University of Liverpool
The Sir Peter Rigby Centre for Enterprise - equipping undergraduates with the skills and confidence to start their own ventures.
Giving Back
Fortune, with a duty attached.
For three decades the Rigby Foundation has carried the family's philanthropy into hundreds of organisations, anchored in the West Midlands and extending nationally and internationally.
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Areas of support
Five areas. Hundreds of organisations.
Education & Skills.
From two universities to a dozen of Birmingham's most under-served schools.
Aston University
The Sir Peter Rigby Digital Futures Institute, advancing digital skills and research in Birmingham.
Cranfield University
Helping hundreds of aerospace engineers from over twenty UK universities train at the National Flying Centre.
Inspiring Futures
Social-mobility funding across schools in Birmingham's most disadvantaged areas - Jewellery Quarter Academy, Ark Boulton, St Thomas Aquinas, South & City College and more.
Skills & opportunity partners
Skills Builder, Generation UK, Get Further, IntoUniversity, Debate Mate, Envision and Zero Gravity - opening doors for young people.
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Charitable vehicles
The Foundation and the Trust.
Two distinct charities. The Rigby Foundation, established in 1992, is the family's shared vehicle and has supported hundreds of local and national charities. The Sir Peter Rigby Charitable Trust, established in 2023, is Sir Peter's personal vehicle - heritage, the arts, naval aviation and the causes closest to his own story.
Charitable vehicles
The Rigby Foundation and the Sir Peter Rigby Charitable Trust.
They are two distinct charities, with distinct purposes. The Rigby Foundation, established in 1992, is the family's shared vehicle. Over more than thirty years it has supported many hundreds of local and national charities - from hospitals and hospices to arts and education organisations - with a particular focus on the West Midlands, and it is the home of programmes such as Inspiring Futures.
The Sir Peter Rigby Charitable Trust, established in 2023, is Sir Peter's personal vehicle, entirely separate from the Foundation. Through it he directs his own philanthropic commitments - heritage, the arts, naval aviation, and the causes closest to his own story.
In their own words
What partners say.
“I came from a very humble background, and I've never lost sight of that. I have always believed that success in business should go hand-in-hand with giving back to society.
Sir Peter Rigby
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