Royal Shakespeare Company endowment contribution

The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is a theatre based in Stratford-upon-Avon, the home town of William Shakespeare. The RSC perform plays by Shakespeare and his contemporaries, as well as commissioning original work from contemporary writers. This grant contributes £7million to an endowment to underpin the RSC's work in schools across the UK, alongside a £500,000 grant to support a longitudinal study of the impact of the company's work on learning in children and young people.