Henry Morris Memorial Trust

Henry Morris

This is a portrait of Henry Morris which is in Sawston Village College.

Sawston Village College opened in 1930, the first of the village colleges founded by Henry Morris.

This was Henry’s sitting room when he lived at the Old Granary in Cambridge. There is a blue plaque on the building now to remember him.

Henry Morris worked in Shire Hall, Cambridge, and was Chief Education Officer for Cambridgeshire for many years.

Henry Morris with the then Prince of Wales (on the right) at the opening of Sawston Village College in 1930.

Henry Morris asked Bauhaus architect Walter Gropius and Maxwell Fry to design Impington Village College.

Here you can see Henry Morris (centre) with friends in Cambridge.

In 1924 Morris published a Memorandum that outlined his vision for the Village College.

The second village college, Bottisham was officially opened on 6 May 1937.

Henry Morris was passionate about architecture, saying ‘…architecture is part of the essence of education…’ in a speech to RIBA in 1956.

This was Henry Morris’s vision for the Village College.

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The Trust was founded in 1964 to remember Henry Morris, who developed the idea of the 'Village College' and died in 1961.

If you are aged 13-19, based in Cambridgeshire and have a great project idea, you can apply for funding.

Get ideas for your project by finding out about some of the projects the Trust has supported previously.

Everyone awarded funding must submit a report on the outcome of their project. Get some ideas on how you might do this here.

Whatever your project, the Trust will expect you to take your personal safety, and that of any others in your group, very seriously.

If you would like to get in touch with us, you can find out how to do this here.