The Ruskin Foundation oversees the world’s largest collection of the works of the writer, artist and social visionary John Ruskin. These assets are housed at the Ruskin Library at Lancaster University, and Ruskin’s former home and estate, Brantwood, where the Foundation is based.
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The Foundation explores the relevance of Ruskin’s ideas today, undertaking intellectual enquiry and educational activity through a wide range of projects.
How To Be Rich
‘How To Be Rich’ is the comic book version of Ruskin’s Unto This Last, with which the Foundation started its educational outreach. 10,000 copies were distributed to schools as part of a larger educational project. Copies of the comic, together with teachers’ notes, lesson plans and activities, are available from the Foundation. To see a film about the project, click here .
Prison Work
In Haverigg Prison we have worked to help offenders launch a prison newspaper, The Haverigg Seagull. The newspaper is also distributed to the wider communities of Millom, and West Cumbria, and is set to become a community resource. Inmates working on the project receive accredited training from the NUJ. The Foundation has undertaken additional studies relating to issues in prisons in its region. If you are interested in learning more about our work in this area, please contact us.
The Ruskin journey
The Ruskin Journey: the Roots of Tomorrow is a project to explore the physical and cultural dimensions of Europe, revisiting Ruskin’s own journeys along the ‘Old Road’. It is both a sensual and intellectual odyssey which consists of a series of occasional, informal expeditions which you can undertake in company, and a trail which you can explore on your own with supporting resources, either at home, or on the ground. The project is a work in progress.
Contact Us
For general enquiries, please contact:
Helen Wharton
The Ruskin Foundation
Brantwood
Coniston
Cumbria
LA21 8AD
Telephone: 015394 41396
For issues relating to scholarship and the collection, please contact the Ruskin Library.
For issues relating to education and prison work, please contact the Education & Outreach Officer, Emma Bartlet.
For issues relating to Brantwood, please contact the General Manager, Rachel Litten.
The Director of the Foundation is Howard Hull.
Patron: Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra GCVO
Chair of the Trustees: Dr The Hon E M G Robins JP
Trustees: Ms S Bacon; D Barrie; Dr H A Cann CBE; The Hon Mrs C G Edwards; Professor Anthony Gatrell; Professor R Hewison MA, MLitt, DLitt; Nichola Johnson; Lord Judd of Portsea BSc Econ, Hon LLD, Hon DLitt; Canon David Peacock BA, MA, DD(honoris causa); M E G Prince MA FCA; Professor J M Richards MA, FRHistS; Professor J Spiers BA, Duniv, FRSA
The Ruskin Foundation is a Charitable Company Limited by Guarantee
Registered Charity 1032302
Please note that The Ruskin Foundation is not a grant-giving body
