AboutTheKing’sFoundation
At The King’ s Foundation, our charitable mission is to build sustainable communities and transform lives We were founded in 1990 by The King, when he was Prince of Wales, and His Majesty remains our Royal Founding President and is deeply committed to our work.
As you will be aware, we work across a diverse range of sectors including nature and sustainability, farming and horticulture, art and design, and sustainable fashion and textiles
We offer education programmes and training opportunities in traditional and heritage skills such as building crafts, embroidery, millinery and furniture making
At the heart of all our work is The King’ s philosophy of Harmony - that by working in Harmony with nature, rather than working against it, we can create a more sustainable future.
We work with a range of Ambassadors who support the work of The King’ s Foundation Our
Ambassadors include David Beckham, Sienna Miller, Rod Stewart and Penny Lancaster, George Clarke, Sarah Beeny and Patrick Grant We work across some incredible heritage sites in the United Kingdom, including Dumfries House, Highgrove Gardens and the Garrison Chapel
We represent and promote the change His Majesty wants to see in the world - and we are delighted to have you join us on our journey.
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InnovationinPracticeAward- Awarded to an individual or organisation which has adopted a groundbreaking approach to embedding nature-inspired solutions in practice.
TheTeachingAward- Awarded to an individual who has passed on knowledge and/or skills through the generations.
EmergingTalentAward- Awarded to an individual who has shown exceptional talent and commitment while on a King’ s Foundation programme
Young Entrepreneur Award - Awarded to a King’ s Foundation alumni who has developed/grown their business
International Impact Award - Awarded to an individual or organisation which has had a significant impact internationally through support for education and training.
AdvocateoftheYear- Awarded to an individual who has gone above and beyond to promote the philosophy of Harmony during the year.
Corporate Champion - Awarded to an organisation which has consistently demonstrated a commitment to embedding Harmony principles in its activities.
PartnershipoftheYear- Awarded to an organisation which has gone above and beyond to partner with The King’ s Foundation during the year
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Keydatesforyourdiary
Weekcommencing19 May–AnnouncingAwardNominations
Thursday12thJune–TheKing’sFoundationAwardsCeremonyatStJamesPalace
Usefulinformationandguidance
Mediaopportunities
Please let The King’ s Foundation’ s Communications Team know if you are approached for any media opportunities related to the Aw
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t we can align and coordinate on messaging. If you are keen to draft press releases relating to your nomination to coincide with our announcement, you are welcome to do so but we would need to approve this before it is published. Please send these to the communications@kings-foundation.org email address for us to review.
Socialmedia
You will be provided with a Comms Pack with assets to use across your social media channels to reflect that you are an Award nominee when we announce the nominations publicly in May. We will share this with you soon and update you on the exact launch date. Please be aware that as part of the network, you are representing the charity Please be mindful of this when posting content on social media linked to the Foundation
SocialMediaFAQs
HowshouldIrefertoTheKing’sFoundationandtheAwards?
Here is some agreed messaging you can use:
The King’ s Foundation is a charity founded by King Charles III, who remains the
organisation’ s Royal Founding President.
This year the charity is celebrating its 35 anniversary th
Inspired by the vision and values of His Majesty, The King’ s Foundation builds and supports communities where people, places and the planet can coexist in harmony.
The charity offers education courses for almost 15,000 students annually, health and wellbeing programmes for nearly 2,000 people every year, and spearheads placemaking and regeneration projects in the UK and overseas to revitalise communities and historic buildings.
The King’ s Foundation is headquartered at its flagship regeneration project, Dumfries
House in Ayrshire, Scotland, and acts as custodian of other historic Royal sites including the
Castle of Mey in Caithness, Scotland, and Highgrove Gardens in Gloucestershire. The
Foundation also carries out its work at educational and cultural hubs in London, based at
The King’ s Foundation School for Traditional Arts in Shoreditch, Trinity Buoy Wharf on
the River Thames and the Garrison Chapel in Chelsea. In addition to its UK presence, the
Foundation delivers programmes and projects in over a dozen sites worldwide
The Awards take place annually and are an opportunity to recognise and celebrate the work of The King’ s Foundation and its wider impact
The ceremony is attended by nominees, their families and guests, ambassadors and notable supporters and friends of the Foundation
If you are unsure of how to refer to anything, or if you have any questions about what you can and can ’t say, please check with us
WillTheKing’sFoundationwanttocollaborateonmyposts?
We can ’t guarantee we ’d be able to collaborate on all posts due to our busy social schedule, but we would love to see your content and post copy in advance so we can gage whether it’ s something we ’d collaborate on Please do keep us updated with any plans for your content, and feel free to invite us to collaborate and we will accept if we can!
