Robert Hunter (National Trust) Robert Hunter (National Trust) Sir Robert Hunter (27 October 1844 – 6 November 1913) was a solicitor, civil servant and co-founder of the National Trust. From the 1860s Hunter was interested in conservation of public open spaces, and worked with other pioneers in this field, including Octavia Hill and Hardwicke Rawnsley. After acting as adviser to Hill in her campaigns to save Hampstead Heath and other open spaces, he worked with Rawnsley to save land in the English Lake District from industrial development. In 1893 the three campaigners agreed to set up a national body to acquire vulnerable properties and
One World Week (development charity) together to learn about global justice, to spread that learning and to use it to take action for justice locally and globally". Originally oriented towards the Christian churches of the UK, it has now broadened in scope to include people of all backgrounds. One World Week (development charity) One World Week is a United Kingdom development education charity and a series of events sponsored by it. The week of events was founded in 1978 by the World Development Movement, and focuses on the week of that includes October 24 each year (United Nations Day). Strictly, it is an octave rather