He is also the founder and chairman of a Scottish charity, The Kirkhouse Trust, which aims to promote education and research in the Natural Sciences, particularly the biological and medical sciences, and the Edina Trust, which was founded to promote science in schools.
他还是苏格兰慈善机构，柯克豪斯信托基金会（The Kirkhouse Trust）的创始人和主席，其旨在促进自然科学，特别是生物和医学科学的教育和研究，而Edina信托基金会则是为了在学校推广科学而成立的。