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The Shackleton Foundation, the charity which supports social entrepreneurs in Sir Ernest Shackleton’s mould, has strengthened its board of trustees it is announced today ( 27 May 2015).Plum Lomax – Deputy Head of Funders at New Philanthropy Capital (NPC), the charity think …

A remarkable diary of Shackleton’s Endurance Expedition has been created by 14 year old Kirsty Patterson as part of her school project. Click here to see the whole diary.

Jayne Hardy is the Founder of The Blurt Foundation. Blurt is dedicated to helping those affected by depression and passionately believes that mental health is just as important as physical health.Blurt raises awareness, provides tools and knowledge to help proactive recovery and …

The Shackleton Foundation is pleased to announce that it has appointed Claudia Bradby as a new trustee.

A new biography of Sir Ernest Shackleton has been published: Shackleton – By Endurance We Conquer, by Michael Smith. It has been described as the first comprehensive biography of Shackleton since the 1980s and brings a fresh perspective to a compelling, charismatic …

As part of the Shackleton Foundation’s My Antarctic campaign I cycled a Brompton bicycle from London to Geneva via Paris last month. This was a solo journey of 650 miles or so (1000km) completed in one week using a Garmin sat nav …