Seckford Trust

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The Seckford Trust (or Seckford Foundation) is a charitable trust founded in the 16th century by Thomas SeckfordJ. H. Baker, 'Seckford, Thomas (1515/16–1587)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/25000, accessed 29 April 2007] that remains active to this day.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2002/apr/23/voluntarysector.publicschools|last=Revell| first=Phil| title=Education: Poor little rich schools: Is it right for elite schools to use charitable status to win public money?|work=The Guardian |location=UK| pages=2| date =23 April 2002}} The trust is based in and operates in the area of Woodbridge, Suffolk.

The trust operates the Woodbridge School,{{cite news |last=Masey| first=Anthea| title=Eastern promise ; The beauty of East Anglia inspired Constable and charms Londoners. High-speed links now allow more people to live the rural idyll and benefit from top schools and country life an hour from London, says Anthea Masey| work=Evening Standard| pages=12| date =1 October 2003}} a co-educational boarding school founded in 1577 with 725 students of ages four through eighteen.

It also operates Seckford Almshouses,{{Cite web|url=http://www.woodbridgerotary.org.uk/about_woodbridge.htm|title=About Woodbridge, Suffolk UK|accessdate=15 April 2007|publisher=The Rotary Club of Woodbridge Suffolk UK|year=2002|author=B.J. Harrison |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070208191806/http://www.woodbridgerotary.org.uk/about_woodbridge.htm |archivedate = 8 February 2007}} the Deben Family Centre,{{Cite web|url=http://www.seckford-foundation.org.uk/deben-family-centre/index.asp|title=Deben Family Centre|accessdate=15 April 2007|publisher=The Seckford Foundation |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070928162054/http://www.seckford-foundation.org.uk/deben-family-centre/index.asp |archivedate = 28 September 2007}} and other facilities, and gives grants to needy individuals and deserving organizations.{{Cite web|url=http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/welsh/registeredcharities/ShowCharity.asp?RegNo=214209|title=Darn o'R Gofrestr Ganolog Elusennau a gynhelir gan y Comisiwn Elusennau ar gyfer Cymru a Lloegr|accessdate=15 April 2007|publisher=The Charity Commission|year=2005}}

In 2006, it opened a theatre within the grounds of Woodbridge school, called the Seckford Theatre.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oldwoodbridgians.org.uk/Drama.html|title=Drama at WS|accessdate=15 April 2007|publisher=The Old Woodbridgians Website|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070414180547/http://www.oldwoodbridgians.org.uk/Drama.html|archivedate=14 April 2007}}