Tom's Trust

The main objectives of Tom’s Trust are:

• to assist disadvantaged children and young people in the London area to achieve their potential and to lead rewarding lives by providing them with educational and vocational training opportunities which they would otherwise be unlikely to receive; and

• to help to tackle and prevent the root causes of violent gang culture and violent street crime through educational programmes and other charitable means.

The current Trustees of the charity are Tom’s parents, Alan Walls and Andrew Hughes, partners at Linklaters LLP, the law firm at which Tom worked, and Callum McGeoch, a school friend of Tom's.

The Trustees have explored many options for promoting these goals of Tom’s Trust. They have met with and been greatly assisted by many experienced individuals and organisations who are focussed on achieving goals that overlap with those of Tom’s Trust and have generously provided help and advice.

The Trustees are delighted to confirm that none of the funds raised have been used to cover any form of administrative costs, with the result that every single penny of the funds will be spent on promoting the Trust’s objectives.