The Turing Trust is a British charitable organisation that supports education in sub-Saharan Africa through the reuse of computers and improvement of associated

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. The trust was set up by the family of the computing pioneer

Alan Turing Alan Mathison Turing (; 23 June 1912 – 7 June 1954) was an English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher, and theoretical biologist. Turing was highly influential in the development of theoretical co ...

. It was founded by Alan Turing's great-nephew, James Turing, in 2009. Sir

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has been a trustee since its inception. Countries where the trust is active include

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, and

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. 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 registered charity 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

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, and in 2020 moved to

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, Midlothian, just south of Edinburgh.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Turing Trust 2009 establishments in the United Kingdom Organizations established in 2009 Educational charities based in the United Kingdom Information technology charities based in the United Kingdom Organisations based in Edinburgh Organisations based in Midlothian Education in Africa Information technology in Africa Computer recycling Teacher training programs Sub-Saharan Africa Alan Turing