| 词条 | Whitgift Foundation |
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| name = The Whitgift Foundation | image = | type = Charitable Trust | founded_date = 1596 | tax_id = | registration_id = | founder = John Whitgift | location = North End, Croydon, England | origins = | key_people = | area_served = | product = | mission = | focus = Education and Care | method = | revenue = | endowment = | num_volunteers = | num_employees = | num_members = | subsid = | owner = | non-profit_slogan = | former name = | homepage = http://www.whitgiftfoundation.co.uk/ | dissolved = | footnotes = }} The Whitgift Foundation is a charity based in Croydon, South London, England. The purpose of the charity is to provide education for the young and care for the elderly. The main activities of the charity are the operation of three independent schools, providing sheltered accommodation and nursing care through three care homes and running the Carer's Information Service. In addition, the charity provides bursaries and scholarships in excess of £5million a year. The foundation is governed by a Court of Governors, including the Bishop of Croydon; the Vicar of Croydon; and nominees of the Archbishop of Canterbury and Croydon Council.[1] HistoryThe Whitgift Foundation was founded in 1596 by the Archbishop of Canterbury, John Whitgift. His aims were to provide care for the elderly and education for the young. Originally three separate buildings were built, The Hospital of Holy Trinity (now known as The Almshouses), The School House and Schoolmaster’s House. The latter two were demolished in 1897, leaving the Almshouses as the only remaining original building. The Whitgift Centre, a large shopping mall, now stands where the later Victorian school and surrounding buildings and sports fields were. These buildings were occupied in turn by Whitgift School, prior to its move to south Croydon in 1931, and then by Trinity School, prior to its move to Shirley Park. SchoolsThe Whitgift Foundation runs three independent day schools:
John Whitgift Academy, in Grimsby is named after John Whitgift, but is not part of the Whitgift Foundation References1. ^Whitgift Foundation: Governors External links
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