Ashden Trust Information

The Ashden Trust is a UK based grant-making charity. It is part of the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts and is one of the 17 trusts within this network. Although the Trust was set up in 1989 and made its first grant in 1990. Over the past 30 years, it has made grants to numerous organisations across a range of sectors; all of which have worked towards tackling climate change in a fair and just way. Sarah Butler-Sloss is the founder and Chair of the Ashden Trust. Sarah is recognised internationally for her work on sustainable development, sustainable energy and climate solutions and her approach to philanthropy; she is a regular contributor to UK and global policy debates in the field of sustainable energy. Best known for founding the Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy in 2001, renamed Ashden in 2009, Sarah led the charity as Founder Director from 2001 to 2019 and is now Chair of Trustees. Sarah is also a trustee of ClientEarth, The Prince of Wales Charitable Fund and the Linbury Trust, and is on the Advisory Board of the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment. She was recently named in Forbes list of the top 100 environmentalists. Grace is a trustee of the Ashden Trust, African Rainforest Trust and an Ambassador for the Rainforest Alliance. She is a trained lawyer and was previously a litigator on civil rights issues and in-house legal counsel for the Rainforest Alliance. Claire is a trustee of the Ashden Trust and co-owner of Doddington Hall and Gardens. Claire is also a trustee of The Doddington Hall Conservation Charity, which aims to conserve and enhance the nature and history within and around the wider Doddington Estate.