Daphne Jackson Trust
The Daphne Jackson Trust is an independent UK charity based in the Physics Department at the University of Surrey.
| Founded | 1992 |
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| Founder | Daphne Jackson |
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Area served | UK |
Key people | Katie Perry (Chief Executive) Teresa Anderson (Chair of Trustees) |
| Website | daphnejackson |
It was established in 1992 to provide Fellowships to scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians to return them to their careers after a career break of over two years taken for family, caring or health reasons. The Daphne Jackson Trust arranges salaried, part-time Fellowships, usually held over two years, which are normally based at a university or industrial laboratory throughout the UK. Fellows undertake a supervised research project with a retraining programme. The Trust's work is highly praised by Government and the charity is acknowledged as running the foremost returners' scheme in the country. The Trust's Fellowship scheme has been recognised as an exemplar model for returnships; over the past 30 years, it supported over 370 Daphne Jackson Fellows return to their careers.