programmes for the     children. The projects were passed on to a local Zambian charity with strong educational credentials at the end of 2024.

From 2024, The Estelle Trust has largely focused on projects that develop and deliver education in the arts and humanities in the UK. This is a response to the weakening provision of education in these subjects at all levels of study from primary schools to universities, and the reduction in local and government funding of public museums, galleries and other arts institutions. In 2025 the Trust helped to establish Lund Humphries Foundation for Visual Arts. Working in partnership, the Trust and the Foundation are engaged in a long-term partnership which spreads the knowledge and enjoyment of the arts and humanities through the publication of educational books and the support of associated events and exhibitions at public museums and galleries.