• An archive, library, educational resource and research centre that will allow the materials in its care to be available for use by interested individuals and groups, both in person and through the use of modern storage, retrieval and communication methods. To this end the George Padmore Institute has employed a professional archivist to catalogue and manage the numerous collections in our care. See The Archives section of the website for more information on this.


• Educational and cultural activities including conferences, courses, seminars, talks and readings. Some of the activities we have organised include poetry readings by writers such as Kamau Brathwaite and Jayne Cortez; talks by speakers as diverse as Garth Crooks (footballer and broadcaster), Waveney Bushell (educational psychologist) and Shirley Thompson (composer). See the Publications and Past Events section for a full list of what we have already organised, and the Future Events listings for what is coming up at the George Padmore Institute and elsewhere.
• The publication of relevant materials. For example, the George Padmore Institute has published some of its talks in the book Changing Britannia: Life Experience With Britain and is in the process of making other material ready for publication. See the Publications and Events section for a full description and list of Institute material available.

In the long term, the George Padmore Institute aims to be as self-sufficient as possible. Over the years we have received a number of generous grants from a variety of organisations to finance some of our work. In the past we have received grants from the Sir John Cass Foundation, the Esmee Fairbairn Charitable Trust, the Churches Commission for Racial Justice, the Hilden Charitable Fund, the Stone Ashdown Trust, the Matthew Hodder Charitable Trust and the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust.

We have also been the recipient of two major grants from the Heritage Lottery Fund: the first funded our three-year Changing Britannia Archive Project (2003-2006) and the second is funding the current Crossing Borders Archive Project (2006-2008). We are, however, always grateful for donations and for volunteer help to push ahead with the projects listed above.

Please contact us to find out more or to give a donation. We are also registered for Gift Aid, so please let us know if you are a UK taxpayer.