The Turing Trust is a British charitable organisation that supports education in

sub-Saharan Africa Sub-Saharan Africa is, geographically, the area and regions of the continent of Africa that lies south of the Sahara. These include West Africa, East Africa, Central Africa, and Southern Africa. Geopolitically, in addition to the List of sov ...

through the

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computer A computer is a machine that can be programmed to Execution (computing), carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations (computation) automatically. Modern digital electronic computers can perform generic sets of operations known as C ...

s and improvement of associated teacher training. The trust was set up by the family of the computing pioneer Alan Turing. It was founded by Alan Turing's great-nephew, James Turing, in 2009. Sir

Dermot Turing Sir John Dermot Turing, 12th Baronet (born 26 February 1961) is a British solicitor and author. Education Turing was educated at Sherborne School and King's College, Cambridge. He then undertook a DPhil degree in genetics of the Drosophila me ...

has been a trustee since its inception. Countries where the trust is active include Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi. Its main focus at present is in Malawi where it is working with Computers for Enhanced Education to set up computer labs in schools across the Northern and Central Regions. The Turing Trust is a

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in England and Wales #1156687 and Scotland SC046150. It has partnered with Arcturus publishing in the production of a number of Turing-related puzzle books. The trust was based in Edinburgh, Scotland, and in 2020 moved to

Loanhead Loanhead is a town in Midlothian, Scotland, in a commuter belt to the south of Edinburgh, and close to Roslin, Bonnyrigg and Dalkeith. The town was built on coal and oil shale mining, and the paper industries. History Loanhead was a tiny villag ...

Midlothian Midlothian (; gd, Meadhan Lodainn) is a historic county, registration county, lieutenancy area and one of 32 council areas of Scotland used for local government. Midlothian lies in the east-central Lowlands, bordering the City of Edinburgh, ...

, just south of Edinburgh.

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