Our Supporters
Be part of our story - Seven Stories is a charity and relies on donations from businesses and individuals as well as trusts and foundations.
Chapter One Founders
Our Chapter One Founders are people who have made an outstanding contribution to establishing Seven Stories as Britain’s only gallery and archive dedicated to children’s literature, through their generosity in sharing their time and expertise, through significant donations of money which enabled Seven Stories to be built or significant donations of archive material that enabled the early development of the Seven Stories’ Collection.
They include our founders Elizabeth Hammill OBE & Mary Briggs OBE, who had the original idea for the centre and made it a reality.
Our Friends include:
Sarah Davnall
Berlie Doherty
The Earl Family
Martha Hart
Rose Harrison
Joan Lingard
Deirdre McDermott
Morrison & Mann Ltd.
Fiz Osborne, Bloomsbury Children's Books
The Pelham Family
The Shipley Family
The family of Ursula Moray Williams
and other kind supporters who wish to remain anonymous
Corporate Sponsors
Capital Funders
The John S Cohen Foundation
Foyle Foundation
Gillian Dickinson Charitable Trust
Hadrian Trust
The Equitable Charitable Trust
Idlewild Trust
Sir James Knott Trust
Bernard Sunley Charitable Foundation
James Patterson Bookshop Awards
Garfield Weston Foundation
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation
Walker Books
and the many friends and individual supporters of Seven Stories.
Project Funders
Art Fund
Beecham Schools Fund at the Community Foundation
Arts Council England/V&A Purchase Fund
Ballinger Charitable Trust
The Siobhan Dowd Trust
The Equitable Charitable Trust
The Allan and Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust
Marsh Christian Trust
The Shears Foundation
The Prince's Foundation for Children and the Arts
Heritage Lottery Fund
The Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
Seven Stories is an affiliate member of The Happy Museum Affiliate Scheme, a new peer learning network for the sector.
Seven Stories is signed up to the Family Arts Standards - a UK-wide recognised quality-mark demonstrating excellence in family provision.
We have many valued and long term partnerships with publishers and other businesses.
We present fantastic opportunities to be involved with the UK's only cultural centre dedicated to children's books and to make valuable connections with customers, families, employees and communities in creative ways.
Our partnerships with grant-making trusts and foundations make a big difference to our work with children and young people. There are always opportunities to support our ground breaking exhibitions and learning and participation programmes, as well as supporting the best care for and access to our collections. Please contact info@sevenstories.org.uk about the difference your support could make.