The Orwell Foundation Lecture at University College London and, from 2017, the Orwell Lecture in the North at the University of Sheffield. The foundation also organises events and anniversary celebrations about George Orwell. As the only website authorised by the Orwell Estate, the foundation also publishes online resources by and about Orwell, which can be read for free here. The Orwell Youth Prize works with young people aged 14–18 The Orwell Foundation The Orwell Foundation is a charity registered in England and Wales. The Foundation runs the Orwell Prize, the UK’s most prestigious prize for political writing. In addition to the Prizes, the
Statue of George Orwell of the Orwell Society, responded in "Private Eye"'s letters page that "the plinth on which the statue stands seems to fit in perfectly with the building". On BBC Radio 4's "Front Row", the critic Sarah Gaventa also questioned the use of a plinth for this "man of the people". Gaventa was approving of the sculpture itself. "You can see he wants to get into the conversation and give you his very honest and forthright opinions. It's Orwell. Who else could it be? When you look at the canon of Martin Jennings's work… it's about brave people who speak out. I’m