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013/2014 Connecting people who care with causes that matter

Our total support to the voluntary sector in Berkshire:

£730,643Left to right: Andrew Middleton - CEO; The Hon. Mrs Bayliss JP - Lord Lieutenant for the Royal County of Berkshire and President of Berkshire Community Foundation and Chris Barrett - Chair of Trustees.

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In July, we were delighted to hear that HRH Princess Beatrice of York has graciously agreed to become our Royal Patron.

It has been another busy and exciting year for the Foundation and I am pleased to report that we have made good progress. Most importantly, we have made grants of £730,643 during the year; up £176,649 on last year and in line with our expectation of making £1 million of grants per annum by 2016. We remain determined to increase grant making year on year because the need in Berkshire is increasing, not diminishing. Last year we received applications for grants totalling an estimated £3 million – so we have only been able to satisfy one in four.

Developing funds has become much harder but it is our focus for the coming year. We have been working on a number of new initiatives including the Business Philanthropy Club and the rejuvenation of ‘Give a Child a Chance’.

2014 will be The Lord Lieutenant’s last year as our President – and what a President Mary has been, working tirelessly on behalf of the Foundation for the last five years as its President and for the previous two years as a Trustee. As an organisation we have moved forward enormously during that period and on behalf of the Foundation, I would like to extend our sincere thanks for the support and encouragement she has given us.

I would also like to thank my Board of Trustees, the co-opted members of our various Committees and the staff for their invaluable support and commitment during the past year.

We have a challenging year ahead and I will leave you with a thought from Theodore Roosevelt who said: “Believe you can – and you’re halfway there”. Well, we believe that we can make a positive difference in communities across Berkshire and we are determined to do so.

Chris Barrett, Chair of Trustees

Letter from the Chair of Trustees

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Grants awarded

Local voluntary groups supported

Individuals supported

Average grant size

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Distributed in Comic Relief grants

Endowment Raised through the Flood Recovery Fund

Raised through Localgiving.com

Groups on Localgiving.com

We raise funds for, and make grants to, local charities and community groups addressing need across Berkshire. We operate to ensure any form of philanthropy, whether from an individual or an organisation, is effective and brings greatest benefit to those in need. We encourage people to support their local communities, investing their money in Berkshire where they can see the real difference it makes to people’s lives.

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“Berkshire Community Foundation has been instrumental in providing funding to kick start and/or maintain these sporting activities. Without this help we would not have been able to achieve anywhere near the successes we have had in these sporting areas.” Tom Conlin, Chief Executive of BCBS

Berkshire County Blind Society (BCBS)A grant of £8,100 from Comic Relief has enabled more visually impaired people to enjoy a programme of supported sporting activity. BCBS, a Reading based charity, provides over 2,100 visually impaired people in Berkshire with the information and support they need to live independently and safely, so they can enjoy their lives and feel valued in their communities. BCBS has introduced a wide range of sporting activities for children and young adults, and the organisation has been awarded the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service for 2014 in recognition of its work.

Connecting people who care with causes that matter

How we make a difference in the community

During 2013/2014 we awarded a total of 181 grants to a wide range of projects. We are local experts in connecting those who want to give support with the community organisations that are most in need; getting money to where it really matters. We aim to build stronger communities and enrich lives by giving grants that genuinely help to meet the needs of local people.

“The physio, home exercise, remedial massage and acupuncture financed by grants from Berkshire Community Foundation have helped our members’ mobility, flexibility, strength and stamina. These grants have been invaluable and we cannot thank you enough.” Rosalind Milne, Maidenhead & District Stroke Club

“I work with families in a children’s centre and all I learnt today I will be able to use. This has been the most clear and concise training around benefits I have ever attended and I thought the training was very easy to understand.” Frontline worker who attended a training session at Bracknell

and District Citizens Advice Bureau.

A grant of £4,000 from Autodata was awarded to the Maidenhead and District Stroke Club, to provide physiotherapy and acupuncture sessions for people who have suffered a stroke. Stroke is the most common cause of disability in the UK, with the recovery and rehabilitation from stroke presenting many physical and emotional challenges. The club help around 50 members from every walk of life to re-establish themselves in social situations and make use of the abilities they have.

Berkshire Citizens Advice Bureau help people reduce stress and resolve their problems by providing free, independent, confidential and impartial advice to any member of the community. A grant of £17,500 from Berkshire Community Foundation helped to fund Welfare Reform training sessions.

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“We were so happy and grateful to Slough CVS who helped us with our first year subscription to Localgiving.com, as we had heard it was a fantastic way to raise funds online. The additional practical support from Berkshire Community Foundation on how to make best use of this online giving site was brilliant as it helped us to raise some much needed funds for core costs as well as supporting some of our learners.” Apna Virsa Project Co-ordinators Seema Kamboj & Bobbi Johal

Working in partnership with Berkshire Community Foundation, Localgiving.com provides local charities and community groups with online fundraising webpages, as well as the opportunity to be part of a community that supports with fundraising thus enabling organisations to become more effective and sustainable. This year voluntary groups have raised £212,583 through Localgiving.com

Apna Virsa

Apna Virsa is a community organisation that celebrates traditional and contemporary Asian culture across different communities within Slough, to help community cohesion, tolerance and integration. Using Localgiving.com, Apna Virsa raised £7,559.55 in 2013/14. This helped over 500 people to enjoy cultural learning and activities, improving knowledge about their heritage as well as bringing together different communities.

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“My leg would not move following my stroke 12 weeks ago. Now it is starting to move. I couldn’t have done it without you.” Stroke survivor, whose therapy is based primarily on the use of

the equipment paid for by The Herongate Fund through Berkshire Community Foundation.

‘Give a Child a Chance’ makes a difference to the lives of disadvantaged children in Berkshire. The fund is targeted towards children with physical or learning disabilities, children with psychological and behavioural issues, and those living in care and areas of deprivation.

ABC to Read

(Assisting Berkshire

Children to Read)

A grant of £4,975 from ‘Give a Child a Chance’ was awarded to help train community volunteers as reading helpers. Volunteers work with Berkshire children who struggle to read, particularly at schools in the more deprived areas of the county, using a ‘one to one’ scheme to improve literacy standards that is unique to Berkshire. The funding has enabled over 350 children to be supported in 60 schools, with 98% of children improving their reading performance. ABC to Read has since won the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, in recognition of its outstanding work.

“ABC to Read is a fantastic organisation which not only supports children with their reading but also develops their interpersonal skills and boosts their self-esteem.” Hawkedon School

West Berkshire Therapy Centre

A grant of £4,795 was awarded from The Herongate Fund to buy specialised equipment that helps people who suffer from a wide range of disabling conditions. Many disabled people find it difficult to take as much exercise as is recommended. This power-assisted equipment allows them to move every major muscle in their body, so even very weak muscles can be exercised, improving overall health and helping them to live a more mobilised and independent life.

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Adviza Partnership FundA bursary fund for young people for work assessments and psychometric tests

£6,300.00 Adviza Partnership

Autodata Group FundSupporting community groups across Berkshire

£2,000.00 Destiny Support£4,000.00 Maidenhead and District Stroke Club£6,750.00 Elizabeth Fry Approved Premises£5,760.00 Sebastian’s Action Trust£6,500.00 Reading Mencap£5,000.00 ABC to Read

Berkshire Community Foundation General GrantsTargets projects meeting a need or addressing disadvantage across Berkshire

£5,450.00 Bracknell CAB£1,115.00 Newbury Community Resource

Centre£400.00 Maidenhead & District Stroke Club£691.50 Triple A Support Group£1,110.00 Time to Talk£2,400.00 Children’s First West Berkshire£500.00 Free Legal Advice Group£5,000.00 Reading Mencap£1,350.00 Volunteer Centre West Berkshire£17,500.00 Berkshire CAB£4,500.00 Slough Furniture Project£5,000.00 Family and Friends W & M£2,000.00 Tilehurst Junior Youth Club£2,000.00 Slough Older People’s Forum

BCF Flood Recovery FundFor those affected by the Berkshire floods

£3,000.00 Flood Recovery Fund Individuals

BCF Staff Giving FundFor charitable purposes chosen by BCF staff

£50.00 ABC to Read£50.00 Bracknell Foodbank£50.00 Dingley Family and Specialist Early

Years Centres£50.00 Five A Day Market Garden£50.00 Slough Homeless Our Concern£125.00 Sheltered Housing

Grants awarded during the year

Blagrave Fund for Older PeopleTo support elderly groups in Berkshire

£2,122.00 ReadiBus

Blagrave Small Grants Direct ProgrammeSupport for voluntary groups working with older people, children, people injured or disabled in sport and the sick

£5,000.00 Sebastian’s Action Trust£3,956.00 C.A.T.S. Young People’s Project£5,000.00 British Red Cross£5,000.00 Mustard Tree Foundation£5,000.00 Dingley Family and Specialist Early

Years Centres£1,450.00 SE Berkshire Deaf Children’s Society£5,000.00 Me2 Club£2,624.00 Readipop£4,050.00 Five A Day Market Garden£4,930.00 Berkshire County Blind Society£5,000.00 Link Visiting Scheme£1,000.00 Relate Berkshire£1,769.00 Alzheimer’s Dementia Support

Comic Relief Local Communities FundEmpowers local people to make a lasting change in their communities

£6,500.00 Reading Mencap£8,100.00 Berkshire County Blind Society£6,523.00 Age UK Berkshire£4,000.00 Bracknell Nepalese Society£1,600.00 Community Council for Berkshire£2,600.00 Home-Start West Berkshire

CSL Europe LtdSupporting community groups across Berkshire

£425.00 East to West Trust£425.00 Rivertime Boact Trust£425.00 Berkshire East & South Bucks

Women’s Aid

Douglas Martin Grassroots FundFor cases of hardship or need, focussing on those being rehabilitated from crime

£4,000.00 Berkshire Care Trust

Give a Child a ChanceMakes a difference to the lives of disadvantaged children across Berkshire

£1,711.00 Newbury Community Resource Centre

£1,490.00 Time to Talk£4,975.00 ABC to Read£5,000.00 Berkshire Education and Youth

Centre£1,120.00 Thatcham Neighbourhood Wardens£10,000.00 Berkshire Youth£3,295.00 Home-Start Bracknell£5,463.00 Home-Start Reading£3,295.00 Home-Start Slough£3,295.00 Home-Start West Berkshire£3,295.00 Home-Start Wokingham£4,719.08 GACAC Individuals

Henderson Family FundAddressing issues of addiction in young people including education and support

£1,000.00 Nicholas Mills Foundation£1,200.00 Amethyst£480.00 East West Detox£2,500.00 Life Education Centres

Herongate FundSupports community projects in West Berkshire

£5,000.00 Volunteer Centre West Berkshire£4,795.00 West Berkshire Well Being Centre

High Sheriff’s Grassroots FundTo encourage younger people to get involved with crime reduction activities

£10,000.00 Britwell Youth & Community Project

High Sheriff’s Mock Trial FundGiving young people an insight into the legal system

£2,450.00 Mock Trials

Hitachi FundSupports projects having a lasting effect on communities in Newbury

£1,000.00 Spectrum Club

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Kaye Family FundImproving facilities and activities for young people, particularly within the field of sport

£2,500.00 Longridge£2,000.00 Sandhurst Taekwondo

Mars in the Community FundSupporting projects promoting healthy active lifestyles, environment or education & training

£9,740.00 Aik Saath£1,847.00 C.A.T.S. Young People’s Project£3,338.00 Langley Academy£1,980.00 Wycombe DC (Red Kite)£2,000.00 2nd Ascot Guides£415.00 Deaf Positives£2,000.00 Cippenham Infant School£1,450.00 The Sharks£12,000.00 Slough Homeless Our Concern£600.00 Ascot Project£2,000.00 Salthill Housing£2,860.00 Berkshire Education and Youth

Centre£550.00 Punjabi Milap Centre£1,620.00 Slough Refugee Support£2,000.00 East Berkshire Down’s Syndrome

Support Group £1,710.00 TS Lion Slough Sea Cadets£1,890.00 Age UK Berkshire£12,000.00 Slough First Responders

NHS East Respite FundTo provide respite breaks for carers in Bracknell, Slough, Windsor & Maidenhead

£5,000.00 Slough Mencap £5,000.00 Age Concern Slough and Berkshire

East£5,000.00 Wokingham, Bracknell Mencap£5,000.00 Berkshire Carer’s Service£5,000.00 Slough Crossroads£5,000.00 Slough Mencap £5,000.00 Alzheimer’s Dementia Support£1,800.00 Maidenhead & District Stroke Club

NHS West Respite FundTo provide respite breaks for carers in Reading, West Berkshire and Wokingham

£5,000.00 Reading & West Berkshire Motor Neurone Disease Association

£5,000.00 Wokingham, Bracknell Mencap

NHS West Carer ServicesTo provide services for carers in Reading, West Berkshire and Wokingham

£12,387.00 Reading Mencap £2,500.00 Dingley Family and Specialist Early

Years Centres (Wokingham)£7,590.00 Me2 Club£14,987.00 Berkshire Autistic Society£2,500.00 Dingley Family and Specialist Early

Years Centres (Reading)£2,500.00 Dingley Family and Specialist Early

Years Centres (Newbury)

Prudential FundMaking a difference in retirement

£1,300.00 Age Concern Woodley£1,100.00 Bracknell Branch of Parkinson’s UK£700.00 Earley Volunteer Driver Bureau£875.00 Sheltered Housing

Queen’s Silver Jubilee TrustTo enable the best examples of projects that assist young people to help each other to replicate their working model

£24,248.00 Creativity in Sport£2,000.00 Jelly

Reading Borough Council Winter Watch FundHelps older and vulnerable people in Reading stay warm during the winter months

£10,000.00 Reading Citizens Advice Bureau

Miss Ruth Ascher Community First FundFor general charitable purposes in Reading (focussing on funds promoting musical activities)

£7,241.00 Readipop

Sage FundTo support local people to nuture talent and/or provide life and employability skills

£1,000.00 Berkshire Autistic Society £750.00 Community Council for Berkshire£900.00 Graft Thames Valley£725.00 Reading Community Church

£1,000.00 Life Education Centres £1,800.00 Mapis £1,000.00 Norden Farm £1,000.00 Shinfield Parish Voluntary Group£1,095.00 Wokingham & District CAB£2,400.00 Wokingham, Bracknell Mencap £2,000.00 Younger People with Dementia

Sara Lee Hardship FundProviding help for Sara Lee pensioners

£480.00 Sara Lee Individual Grant Applicants

Slough Social FundFor groups improving the conditions of life and promoting social welfare for Slough residents

£3,960.00 Destiny Support £2,000.00 Aman Group£4,000.00 Apna Virsa£5,246.00 Beatroutes£12,000.00 Slough CVS£5,000.00 Slough Furniture Project £4,000.00 Slough Senior Citizens £3,000.00 SWIPE

Surviving WinterHelps older people stay warm during the winter months

£7,000.00 Age UK

Wokingham Borough Council Community FundSupports organisations working with disadvantaged groups in Wokingham

£60.00 Swallowfield First Responders £180.00 Crossroads Care Wokingham£60.00 Berkshire County Blind Society£60.00 Dingley Family and Specialist Early

Years Centres£300.00 Hurst Bowling Club£60.00 Finchampstead Handbell Ringers£172.00 Home-Start Wokingham£172.00 Soft Play£172.00 Heartstart£172.00 Support Horizons£172.00 1st Arborfield Scout Group£172.00 Wokingham Foodbank

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Vital Signs Themes Grade

Work and local economy B

Getting started C

The gap between rich and poor D

Housing and homelessness D

Safety and crime D

Learning C

Arts and culture B

Strong communities B

Environment D

Health and wellbeing B

Civil Society Organisations D

Young People D

The low grades (D) indicate that we must take action as soon as possible.

Vital Signs Vital Signs, launched on 1 October 2013, reports how we think Berkshire is doing in relation to 12 key themes, including work, housing, community and health. Grades are used to indicate priorities for action, based partly on how we are performing in relation to the rest of the UK but also on our assessment of the local situation.

The Vital Signs report concludes that although there is a good overall quality of life, there is stark inequality across the county, for example many young people in isolated rural communities or pockets of urban deprivation face very challenging conditions.

Our report enables us to identify the priority issues that present the most significant challenges and opportunities for change. We work with donors to suggest how community philanthropy can best respond to specific issues and have the local knowledge about where charitable efforts should be focussed for maximum impact.

Berkshire’s Vital Signs is just the beginning of an ongoing process of discussion and, as more people become involved, we expect to improve our knowledge of what is happening in Berkshire and what local people regard as important.

The Berkshire Flood Recovery Fund

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Early 2014 saw some of the worst flooding ever to hit our county, causing massive damage to land and communities. In response to this we launched the Berkshire Flood Recovery Fund, which received extensive media coverage and helped to raise awareness of the issues and encourage donations. The initial focus of the fund was to award grants to vulnerable individuals, to help them recover from the floods. In addition, grants have also been awarded to community groups such as Berkshire Lowland Search & Rescue.

The Berkshire Flood Recovery Fund awarded a grant of £8,248 to Berkshire Lowland Search & Rescue, who were deployed into the community during the flooding. They had to borrow a boat from a neighbouring search and rescue team in order to lay sandbags and evacuate people from their homes. The money enabled them to buy their own boat and equipment, to help during episodes of future flooding.

“By having our own equipment that we can maintain we can deploy quicker with more trained personnel and have a greater impact on those affected.” Mel Lewis, Berkshire Lowland Search & Rescue

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Business Philanthropy Club

Full Members

Hall Hunter Partnership (HHP) One Medical Group Shorts Group Ltd TradeMark Windows Ltd

Associate Members

Appledore Dental Clinic CentriLogic Ltd Clayton Ventures Ltd Griffin Pitmans LLP Run Print Run

Founder Members

Blandy & Blandy LLP Content Guru Panasonic Rapport Marketing

Our Business Philanthropy Club (BPC) is dedicated to enabling all businesses in Berkshire to make targeted, effective donations to a wide range of local charities and community groups. We make it easy for businesses who believe in social responsibility to make a real, positive and measurable difference.

We ensure that your business derives maximum benefit from the time and money you invest in charitable causes. BPC membership benefits include networking events where you will meet other business leaders and key figures in the community, ‘Seeing is Believing’ visits to your choice of charities where you’ll see first-hand the difference that your contribution has made, and our management of your overall Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) needs.

For more information, please call 0118 930 3021

and talk to Joanne Stokes or email Joanne.Stokes@berkshirecf.org

“The BPC is excellent and we enjoy meeting other businesses at events. It’s fantastic to meet charitable & voluntary organisations from across the county and we’re delighted to be able to help those organisations financially to help better the communities in which we live and work.” Sean Taylor,

CEO Content Guru Ltd

Business PhilanthropyClub

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How to Give through the Foundation

Help us to build stronger communities and enrich lives.

Many people, families, businesses and charitable trusts give locally through Berkshire Community Foundation. Our donors know that we can connect them to the local people and causes that they want to support, and they can really see the difference their money makes.

Your giving options

Setup a Named Fund… A fund in your name gives you the opportunity to choose the causes and projects you care about the most. It’s a great way for you to get directly involved in community philanthropy, without the associated costs of setting up a charitable trust. We provide personal support to ensure your giving is effective and we will help you to match your charitable interests with local needs.

Support an Existing Fund… You can make one-off or regular donations to an existing Fund which matches your own interests – in a geographical area or a particular area of need.

Leave a Gift in your Will… For many people, a legacy is the best opportunity to make a substantial gift and we guarantee to respect your wishes and provide help for future generations.

Become a Friend of the Foundation… Our Friends scheme is designed to allow donors to support several strands of Foundation activity with a regular ongoing payment.

Join our Business Philanthropy Club… This is a vehicle for businesses to give effective, targeted funding to grassroots organisations and projects in their local communities.

Provide sponsorship or in-kind support… The Foundation provides opportunities for local companies to link with community projects through sponsorship of events and publications.

Give Online through Localgiving.com… You can give online now by making a one-off donation or by setting up a regular payment directly to local charities and community groups.

Berkshire Community Foundation would like to say a huge thank you to our individual supporters (who are not listed here to ensure their privacy), many office and fundraising volunteers, all of our supporters past and present, our Trustees, and the members of our committees.

Each donation and every minute of your time is greatly appreciated.

Supporters 2013/2014

PatronPanasonic UK Ltd.

CompaniesAppledore Dental Clinic, Autodata Publishing Group Ltd, BDO LLP, Blandy & Blandy LLP, Chilton Farms Ltd, Clayton Ventures Ltd, Content Guru, CSL Europe Ltd, Foster Wheeler Ltd, Handelsbanken, KPMG, Mars UK Ltd, Nike Group of Companies, Prudential UK, R&H Trust Co. (Bermuda) Limited, Rapport Marketing, Redwood Technologies Ltd, Run Print Run Ltd, Sage (UK) Limited, The Cunning Man, Thornhill Estates, TradeMark Windows Ltd, Waitrose, Wren Living Ltd.

OrganisationsBracknell Forest Borough Council, College of St George, Empowering West Berkshire, Eton Action, Greyfriars Church, NHS Berkshire West, Reading Borough Council, Rotary Club of Pangbourne, Slough CVS, Slough Youth Offending Team, St George in Owlsmoor, Standford Dingley Parochial Parish Council, Swallowfield Horticultural Society, Thames Valley Berkshire Local Enterprise Partnership, The Hungerford Surgery, The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, Tilehurst Methodist Church, Wokingham Borough Council.

Charitable Trusts & FoundationsBlagrave Trust, Boyton Charity, Cadbury Foundation, Community Foundation for Surrey, Donnington Hospital Trust, Douglas Martin Trust, Dr Mortimer & Theresa Sackler Foundation, Elizabeth Jane Foundation, Englefield Charitable Trust, Haines Hill Charitable Trust, Henderson Charitable Trust, Iliffe Charitable Trust, Lennox and Wyfold Foundation, Milton Keynes Community

Foundation, People’s Health Trust, Sandra Charitable Trust, ShareGift, Sir Richard Sutton’s Settled Estates, Stevenson Family’s Charitable Trust, Tanner Trust, Turners Court Youth Trust, UK Community Foundations, Wilfrid and Constance Cave Foundation.

In-Kind DonationsA special thank you to those Companies who have provided us with in-kind donations. These are incredibly important to the Foundation as they ensure that we can keep our costs as low as possible, meaning more funds are available for grant-making.

• BlandyandBlandy

• HSBC

• KPMG

•NikeGroupofcompanies

•O2

• OxfordProperties

• Panasonic

• RedwoodTechnologies

• Regus

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Personal and Business Philanthropy: Named Funds with the Foundation

Our Fundholders are individuals and organisations who recognise our expertise in identifying community needs to ensure that their philanthropy achieves the greatest impact – enabling them to support the causes they care about the most.

• AdamClaytonFund• AdvizaPartnershipFund&AdvizaPartnership

Community First Fund• AntonyandUrsulaWood‘CommunityFirst’FamilyFund• AutodataGroupFund• BayerFund• BerkshireCommunityFoundationFund• BerkshireCommunityFoundationFundforOlderPeople• BerkshireCommunityFoundationStaffGivingFund• BerkshireFloodRecoveryFund• BerkshireGrowthFund• Blagrave‘CommunityFirst’StrategicImpactFundfor

Reading & Slough• Blagrave‘Grassroots’StrategicImpactFundforReading

& Slough• BlagraveFundforOlderPeople• BlagraveOnlineDevelopmentWorkerFund• BlagraveSmallGrantsDirectFund• BoehringerIngelheimFundforOlderPeople• BusinessPhilanthropyClubFund• ComicReliefLocalCommunitiesFund• ‘CommunityFirst’FundforBracknellForest• ‘CommunityFirst’FundforReading• ‘CommunityFirst’FundforSlough• ‘CommunityFirst’FundforWestBerkshire• ‘CommunityFirst’FundforWindsor&Maidenhead• ‘CommunityFirst’FundforWokingham• DeloitteFund&Deloitte‘Grassroots’Fund• DonningtonHospitalTrustFundforOlderPeople• DouglasMartinFund• FosterWheelerFund,FosterWheeler‘Grassroots’Fund

& Foster Wheeler ‘Community First’ Fund• FriendsSchemeCommunityFirstFlowThroughFund• Gertie‘Grassroots’Fund&Gertie‘CommunityFirst’Fund• GiveaChildaChance• ‘GrassrootsFund’forBracknellForest• ‘GrassrootsFund’forReading• ‘GrassrootsFund’forSlough

• ‘GrassrootsFund’forWestBerkshire• ‘GrassrootsFund’forWindsor&Maidenhead• ‘GrassrootsFund’forWokingham• HendersonFamilyFund&HendersonFamily‘Grassroots’

Fund & Henderson Family ‘Community First’ Fund• HerongateFund&Herongate‘Grassroots’Fund&

Herongate ‘Community First’ Fund• HighSheriff’sCommunityLeadershipFund• HighSheriff’s‘Grassroots’Fund• HighSheriff’sMockTrialFund• KayeFamilyFund• Lennox&WyfoldFundforOlderPeople&Lennox&

Wyfold ‘Community First’ Fund for Older People• MarsintheCommunityFund• MayorofWokinghamFundforGiveaChildaChance• MissRuthAscher‘CommunityFirst’Fund• NHSBerkshireWestFundforCarersRespiteBreaks&

Services• NHSBerkshireEastFundforCarersRespiteBreaks• OsborneClarkeFund• Pat’sLastingMemories‘CommunityFirst’Fund• PeterKingFund&PeterKing‘Grassroots’Fund• PovertyReliefFlowThroughFund• PrudentialFund• ReadingBoroughCouncilWinterWatchFund• RedwoodTechnologies‘Grassroots’Fund&Redwood

Technologies ‘Community First’ Fund• SageCommunityFund• SaraLeeHardshipFund• ScropeFamily‘CommunityFirst’Fund• SloughSocialFund• StevensonFamily‘CommunityFirst’FundforSlough&

Stevenson Family ‘Community First’ Fund for Windsor & Maidenhead

• SurvivingWinterCampaignFund• TheQueen’sSilverJubileeTrustFund• ThreeUK‘Grassroots’Fund• WokinghamBoroughCouncilCommunityGrantsFund• WokinghamLocalGivingPartnership

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The Team

Royal PatronHer Royal Highness Princess Beatrice of York

Corporate PatronPanasonic UK Ltd.

PresidentThe Hon. Mrs Bayliss JP, Lord Lieutenant for the Royal County of Berkshire

Honorary Life PresidentSir Philip Wroughton KCVO DL

Vice PresidentsIan CampbellChristine GabrielLady Godsal DLHarry Henderson DLThe Rt Hon the Lord Iliffe DLJohn Nike OBE DLJames Puxley DLSir Hugh StevensonJane Wates OBE

TrusteesChris Barrett, Chair of TrusteesNick Burrows (from June 2013)Ramesh KukarPeter Mason, (resigned June 2013)Torquil Montague-JohnstoneDavid Oram (from June 2013)Sue OrmistonDavid SewardLady Stevenson DLGordon Storey DLDick TaylorSean Taylor (from June 2013)Susie Tremlett MBEEmma van Zeller (resigned September 2013)

Allen Walker (resigned June 2014)Jane Wates OBE

Gordon West (resigned June 2013)

Christine Weston JP DL

Antony Wood MSc

Governance CommitteeChris Barrett, Chair

Nick Burrows

Andrew Middleton

David Oram

Lady Stevenson DL

Richard Taylor

Sean Taylor

Susie Tremlett MBE

Finance and Investment CommitteeRichard Griffith-Jones DL, Chair

Chris Barrett

Robin Boycott

John Jenkins

David Oram

Andrew Middleton

Torquil Montague-Johnstone

Susannah Nicklin

Andrew Stevenson

Susie Tremlett MBE

Jane Wates OBE

Grants CommitteeSusie Tremlett MBE, Chair

Chris Barrett

Andrew Middleton

Jane Wates OBE

David Seward

Christine Weston JP DL

Claire Tyrrell

Jess Nicholls

Philanthropy CommitteeAntony Wood MSc, Chair

Chris Barrett

David Oram

Andrew Middleton

Lady Stevenson DL

Sean Taylor

Joanne Stokes

Sales & Marketing CommitteeChris Barrett, Chair

Simon Davies

Peter Mason

Andrew Middleton

Sue Ormiston

Antony Wood MSc

Staff TeamAndrew Middleton, Chief Executive

Joanne Stokes, Philanthropy Director

Claire Tyrrell, Programmes Director

Jess Nicholls, Programmes Manager

Rosie McCurrie, Marketing Manager

Dave Soper, Online Development

Helen Peedell, Executive Assistant

Thank you!

Connecting people who care with causes that matter

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