The Lipman-Miliband Trust exists to support socialist political education as a vital tool for collective action, democratic engagement and transformative change. In an era of growing inequality, democratic erosion and disinformation, we fund and champion work that builds critical awareness, collective power and alternative futures.

For over fifty years, the Trust has provided funding to grassroots movements, activists, researchers, educators and creatives who expand the possibilities for radical education and organising. We support initiatives that:

• Build collective power — Strengthening networks of solidarity, trust and action.
• Develop critical education — Equipping people with the knowledge and skills to understand and challenge economic, social and political systems.
• Expand political imagination — Encouraging the creation of new ideas, strategies and possibilities for socialist change.
• Support movement infrastructure — Generating and sustaining organisations, networks and projects that engage in long-term socialist education and organising.

Socialist political education is an intervention against oppression, inequity and the destruction of democracy. We see socialist education as a practice that takes place in workplaces, communities, cultural spaces, activist networks and learning spaces.

The Trust continues to build on the vision of its founders, Michael Lipman and Ralph Miliband, in ensuring that underfunded, radical and experimental political education projects have the support they need to develop and thrive. We are committed to adapting and expanding our role in the historic struggle for systemic economic change and towards a more just, democratic and socialist future.