In 1913 Andrew Carnegie set up the Trust to improve the well-being of the “masses”.

As a twenty first century operating trust, we take this to mean that we are required not just to influence ideas and policy, but also to be active in delivering real-life solutions that actually make people’s live better. So, while we may say that something has to be done, we will also find practical ways for that “something” to be done.

Our Practice work will take forward the initiatives generated by policy and research (either the Trust’s own research or that developed by others) and developing them into practical pilot projects to be undertaken in partnership with other organisations interested in working in the same areas.

The process is one of continued feedback between policy development and practical work: policy work feeding into practical projects, and the outcomes of practice affecting thinking and future research.