The Spalding Trust is a

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based in Stowmarket, England. Its mandate is to promote intercultural understanding by encouraging the study of

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. Mr. and Mrs. H.N. Spalding established the Trust by means of two

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in 1923 and 1928. The Trust has made grants to individuals, institutions and libraries. Among its benefactions have been the Spalding Chair in Eastern Religions and Ethics and the Spalding Lectureship in Eastern Orthodox Studies, both in the Faculty of Oriental Studies at the

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. The Trust also gave several grants to the School of Oriental Studies at the

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in the 1950s. A Spalding Visiting Fellowship in Comparative Religion was established at

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in 1994. The Trust's website presents the scope of projects supported, and instructions for individuals applying for assistance. The Spalding Trust's chairs have included Sir Douglas Veale (1950-1953) and

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(1953-1971). The Ellen Rebe Spalding Memorial Fund was set up by H. N. Spalding in memory of his mother. It is a subdivision within the Spalding Trust. Grants from this fund, totalling approximately £2000 annually, are used to help women and children in the family's home county of Oxfordshire.

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{{EW charity , num=1188315 , name= The Spalding Memorial Educational Trust Charities based in Suffolk Educational charities based in the United Kingdom

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