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| Named after | Arthur Koestler |
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| Formation | 1962 |
| Registration no. | 1105759 |
| Headquarters | Koestler Arts Centre |
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Key people | Sally Taylor, chief executive |
| Website | www |
Koestler Arts (formerly The Koestler Trust)[1] is a charity that helps ex-offenders, secure patients and detainees in the UK to express themselves creatively.[2] It promotes the arts in prisons, secure hospitals, immigration centres and in the community, encouraging creativity and the acquisition of new skills as a means to rehabilitation. The Koestler Awards were founded in 1962 and the organisation became a charitable trust in 1969 following a bequest from the British-Hungarian author, Arthur Koestler.[3]
- ^ "Homepage". Koestler Arts. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "Charity Commission".
- ^ "History of the Koestler Trust". Koestler Trust. Archived from the original on 1 February 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2013.