Diana Fund update
Howard Lake | 21 May 1998 | News
Although the first grants from the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund have already been announced, leaflets setting out the criteria for future grant-making will not be available until late August/early September.
Six charities with whom the Princess was involved received grants in March of around £1 million each.
The recipients were:
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- Centrepoint
- English National Ballet
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
- The Leprosy Mission
- National AIDS Trust
- and Royal Marsden NHS Trust.
It is expected that a similar sum will be give to organisations involved in anti-landmine work.
A further £5 million has been set aside for the 95 charitable causes with which the Princess was previously involved.
All enquiries about funding are being handled by Kensington Palace, London, W8 4PU.
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