The JMK Trust needs constant financial support to maintain the services it provides and in order to continue to offer this vital launch pad for talented directors.

Thank you to all those who supported the JMK in their 2011 Big Give Christmas Challenge.

We have created a number of schemes to enable you to help support our work:

Friends’ Circle: For a minimum donation of £25 become a valued supporter, vital to our growth and development. Associate yourself more closely with our organisation and its work.

Membership Entitlements:
- Special reception at JMK events and performances
- Acknowledgement on the JMK website and publicity material
- Regular updates on the activities and achievements of past JMK winners
- Advance notice of other productions by JMK winners

Directors’ Circle: For a minimum donation of £250 members of our Directors’ Circle receive all of the above benefits plus the opportunity to be involved in the selection process of the short-listed candidates and winners.

Actors’ Circle: For a minimum donation of £500 members of our Actors’ Circle recieve all of the above benefits plus a guarantee that their donation in its entirety goes directly to actors involved in subsequent JMK events.

To download an Application Form click here

For all enquiries relating to support/sponsorship please email: office@jmktrust.org

Current and Past Supporters include: Paul Hamlyn Foundation, Philip Hooker, the Jerwood Charitable Foundation, Arts Council England, Ian Ritchie Foundation, the Young Vic, The Mercers’ Company
Friends: James Little, Jason Barnett, David Sparkes, Mr and Mrs M. Blanchard, Annabel Moorsom, Jane Edwardes, Luke Barnes, Emily Mortimer, Mr and Mrs P. Barton, Lynn Farleigh, Caroline Nicholls, Ann Horn, Caroline Barnett, Trevor Williamson, Ruth Glick, Mr and Mrs A. Onslow, Howard Gooding, Marcus Markou, Miranda Rawstorne, Mrs J. Preston, Mrs Sue Wood and Sir Derek and Lady Hornby, Caroline Butler, Mrs Ann Harper, Dr. Jonathan Holmes, Amanda Drew, Jeanie Stewart, Caroline Totterdill, Anthony Psaila, Damian O’Neill and Laurence Dobiesz.
Directors: Osmund Bullock, Sam Mendes, Nicholas Hytner, Melanie Jackson, Caryl Churchill, John Nettles, Elissa Chalouhi and Vivienne Westwood

It is tempting to be drawn out of the theatre if you are a young, bright director because there is so much quicker money to be made elsewhere. Anything that encourages young directors, so that we have in some ten years’ time who are not in wheelchairs, is fantastic – Rufus Sewell in The Evening Standard

So we can keep you up to date about future events please join our mailing list by emailing us at: info@jmktrust.org