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Juliet Stevenson is The Funding Network's New Patron

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As well as an incredible career in film, television and stage, Juliet is known for her activism and advocacy, particularly for refugee and human rights causes.

“I came to my first TFN event in May and I found the whole evening so inspiring and uplifting. I am really excited to help increase support for charities such as those that pitched at the event I attended.”
— Juliet Stevenson

Juliet's theatre work for the RSC is legendary, and includes Olivier Award-nominated roles in Measure for Measure, As You Like It, Troilus and Cressida, and Les Liaisons Dangereuses. For the National Theatre she has played Yerma, Hedda Gabbler, and Arkadina in The Seagull. Other stage work includes Grusha in The Caucasian Chalk Circle for Complicité, and Death and the Maiden for the Royal Court and in the West End which won her an Olivier Award.

More recently she has performed the title role in The Doctor [Almeida, West End and New York), for which she won the Critics Circle Award for Best Actress and was nominated for an Olivier Award; Mary Stuart, Duet for One (also Olivier nominated) and Hamlet, all of which transferred to the West End. Other theatre work include Wings and Happy Days, both at the Young Vic.

She won best actress at the Evening Standard Film Awards for her role in the film Truly, Madly, Deeply; other film appearances include Emma, Bend It Like Beckham, Mona Lisa Smile, When Did You Last See Your Father, Being Julia, Infamous, and Reawakening. She also received three nominations for TV BAFTAs for A Doll’s House, The Politician’s Wife and Accused, and most recently was seen in Wolf (BBC1), The Man Who Fell to Earth (CBS) and Professor T (ITV). She is soon to be seen in King and Conqueror on BBC1, and in The Deal on a streaming network. She will star in a new play at the National Theatre later this year - Land of the Living by David Lan, directed by Stephen Daldry.

TFN Charity Alumni in Action: Colyton Foundation

When Colyton Foundation pitched at our Spring Connector in May, Director Nick Wakeling highlighted a striking but often overlooked inequality: under-resourced young people in the South West face some of the greatest barriers to educational attainment and progression to higher education in the country.

TFN Charity Alumni in Action: Colyton Foundation

When Colyton Foundation pitched at our Spring Connector in May, Director Nick Wakeling highlighted a striking but often overlooked inequality: under-resourced young people in the South West face some of the greatest barriers to educational attainment and progression to higher education in the country.

Anja Batista Sönksen appointed Chair of The Funding Network

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Anja Batista Sönksen as Chair of The Funding Network’s Board of Trustees.

Anja Batista Sönksen appointed Chair of The Funding Network

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Anja Batista Sönksen as Chair of The Funding Network’s Board of Trustees.

TFN charity alumni in action: Clowns Without Borders

We were delighted to hear that the work of Clowns Without Borders UK, funded at TFN’s 20th anniversary event in 2022, is featured in a new exhibition at Imperial War Museum London.

TFN charity alumni in action: Clowns Without Borders

We were delighted to hear that the work of Clowns Without Borders UK, funded at TFN’s 20th anniversary event in 2022, is featured in a new exhibition at Imperial War Museum London.