Background

The J Paul Getty Jr Charitable Trust started distributing funds in 1986. Since then nearly £32 million has been given to over 3,000 worthwhile causes all over the UK.

The Trust was endowed by Sir Paul Getty KBE, who died in April 2003 in London, where he had lived since the 1980s.

The Trust, which now has capital of about £55 million, made grants totalling £1.8 million in 2006.