Editing Brian Souter (section)

==Charitable work==

In 1992 Souter and his wife set up the Souter Charitable Trust, which assists humanitarian projects in the UK and overseas, especially, but not exclusively, those with a Christian emphasis.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soutercharitabletrust.org.uk/guidelines.aspx |title=Souter Charitable Trust: Grant Guidelines |publisher=Souter Charitable Trust |access-date=25 October 2013}}</ref> Projects include the prevention of [[malaria]] and supplying daily meals to school children in Africa. The Trust has donated more than £98m to 13,000 worthwhile causes.

Groups funded annually by the trust include [[Tearfund]], [[The Message Trust]], [[Oasis Trust]] and Jam International.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soutercharitabletrust.org.uk/our-projects.aspx |title=Souter Charitable Trust: Projects |publisher=Souter Charitable Trust |access-date=25 October 2013}}</ref>

In April 2019, Souter's company Stagecoach Southeast was announced as the [[Sponsor (commercial)|sponsor]] of the annual [[Turner Prize]] for visual artists,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/05/01/turner-prize-gay-rights-row-choosing-stagecoach-sponsor/|title=Turner Prize in gay rights row after choosing Stagecoach as sponsor|website=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=1 May 2019}}</ref> but the sponsorship was ended a few days later by mutual agreement after public criticism of Souter's involvement in the sponsorship.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/may/02/turner-prize-drops-stagecoach-as-sponsor-over-anti-gay-views|title=Stagecoach's sponsorship of Turner prize ends over LGBT rights row|website=[[The Guardian]]|date=2 May 2019}}</ref>