Our Sponsors & Partners
We would like to thank the following trusts for supporting the Commission and making our work possible
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Ashden Trust
The Ashden Trust is a grant-making charity established in 1989 and is one of the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts. Its priorities are climate change, sustainable development and improving the quality of life of vulnerable and disadvantaged people.
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Alan and Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund
This trust concentrates its resources on a small number of programmes, including support for UK charities which defend civil liberties and human rights
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iProbono
iProbono’s mission is to enable people to access their rights in pursuit of a just society.niProbono provides holistic counsel with a strong, lean team that delivers strategic direction and execution, while also leveraging the expertise and commitment of a wide community of pro bono lawyers.
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Clare Renton
Clare Renton is a barrister specialising in international family law. She has appeared in numerous reported cases in family law – most recently Re RS (Forced Marriage Protection Order) [2015] EWHC 3534 (Fam) and E-R (Child Arrangements) [2016] EWHC 805 (Fam) – and lectures regularly to solicitors. She was appointed to the EU Committee of Experts (one of 35) in 2006 to consider EU Family law jurisdictional rules. She is a Fellow of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and an accredited mediator. Clare is also a MENCAP volunteer with expertise in consent issues for people with learning disabilities. She is a Bencher of Lincolns Inn.
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The Duchess of Wellington
Princess Antonia of Prussia, Duchess of Wellington, Princess of Waterloo, Duchess of Victoria, Duchess of Ciudad Rodrigo OBE is a British aristocrat and philanthropist. She serves as the president of The Guinness Partnership, an affordable housing community benefit society in the United Kingdom.