We are the HF Foundation which implements and supports educational, environmental, historical, social, and research projects. We believe that an engaged public is an engine of any successful society.

Our first project is the Lingua Franca Scholarship. The main aim of this project is to support the language skills of secondary school students.
Information for those interested in the scholarship and all important details can be found here.
Latest News:
Current CAE 2023/24 exam dates with the British Council.
05.11.2023
"We need an educated and skilled society that will meet the demands of tomorrow's labour market ... and an education system in which every child, regardless of background, has an equal opportunity to succeed ... to transform the orientation of our economy from manufacturing to education."
Text: Petr Pavel
28.10.2023
Registration for the new edition of the Lingua Franca Stipendium will be open
23.10.2023
In the 2022/23 edition of the Lingua Franca Stipendium, the four best participants will be awarded the scholarship.
25.08.2023.
On 31.07.2023 the application for CAE certificates was closed and the evaluation of the 2022/23 Lingua Franca Stipendium
is in progress.
04.08.2023
On February 28, 2023, the application process for the 2022/23 Lingua Franca Stipendium closed.
05.03.2023
Juliusz Słowacki Polish Grammar School in Český Těšín has
started cooperation with the NFHF on the Lingua Franca Stipendium project. Interested
students can apply for this scholarship in the school year 2022/23.
23.02.2023
Sokolov Grammar School has started cooperation with the NFHF on the Lingua Franca Stipendium
project. Interested students can apply for this scholarship in the school year 2022/23.
16.02.2023
Mendel Grammar School in Opava has started cooperation with the NFHF on the Lingua Franca Stipendium
project. Interested students can apply for this scholarship in the school year 2022/23.
10.02.2023
Mach and Šebestová know, that speaking English is a benefit.
And Šebestová said:
"No no, Mach, this magazine is not responsible for anything. The mistake is that we don't speak foreign languages at all. Because if I could say few words in English, I wouldn't have made myself the queen of the British Empire and ruined that all."
27.01.2023
Mikuláš Koperník Grammar School in Bílovec has started cooperation with the NFHF on the Lingua Franca Stipendium
project. Interested students can apply for this scholarship in the school year 2022/23.
23.01.2023
Petr Bezruč Grammar School in Frýdek-Místek has started cooperation with the NFHF on the Lingua Franca Stipendium
project. Interested students can apply for this scholarship in the school year 2022/23.
18.01.2023
PF 2023
Wishing you good health, personal joy and professional success and satisfaction in the New Year 2023.
01.01.2023