About the Linbury Trust

The Linbury Trust is a charitable trust established by Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover KG, and his wife, Lady Anya Sainsbury, CBE.

The trustees of the Linbury Trust make grants to organisations and towards causes across a broad range of categories, including:

•  The arts
•  Art education
•  Social welfare
•  Drug abuse
•  Education
•  Environment and heritage
•  Older people
•  Medical
•  Developing countries.
  

Trustees give priority to causes in which they have a particular interest and where they have particular knowledge and experience, as exemplified by their support for the Linbury Biennial Prize for Stage Design.

Lady Anya Sainsbury CBE, Chair of the Linbury Biennial Committee
Anya Sainsbury had a distinguished career as Anya Linden with the Royal Ballet Company from 1951 to 1965, becoming a ballerina in 1958. After retiring from the company, she studied stage design at the Slade School of Art. She has continued to be actively involved in the Royal Ballet School and the Rambert School, both as a teacher and on their governing bodies. Anya established the Linbury Biennial Prize for Stage Design in 1987.