Mulberry
Schools Foundation

Mulberry Schools Foundation is the charitable arm of Mulberry Schools Trust, established in 2019. The Foundation is creating exceptional opportunities for children and young people facing disadvantage, so strengthening their capacity to make a difference in their world. We support, develop and champion young people and their families in the Trust’s schools, its partner schools and its local and global communities. Through our wide range of commissioned and funded activity in support of communities facing disadvantage, we remove barriers, create opportunity, give voice, innovate for change and sustain impact.

The Foundation is currently closed to grant applications.

Foundation news

Speakers’ Corner – Call for Submissions

As a part of our 2025 Global Girl Leading Summit, held on International Day of the Girl, we’re spotlighting the voices of girls from every corner of the globe. Through a powerful video project called Speakers’ Corner, we’ll amplify the stories,…

Global Girl Leading Summit 2025

Friday, 10th October 2025 | 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM In celebration of the International Day of the Girl, the Mulberry Schools Trust is proud to present the highly anticipated Global Girl Leading Summit 2025! Join us at the inspiring Mulberry School for…

Italy Study Tour: Students Lead Global Girl Leading Projects Abroad

The final Global Girl Leading Study Tour for this academic year took place in June in Amondola, Italy. Students got the chance to lead their own Global Girl Leading project on a topic that really mattered to them, such as the gender pay gap and activism.…
Empowering the Next Generation of Global Citizens in New York

Exciting Global Girl Leading Experience: Empowering the Next Generation of Global Citizens in New York.

As part of our transformative Global Girl Leading programme, our students were given a unique opportunity to embark on an extraordinary international study tour.

Global Girl Leaders Unite at Model United Nations Conference in Mexico

In 2024, the Trust developed a partnership with Colegio Carol Baur School in Mexico and students from the school joined our Global Girl Leading Summit.

Global Girl Leading Summit 2024

On 11th October 2024, Mulberry held its annual Global Girl Leading Summit, bringing together girls from across the UK and around the world to discuss and celebrate how women lead change at local, national and international levels. Throughout the day,…

Fundraising for Lenana Girls High School

In February 2024, Mulberry Schools Trust was contacted by Lenana Girls High School in Kenya about taking part in Global Girl Leading. Lenana is a boarding school near Nairobi that was set up by the charity Common Ground for Africa. It supports orphaned,…

Shoulder to Shoulder

On Wednesday 10th July, Mulberry Schools Trust took over the legendary Wilton’s Music Hall in Shadwell. Shoulder to Shoulder featured students from across the Trust performing in a wide variety of pieces, including a group from the Trust Choir and…

Global Girl Leading Study Tour

From 17th-22nd March, eight students from across Mulberry Schools Trust travelled to New York for a Global Girl Leading study tour. Students took part in the United Nations International School's 2024 Conference: Equal Rights Equal Heights: Climbing the…

UK PARTICIPANT

Wherever we met young people, our experiences related to theirs and it was easy to communicate openly with them. Everyone’s contributions were valid and interesting, irrespective of where we came from. We have more similarities than differences.

STUDENT CONFERENCE LEADER

I’ve seen that leadership needs compassion as well as decisiveness.

ACCOMPANYING STAFF MEMBER

Students have come out of their shells, challenged their own behavioural habits and walked away with a new confidence.

STUDENT PARTICIPANT

I knew that the ideas had to come from us and enjoyed this feeling of being in control.