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Welcome to the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust website |
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Stephen Lawrence dreamed of becoming an architect, so he could
influence the design of inner cities "from within": unusually, he wanted to be an architect in his own community. Stephen's dreams were cut short by his murder in 1993.
But his dreams live on, because his family and the friends who helped them launch the Trust believed his dreams could inspire other young people, especially those who may have lost faith in their own dreams.
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The Trust is helping make Stephen's dreams a reality for others by opening up architectural and related professions to Britain's most disadvantaged young people. The Trust does its work by
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awarding bursaries to young people who want to train as architects or construction specialists,
- liaising between schools and construction companies,
- presenting to schools and educational institutions, and
- working with the government to find new ways to build communities with self-respect, and to regenerate urban areas.
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The opening of the purpose- built Stephen Lawrence Centre in February 2008 created a permanent home for the Trust.
More importantly, it also provides much-needed mentoring, education, creative and business development facilities for young people who are rediscovering their enthusiasm for life.
The dream lives on...
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Architecture for Everyone |
Dream chance to help
design inner cities
A new £1 million initiative from the Trust and leading architecture company RMJM aims to transform deprived inner city areas “from the inside out”.
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Empowering tomorrow's
digital generation today
BT are working with the Trust to provide a community IT access hub to
provide specific IT and web support.
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A wide variety of companies have invested in the Trust's work with the aim of advancing their CSR commitments to equality and diversity, the relief of poverty, urban regeneration and/or improving the standards of urban planning, design and architecture.
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