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  • We’re recruiting a Trustee Treasurer

    The Lipman Miliband Trust is a charity whose purpose is to support socialist research and education as well as “educational activities that raise public awareness and understanding of struggles and movements for peace, human rights and a more equal, diverse co-operative and democratic society.”

    The Trust was established by socialist businessman Michael Lipman in 1974 and academic Ralph Miliband until his death in 1994. Information about the Trust’s history can be found here, and examples of projects and organisations we have supported in recent years can be found here. We are celebrating fifty years of the Trust’s existence this year – and looking forward to the next 50!

    Having benefited from a significant increase in resources in recent years we have started on an exciting new phase of our development that has meant increasing staff support and expanding our outreach, fund-raising and grant-giving activities.

    We are currently a Board of ten trustees and we are now seeking a Trustee Treasurer who shares our values and our belief in the vital importance of socialist education. You will work with our Trust Coordinator as well as external advisors and accountants in helping to manage our finances and investments, and be a member of our Governance and Finance Working Group. As is the case with all charities, our finances are critical to the success of our work so experience or understanding of financial management and accounting would be very welcome. This is a voluntary, unpaid post, but we are happy to pay for appropriate additional training and there will be a lot of support from the Trust Coordinator and other trustees.

    Being a Trustee is a significant commitment and responsibility, but it is also hugely rewarding. The role will require you to attend each of our four Trustee meetings a year, and to participate in regular online meetings of the Finance & Governance Working Group. You will be part of strategic decision-making about the Trust, contribute towards the Trust’s governance and take part in decisions about grant awards.

    We are based in different locations around the country and most of our work is conducted online, however we aim to meet in-person as a Board at least twice a year.

    To find out more and to arrange an informal chat, please contact info@lipman-miliband.org.uk.


    To apply, please send your CV alongside a cover letter answering the following two questions:

    Why do you want to be a Trustee with the Lipman-Miliband Trust?

    Having read the role description, what particular skills can you offer?

  • March 2023 Funding News

    At the Trust’s March 2023 grants meeting, we offered financial awards to ten valuable projects from all over the UK. These comprised:

    A library of radical children’s literature in Glasgow.

    An accessible booklet documenting the struggle for grassroots democracy and female liberation in Kurdistan (produced in Bristol).

    A conference in Manchester which will enable workers to learn from each other about workplace exploitation.

    A podcast produced in Dorset that helps people understand how UK agrarian workers organise themselves and how this relates to other global workers’ movements.

    A South London theatre production co-created with 15-25 year olds that explores the lowering of the voting age in order to generate youth engagement.

    Three community education days in Belfast, which focus on the history of capitalism and trade union organisation within the specific context of Northern Ireland.

    A multi-media, anti-racist and feminist live performance in Bexhill on Sea’s De La Warr Pavilion, which also incorporates workshops and an exhibition.

    A new website to accompany a quarterly newspaper, currently distributed and sold by rough sleepers and asylum seekers across Britain.

    A weekly podcast produced in North London offering a socialist lens on contemporary economic issues.

    A festival of radical ideas in Devon, organised by regional participants in The World Transformed.

  • Grant Size Increased

    At their July meeting, the Trustees decided that, following our current round of applications (due to be decided in November), we will be raising our maximum grant to £3000. We know that inflation and rising costs are making it harder than ever to get socialist education projects off the ground and we want to help.

  • Past Projects

    We are always delighted to hear from you about how our grants have been spent from the national to the local. In the North East of England we helped fund a project on local radical history with innovative online route maps that enable people to explore, individually or collectively, sites of campaigns for social justice.