About The Wayne Sleep Foundation

The Wayne Sleep Foundation has supported students who have acquired a place at an established Arts institutions.  In previous years, the Foundation has supported students who have gained places at: Academy of Live and Recorded Arts, Central School of Speech and Drama, Dance for All, Elmhust School for Dance, Hammond School, Laine Theatre Arts, London Studio Centre, Northern Ballet School, Rambert School, Royal Academy of Music, Royal Ballet School, Royal College of Music.

The Foundation has also supported organisations and projects, including those organised by: Central School of Ballet, Circus Arts, British Ballet Organisation, Dance Forward Summer and Easter Schools, Dance Northern Ireland, Dance Teachers’ Benevolent Fund,  English National Ballet School, Fertile Ground, Liverpool Theatre School, National Ballet of Cuba, One Dance UK, Peter Darrell Trust, Rambert School, Royal Academy of Dance, Urbana Academy, and Yorkshire Ballet Seminars.

Who We Are

Founders of The Wayne Sleep Foundation

Dr Wayne Sleep OBE (Exceter, Teeside, Plymouth) & George Lawson

Director of The Wayne Sleep Foundation

Matthew Ryan BMus (Hons), MA (Royal Academy of Music)

Board of Trustees

Dr Wayne Sleep OBE, Jamie Whittington, José Bergera Olmedo, Michael Knowles