The Sir John Fisher Foundation is a charitable trust (UK registered charity number 277844), established in 1980 by Sir John and Lady Maria Fisher. The Foundation’s objective is to distribute its income to charitable causes, throughout the UK, but with special regard to those based in and working for the benefit of people living in and around Barrow-in-Furness and surrounding area.
The Foundation supports charitable causes particularly in the six categories of Maritime, Medical and Disability, Education, Music, Arts and Community projects in and around Barrow-in-Furness.
The Foundation has generously provided funds for Word Market to arrange story telling events for children in Barrow and the surrounding areas, including input from Taffy Thomas the first national story telling Laureate.
In 2010 schools in Barrow and Walney, the Ulverston Flood Centre and Barrow Library all hosted story telling programmes.