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THE SALAMANDER | DECEMBER 2017
Frances Blois
Chairman.
Worshipful Company of Firefighters
Charitable Trust
The Charitable Trust meets
four times a year, in between
the Trustees are in email
touch and can request further
information in order to ratify a
potential decision at the next
meeting.
Decisions taken in 2017 include
the following:
Grenfell Tower
A donation of £1k was
coordinated by the Worshipful
Company of Bakers on behalf
of the Livery Companies
£115k. In addition a donation of
£7.5k was given to the LFB for
additional counselling following
the tragic fire.
Essex Fire and Rescue
At the October meeting, Donna
Finch MBE and Matthew Hill
gave an excellent presentation
on the work of Essex Firebreak,
which they are likely to extend
to additional Fire Rescue
Services. They are engaging
with youth, prisoners, young
carers as well as the disabled.
Following the presentation, the
full amount of their request for
£20k was agreed.
The Burns Camp was a
beneficiary of the City Dinner on
November 7 2017. A cheque for
£10k was presented and one of
the Burns Camp beneficiaries
spoke movingly of her future
career in cosmetic makeup.
Other Applications
Sponsored by the Worshipful
Company of Firefighters
Charitable Trust and organised
by FIRE AID, a team from
SARAID and Avon Fire &
Rescue Service delivered
a 1-week training course in
Chisinau at the invitation of the
Civil Protection and Emergency
Situations Service (CPESS) of
Moldova. “ It was great to be able
to share our engineering USAR
knowledge and experience with
such an enthusiastic group.
We covered a lot of different
techniques during the week
and really felt like the training
was appreciated ,” said SARAID
volunteer Mark Scorer.
Fundraising (City Dinner)
The total amount raised was
£20k and again was a very
enjoyable evening hosted by
XL Caitlin with 100% of all the
money raised going directly to
the Charitable Trust in support
of Fire related Youth Training,
Education & Support schemes.
The focus was again on the
work of the Burns Camp and
their work supporting young
burns survivors.
New Trustees
New Trustees are particularly
welcome to join Charitable
Trust. Education and Training
is an area where we would like
to see more applications.
Core Charities
TheCharitableTrust’sobjectives
are unchanged but the review
of Core Charities endorsed the
importance of applications in
line with the Objectives.
JM FINN
JM Finn are performing well
in line with the market and the
portfolio is well managed and
amounting to £365k at the latest
valuation.
Read more on Fire Aid’s work
in Moldova: -aid.
org/news/fire-aid-partnership-usar-
training-moldova
From the Trust
Chairman France Blois
Frances Blois Chairman WCoFFCT 1 week training course in Chisinau at the invitation of the CPESS of Moldova.