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The Actors' Charitable Trust

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TACT, 58 Bloomsbury Street, London WC1B 3QT

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President:  Lord Attenborough CBE
Joint Chairmen:  Geraldine James OBE and Lalla Ward 
Treasurer:  Tim Denham FCA 
Chairman of the Welfare Committee:  Isla Blair

Chairman of the Denville Hall House Committee:  Lisa Bowerman

 

Vice Presidents: The Lady Attenborough, Jane Downs, Lady Freud, Judy Littler, Sir Cameron Mackintosh, Muriel Pavlow, Angela Thorne, Nigel Seale, Dr Wendy Toye CBE and Simon Williams.

Ambassadors: Kim Cattrall, Sir Richard Eyre, Michael Frayn, Sir Peter Hall, Dame Helen Mirren, Sir Tom Stoppard, Lord Winston.

Council members: Patricia Brake, Philippa Burton, Alister Cameron, Claire Carroll, Anna Carteret, Judith Coke, Catherine Comerford, Susan Edmonstone, Michael Elliott, Peter Forbes, E lizabeth Garvie, Elspet Gray, Bernard Holley, Abigail McKern, Doreen Mantle, Jane Maud, Adam Napier, Paul Shelley and Rodney West
Staff:  Robert Ashby (General Secretary), Hayley Bartram (Welfare Adviser).

Past Presidents: Sir Henry Irving (1896–1905), Cyril Maude (1905–14), Sir Gerald du Maurier(1914–34), Sir Noel Coward (1934–56) and Lord Olivier (1956– 89).
Past Vice Presidents include: Sir John Gielgud, Ivor Novello, Constance Cummings, Margaretta Scott, Sir Alec Guinness, Emlyn Williams, Jill Esmond, Lord Grade, Dame Gladys Cooper, Dame Edith Evans, Sir Emile Littler, Sir Michael Redgrave, Jack Hawkins, Gertrude Lawrence, Lorn Lorraine, Frank Lawton, Herbert Beerbohm Tree and Jessie Winter.

TACT helps the children of actors under the age of 21 with grants, advice and support. The smaller TACT Education Fund awards grants to student children of actors.
 

TACT was founded as The Actors’ Orphanage Fund in 1896 by Kitty Carson. The first orphanage was at Morland Road, East Croydon, followed by Langley Hall and then Silverlands in Chertsey, with a hostel for older teenagers in Rutland Gate, London. Since 1958 TACT has helped children in their own homes.

Since 1965 TACT has also run Denville Hall, the retirement and nursing home for elderly actors and actresses, including those with dementia.

TACT receives no Government or statutory support. We have built up an income fund over the decades, and use this towards our work. The donations and legacies from our supporters are also vital in allowing us to help every actor who approaches us with genuine needs.
TACT is a registered charity, number 206809.