About HMC Projects - HMC (The Heads' Conference)

HMC Projects in Central and Eastern Europe Limited is a company limited by guarantee. It is a registered charity, number 1074491.

Trustees

Mrs Rachel Owens Chair
Mrs Joy Hopkinson
Mr Peter de Voil
Mr Angus McPhail
Mr David Knapman
Ms Jane Gandee
Mr John Vick
Mr Damian King
Dr Ross Barrand

Patrons

Sir Michael Burton KCVO, CMG, former Ambassador to the Czech Republic; President of the British Czech and Slovak Association
Mr Charles Byrne CBE, Director-General of the English-Speaking Union
Mr Denis Keefe CMG, former Ambassador to Serbia
Professor Michael Proctor FRS, former Provost of King’s College Cambridge
The Baroness Rawlings, former MEP and House of Lords whip; former Chairman of Council, King’s College London; Bulgarian Order of the Rose
Dr Gillian Tett OBE, Provost of King’s College, Cambridge
Mr Miles Young MA, Warden of New College, Oxford

Officers

Dr Jonathan Wolstenholme (Director of HMC Projects)
Ms Gini Currie (Student Coordinator of HMC Projects)
Mr Chris Burrows (Administrator of HMC Projects)

Review of the Trust’s Activities

In 2024, 68 boys and girls, 45 of whom have received full scholarships and 23 partial (reduced-fee) scholarships, have taken up their places in 44 schools. It is through the generosity of these schools that these scholarships are awarded and is an eloquent expression of the perceived value brought to the hosting schools by their HMC Projects scholars.

HMC Projects scholars adapt remarkably to the new opportunities on offer. Many rise to key positions of responsibility within their schools and consistently achieve excellent results. In doing so they act as influential role models amongst their contemporaries.

Feedback from scholars regularly brings home the extent to which the HMC Projects scholarship scheme has provided life-changing opportunities to young people who might have dreamed of the possibility of education in a prestigious UK independent school but who could not possibly have afforded it without the very great generosity of their schools. Public benefit indeed!