The Seckford Trust (or Seckford Foundation) is a charitable trust founded in the 16th century by

Thomas Seckford Thomas Seckford Esquire (1515 – 1587) was a senior lawyer, a "man of business" at the court of Queen Elizabeth I, a landowner of the armigerous Suffolk gentry, Member of Parliament,M.K. Dale, 'Seckford (Sakford), Thomas (1515/16-87), of Gray ...

J. H. Baker, 'Seckford, Thomas (1515/16–1587)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 200
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/ref> that remains active to this day. The trust is based in and operates in the area of

Woodbridge, Suffolk Woodbridge is a port and market town in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. It is up the River Deben from the sea. It lies north-east of Ipswich and forms part of the wider Ipswich built-up area. The town is close to some major a ...

. The trust operates the

Woodbridge School Woodbridge School is an independent school in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, founded in 1577, for the poor of Woodbridge. It was later supported by the Seckford Foundation. Woodbridge School has been co-educational since September 1974. Histor ...

, a co-educational boarding school founded in 1577 with 725 students of ages four through eighteen. It also operates Seckford Almshouses, the Deben Family Centre, and other facilities, and gives grants to needy individuals and deserving organizations. In 2006, it opened a theatre within the grounds of Woodbridge school, called the Seckford Theatre.

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External links

Secford Foundation web site
Woodbridge, Suffolk Charities based in Suffolk Charitable trusts