Programmes
Empowering Change Through Our Funded Programmes
We believe in creating opportunities that make a lasting difference. Through our funding, we support innovative organisations that have bold ideas to drive change at scale. Explore the initiatives we’re proud to champion and see how together, we’re building a brighter future.
Our Programmes
Bookmark
Bookmark aim to improve children’s literacy by promoting a reading for pleasure culture in primary schools, with a focus on supporting children in the most disadvantaged communities.
The Richmond Project has partnered with leading children’s literacy charity Bookmark Reading Charity to fund the distribution of ‘Rocket Packs’, containing 20 number-related storybooks to 305 primary schools, selected due to having below-national-average reading scores and above-average levels of deprivation. The books will reach approximately 93,000 pupils aged 5-11. Rocket Packs are book bundles with accompanying inspiration booklets for teachers so that these books can easily be part of lesson plans and assemblies.
Learning With Parents
Learning with Parents (LwP) is a charity which aims to improve educational outcomes for children through parental engagement with their learning.
The grant to Learning with Parents will be used to evaluate and enhance its digital platform that helps parents support their children’s maths learning at home.
The platform addresses a critical finding from Number Nation: that most parents feel unable to help with maths homework because teaching methods have changed since they were at school. It provides short instructional videos explaining modern teaching approaches, paired with screen-free activities families can do together that align with what children are learning in class.
Rethink Maths
Rethink Maths is a charity that aims to make a lasting difference in the way maths is taught, learned and loved by children, by adults, by everyone.
The Richmond Project grant will fund trials in 50 nursery settings and 50 reception settings during 2026-27, allowing the team to refine materials and gather early evidence of impact.
Unlike typical early years maths provision, the programme includes continuous assessment tools that allow practitioners to identify struggling children immediately and provide “keep up” support, rather than requiring later “catch up” interventions.