We help young people and early-career professionals learn how to navigate disagreement, tackle social division, and lead difficult conversations. Through residential programmes, workshops, and conferences, participants build the skills and confidence to bring people together across difference.
Our Grade II-listed home in Windsor Great Park offers a unique setting that blends heritage, tranquillity, and seclusion, making it ideal for corporate and business meetings, conferences, events, and retreats. As a social enterprise, every venue hire booking helps fund our educational programmes and the stewardship of this historic building.
In 2024-25, 1,760 young people and early-career professionals took part in Cumberland Lodge programmes. They explored issues including democracy, intergenerational dialogue, freedom of religion or belief, and the rule of law, while learning how to engage constructively with people whose views differ from their own.
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For almost 80 years, Cumberland Lodge has been home to an independent education charity, providing a space where people from diverse backgrounds can come together to explore pressing social challenges, exchange ideas, and develop the skills needed to lead positive change. Alongside our charitable activities, we make our historic buildings and facilities available for conferences, retreats, and other events. Income generated through these social enterprise activities is re-invested in our mission and helps maintain the buildings and grounds entrusted to our care.